Is it possible to buy vista home premium with activation key ?

[Guest]

I bought a computer that has a hidden recovery partition from zoostorm , it
comes with vista home premium pre-installed and has the authentic vista
sticker on the side of the base unit with serial.
It doesnt come with rescue disks , so is it possible to buy a Windows Vista
Home Premium DVD on its own without activation key ?
If so , where could I buy it from ?

 

[Rock]

I bought a computer that has a hidden recovery partition from zoostorm , it
comes with vista home premium pre-installed and has the authentic vista
sticker on the side of the base unit with serial.
It doesnt come with rescue disks , so is it possible to buy a Windows
Vista
Home Premium DVD on its own without activation key ?
If so , where could I buy it from ?

No, not from MS. Contact the computer manufacture for info on creating a
recovery disk, or purchasing something from them.

 

[DanR]

No, not from MS. Contact the computer manufacture for info on creating a
recovery disk, or purchasing something from them.

Is it technically illegal for a friend to give a copy of his Vista DVD?

 

[Betatester]

i don t think so but normaly you can make your recovery DVD rom somewhere in
your vista.Or you can buy a recovery DVD on web site of your brand.

 

[Conor]

Is it technically illegal for a friend to give a copy of his Vista DVD?

No. When you buy a copy of Vista, you pay for the licence to use it and
not the media. As long as he has his own key/CoA, then he can use
whatever media he wishes, even downloaded from P2P.

 

[Rock]

Is it technically illegal for a friend to give a copy of his Vista DVD?

I can't speak to the technically illegal aspect. You have to read the
license agreement about making backup copies and their use. That said, if
the person has a legitimate product key for Vista, then I don't see the
problem with what you ask.

 

[Guest]

No. When you buy a copy of Vista, you pay for the licence to use it and
not the media. As long as he has his own key/CoA, then he can use
whatever media he wishes, even downloaded from P2P.


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i thought it was illegal to use P2P ?? If I was to download a copy of a
Vista DVD that was in someone's share but then use my own key to activate ,
would this be illegal ?
Its frustrating for me to pay so much money for a Vista Home Premium DVD
that would come with another Activation Key that I would not need :/
If someone can confirm if downloading a copy of the dvd is illegal or not
then please let me know.
Many Thanks.

geo g

 

[Rock]

i thought it was illegal to use P2P ?? If I was to download a copy of a
Vista DVD that was in someone's share but then use my own key to activate
,
would this be illegal ?
Its frustrating for me to pay so much money for a Vista Home Premium DVD
that would come with another Activation Key that I would not need :/
If someone can confirm if downloading a copy of the dvd is illegal or not
then please let me know.
Many Thanks.

I'm not a lawyer, I can't speak to the legality of it. I wouldn't trust a
download, and certainly not a download of an OS.

P2P is not illegal per se. It's what get's shared, and the copywrite
considerations that are the issue.

 

[DevilsPGD]

In message <[email protected]> geo g

i thought it was illegal to use P2P ?

You thought wrong. There is nothing at all illegal about P2P, the only
thing which is of questionable legality is the content which you
distribute.

If you have a license to use a product, and a license to make backups,
fair use would likely cover you if you downloaded a copy.

This is not legal advice, check with a lawyer in your jurisdiction.