Vista

[Frank Oz]

I have bought a Bell laptop with XP installed but I also received the Vista
program c/w key etc.

My question is can I install the Vista on an other computer if I want to? or
is it for the laptop only
It's Vista Business OEMAct

 

[Rick Rogers]

Hi,

It's likely locked to only be used on the laptop. Use of it otherwise would
be blocked, and also likely be a violation of the license.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

 

[Bruce Chambers]

I have bought a Bell laptop with XP installed but I also received the Vista
program c/w key etc.

My question is can I install the Vista on an other computer if I want to? or
is it for the laptop only
It's Vista Business OEMAct

No, you cannot. There are two reasons for this, one legal, and one
technical.

First of all, by your own admission, you have an OEM license for
Vista. An OEM license must be sold with a piece of hardware (normally a
motherboard or hard drive, if not an entire PC) and is _permanently_
bound to the first PC on which it's installed. An OEM license, once
installed, is not legally transferable to another computer under _any_
circumstances.

To even attempt to do so would be the equivalent of your telling
the world that your given word and your signature on a contract are
completely without value, never to be trusted.

Secondly, if the OEM CD was designed by a specific manufacturer,
such as eMachines, Sony, Dell, Gateway, etc., it will most likely be
"BIOS-locked" to install only on the same make/model computer for which
it was designed, as an additional anti-piracy feature.

You need to purchase a separate Vista license for each computer on
which you install it. (As long as you have multiple identical licenses,
it doesn't matter if you use the same CD for the installations, as long
as you use a different license each time.)

Just as it has *always* been with *all* Microsoft operating
systems, it's necessary (to be in compliance with both the EULA and U.S.
copyright law http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/117.html), if not
technically) to purchase one WinXP license for each computer on which it
is installed. (Consult an attorney versed in copyright law to determine
final applicability in your locale.) The only way in which WinXP and
Vista licensing differs from that of earlier versions of Windows is that
Microsoft has included a copy protection and anti-theft mechanism,
Product Activation, to prevent (or at least make more difficult)
multiple installations using a single license.


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Bruce Chambers

Help us help you:


http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/555375

They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. ~Benjamin Franklin

Many people would rather die than think; in fact, most do. ~Bertrand Russell

The philosopher has never killed any priests, whereas the priest has
killed a great many philosophers.
~ Denis Diderot

 

[Frank Oz]

Thanks very clear

No, you cannot. There are two reasons for this, one legal, and one
technical.

First of all, by your own admission, you have an OEM license for
Vista. An OEM license must be sold with a piece of hardware (normally a
motherboard or hard drive, if not an entire PC) and is _permanently_ bound
to the first PC on which it's installed. An OEM license, once installed,
is not legally transferable to another computer under _any_ circumstances.

To even attempt to do so would be the equivalent of your telling the
world that your given word and your signature on a contract are completely
without value, never to be trusted.

Secondly, if the OEM CD was designed by a specific manufacturer, such
as eMachines, Sony, Dell, Gateway, etc., it will most likely be
"BIOS-locked" to install only on the same make/model computer for which it
was designed, as an additional anti-piracy feature.

You need to purchase a separate Vista license for each computer on
which you install it. (As long as you have multiple identical licenses,
it doesn't matter if you use the same CD for the installations, as long as
you use a different license each time.)

Just as it has *always* been with *all* Microsoft operating systems,
it's necessary (to be in compliance with both the EULA and U.S. copyright
law http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/117.html), if not technically)
to purchase one WinXP license for each computer on which it is installed.
(Consult an attorney versed in copyright law to determine final
applicability in your locale.) The only way in which WinXP and Vista
licensing differs from that of earlier versions of Windows is that
Microsoft has included a copy protection and anti-theft mechanism, Product
Activation, to prevent (or at least make more difficult) multiple
installations using a single license.


--

Bruce Chambers

Help us help you:


http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/555375

They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. ~Benjamin Franklin

Many people would rather die than think; in fact, most do. ~Bertrand
Russell

The philosopher has never killed any priests, whereas the priest has
killed a great many philosophers.
~ Denis Diderot

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Thanks very clear

You're welcome.

--

Bruce Chambers

Help us help you:


http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/555375

They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. ~Benjamin Franklin

Many people would rather die than think; in fact, most do. ~Bertrand Russell

The philosopher has never killed any priests, whereas the priest has
killed a great many philosophers.
~ Denis Diderot