Can I activate Windows Vista Home Premium on Multiple Computers?

[Andy M]

GDay All,

You should be able to uninstall Vista from the old machine and install it
onto the new machine. This will require a call to Microsoft in order to
re-activate it though.

Regards
Andy M

 

[Guest]

Hi, Can I install and activate Home Premium on multiple computers. I will be
getting a new computer in the future but I would like to install Vista on my
current machine as a new machine might be some time away. When I get a new
computer can I install Vista on it as well and keep it on my old computer?
The recovery partition on my current computer has become corrupt and I cannot
re-install XP unless maybe I buy recovery disks from HP. If I cannot activate
Vista on multiple machines can I uninstall Vista from my old computer and
install and acticvate it on my future new computer?

 

[Dave B.]

No, just like all previous versions of Windows, 1 license, 1 PC.

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[Dustin Harper]

Nope. 1 computer, 1 license each. You would need to have 2 copies of the
OS.

Dustin Harper
(e-mail address removed)
http://www.vistarip.com

 

[Guest]

Ok but can I uninstall Vista on one machine and then install and activate it

 

[Dave B.]

You can if it's a retail version, you cannot if it's OEM.

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[Dustin Harper]

Only with the retail. OEM is tied to the hardware that you were using
before (without a call to MS to explain that the previous hardware died
and you replaced the MB, etc.).

Dustin Harper
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