EULA for Vista

[Mordine]

I know the "one License per device" thing. The thing is I remember the
presenter at the Windows Live presentation for the Vista release saying that
each copy of Vista came with 4 license. He went into this long explanation
where it was now convenient that you could install it on your office and your
lab and your mobile.... Did I just dream that. I find myself in a situation
where I need a box by Monday morning that has an OS that I can add to the
domain. I also have a full retail version of Vista Business that an
ex-manager purchased to upgrade his Laptop from Home Premium. I don't want
to buy a vista box and have to wipe the OS, collect the SATA drivers and
install XP if I can just run the Vista Business through as an upgrade. Can
someone tell me if I am off base on the license?

 

[John Barnes]

There is only one license with the retail versions. You can buy license
packs.

 

[David H. Lipman]

From: "Mordine" <[email protected]>

| I know the "one License per device" thing. The thing is I remember the
| presenter at the Windows Live presentation for the Vista release saying that
| each copy of Vista came with 4 license. He went into this long explanation
| where it was now convenient that you could install it on your office and your
| lab and your mobile.... Did I just dream that. I find myself in a situation
| where I need a box by Monday morning that has an OS that I can add to the
| domain. I also have a full retail version of Vista Business that an
| ex-manager purchased to upgrade his Laptop from Home Premium. I don't want
| to buy a vista box and have to wipe the OS, collect the SATA drivers and
| install XP if I can just run the Vista Business through as an upgrade. Can
| someone tell me if I am off base on the license?

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=vista+eula

 

[Mark L. Ferguson]

Whatever the rights that his copy gives him, you can bet beyond question
that the EULA.TXT file included on his system drive will go into the exact
particulars of what he purchased.

Mine states:
1. INSTALLATION AND USE RIGHTS. You may install and use any number of
copies of the software on your devices.
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[DL]

You were dreaming, nor can you use someone elses upgrade, that they have
allready used

 

[Jay]

I know the "one License per device" thing. The thing is I remember the
presenter at the Windows Live presentation for the Vista release saying
that
each copy of Vista came with 4 license. He went into this long
explanation
where it was now convenient that you could install it on your office and
your
lab and your mobile.... Did I just dream that. I find myself in a
situation
where I need a box by Monday morning that has an OS that I can add to the
domain. I also have a full retail version of Vista Business that an
ex-manager purchased to upgrade his Laptop from Home Premium. I don't
want
to buy a vista box and have to wipe the OS, collect the SATA drivers and
install XP if I can just run the Vista Business through as an upgrade.
Can
someone tell me if I am off base on the license?

AFAIK it's one for one when it comes to retail.
There are other subscriptions you can buy that don't follow this rule.
I have (what used to be called) an MSDN Universal subscription which means I
can install OSs and applications on multiple machines as it's per user not
per machine.

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

I know the "one License per device" thing. The thing is I remember the
presenter at the Windows Live presentation for the Vista release saying that
each copy of Vista came with 4 license.

Nope, not true.

He went into this long explanation
where it was now convenient that you could install it on your office and your
lab and your mobile.... Did I just dream that.

I guess so.

I find myself in a situation
where I need a box by Monday morning that has an OS that I can add to the
domain. I also have a full retail version of Vista Business that an
ex-manager purchased to upgrade his Laptop from Home Premium. I don't want
to buy a vista box and have to wipe the OS, collect the SATA drivers and
install XP if I can just run the Vista Business through as an upgrade. Can
someone tell me if I am off base on the license?

Yep, sorry to say that you're off base.

 

[John Barnes]

Maybe you heard that for Office which has multiple installs allowed.

 

[Bruce Chambers]

I know the "one License per device" thing. The thing is I remember the
presenter at the Windows Live presentation for the Vista release saying that
each copy of Vista came with 4 license. He went into this long explanation
where it was now convenient that you could install it on your office and your
lab and your mobile.... Did I just dream that.

You either dreamed it, or the presenter was lying through his teeth.

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
licensing differs from that of earlier versions of Windows is that
Microsoft has finally added 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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killed a great many philosophers.
~ Denis Diderot

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Whatever the rights that his copy gives him, you can bet beyond question
that the EULA.TXT file included on his system drive will go into the
exact particulars of what he purchased.

Mine states:
1. INSTALLATION AND USE RIGHTS. You may install and use any number of
copies of the software on your devices.

What kind of license do you have? Mine reads:

INSTALLATION AND USE RIGHTS. Before you use the software under a
license, you must assign that license to one device (physical hardware
system). That device is the “licensed device.†A hardware partition or
blade is considered to be a separate device.
a. Licensed Device. You may install one copy of the software on the
licensed device. You may use the software on up to two processors on
that device at one time. Except as provided in the Storage and Network
Use sections below, you may not use the software on any other device.


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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

 

[kevpan815]

The EULA 4 Windows Vista Is Very Clear: 1 Device Only, If You Are Looking 4 A
Free Operating System, You Can Find It At http://www.ubuntu.com, Just FYI.

 

[Bob F.]

yup, off base. He may have been talking about Office 2007 student where you
get 3 licenses. But Vista, never heard of anything else other than 1
install per. Makes no difference what was said then, It's what you bought
and agreed to in the license is what counts now. There are multi license
packages you can buy, but they start at 5.
http://download.microsoft.com/downl...00024df33/Volume_Licensing_Programs_Chart.pdf

 

[Val]

Perhaps what you heard was that 4 versions of Vista would be on the DVD
You only install the version that the licencse is for.

 

[Mark L. Ferguson]

Exactly. I was trying to use my EULA as an example of the variations
available for sale. You might own one even more restrictive than yours, or
one more liberal than mine. The only real way to tell is to actually READ
the thing. It's really one of my main themes in understanding how to deal
with such an advanced technology..."If you want to Play like the Big boys,
you have to PAY like the Big boys."

 

[Richard G. Harper]

There has never been any such license offered, for any version of Windows.
Windows has always been licensed on a "one PC, one license" basis. Some
other programs, like Microsoft Office, have issued a "work and home", or a
"desktop and laptop", or "Family Edition" licensing. But Windows, never.

 

[Kevpan815]

The EULA 4 Windows Vista Is Very Clear: 1 Device Only, If You Are Looking
4 A
Free Operating System, You Can Find It At http://www.ubuntu.com, Just FYI.

My Doctor Gave Me More Medication So I Can Think Better. Just FYI. Only
Idiots Who Are Retarted use Ubuntu. Just FYI

Windows Is Great