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I know that with XP you could purchase one copy and run it on all your
machines at home. Can you do the same with Vista Home Premium Ed. Can I buy
one copy of Vista and run it on my two machines at home?
Thanks, dave
 
Hi Dave,

You couldn't with XP and you can't with Vista. One license for each machine.
You may be confusing the license with that of OfficeXP which allowed for
installation on one desktop and one laptop.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
 
Neither Windows Vista or Windows XP permits installation on more than one PC
using the same license. You can purchase additional Vista licenses here:

Windows Vista Family Discount
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/windowsvista/buyorupgrade/familydiscount.mspx

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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows - Shell/User

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I know that with XP you could purchase one copy and run it on all your
machines at home. Can you do the same with Vista Home Premium Ed. Can I buy
one copy of Vista and run it on my two machines at home?
Thanks, dave
 
Nope, one license = one machine. It was the same with XP and all previous
versions of Windows. It's just getting stricter and much harder to use them
on multiple machines.
 
Bullet said:
It's a shame that this avenue is only open to US and Canadian residents.
We in the UK already have to pony up around double for the software, we
are also refused the family discount :( .
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Yeah it's a bit of a con. In the US they get a copy of Ultimate and two
copies of Home Premium for the price we pay for one copy.
 
Dave said:
I know that with XP you could purchase one copy and run it on all your
machines at home.
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No you couldn't
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Regards,

Richard Urban MVP
Microsoft Windows Shell/User

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Can you do the same with Vista Home Premium Ed. Can I buy
 
Richard,

If you meant that legally you couldn't - you're right. But technically - it
certainly is possible. A little history. A few years back, Dell as well as
several other OEM's supplied a CD (OEM version) with their PC's that were
not BIOS locked nor hardware locked in any manner and did not require
activation. After awhile, that little secret got around (took about two
seconds for the world to know it...) and copies of those CD's became
abundant. You probably got the spam email telling you how to purchase WinXP
w/SP2 for half price with a valid activation code. Well, not really, the CD
did not require validation since it was OEM anyway.

Then there were the key generators and the volume license keys that made the
rounds and WinXP became a resounding success. I've read several accounts
from magazines such as Forbes and Business Weekly where it was stated that
if WinXP had not been pirated - it would not have the market share it has
today - and they quoted some MS exec's agreeing with that assessment.

Now the OP said "you could purchase one copy...." and he didn't say from
where.

Bob S.
 
Richard said:
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No you couldn't
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Erm, I think you mean "shouldn't". If you wait 120 days between
installations, you *can* do it and get activated and genuinized. That
said, I don't recommend this method nor would I do it as generic OEM
versions of Windows are not that expensive and if both computers, for
some reason, have to have XP reinstalled, you could be SOL.

Alias
 
Technically I could rob a jewelry store also.

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Regards,

Richard Urban MVP
Microsoft Windows Shell/User
 
Alias said:
Erm, I think you mean "shouldn't". If you wait 120 days between
installations, you *can* do it and get activated and genuinized. That
said, I don't recommend this method nor would I do it as generic OEM
versions of Windows are not that expensive and if both computers, for
some reason, have to have XP reinstalled, you could be SOL.

Alias
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Is this verified for Vista too? I knew it worked that way for XP, but
wasn't sure if it carried forward.

On a complete OT sidenote:

I am so incredibly embarrassed and was wrong for referring you and
anyone else to the Vista test drive site! I thought I had gone on it
before (but was mistaken). I went into it just to check something out
real quick today - and I was so incredibly disappointed by everything
you could not try out in there!

Anyway, sorry for the time waster!

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http://protectfreedom.tripod.com/kick.html

Most recent idiotic quote added to KICK (Klassic Idiotic Caption Kooks):
"You can get dog shi* for free also!"

"Good poets borrow; great poets steal."
- T. S. Eliot
 
Nina said:
Is this verified for Vista too? I knew it worked that way for XP, but
wasn't sure if it carried forward.
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I don't know and I'm not sure if anyone does.
On a complete OT sidenote:

I am so incredibly embarrassed and was wrong for referring you and
anyone else to the Vista test drive site! I thought I had gone on it
before (but was mistaken). I went into it just to check something out
real quick today - and I was so incredibly disappointed by everything
you could not try out in there!

Anyway, sorry for the time waster!
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Not for me. I shy away from sites that require a log on.

Alias
 
In message <[email protected]> "Bullet"
It's a shame that this avenue is only open to US and Canadian residents. We
in the UK already have to pony up around double for the software, we are
also refused the family discount :( .
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Personal opinion? Microsoft is making up the fines they're paying the
EU gov't.

That being said, I'm being the EU gov't 100% on this one.
 
DevilsPGD said:
In message <[email protected]> "Bullet"


Personal opinion? Microsoft is making up the fines they're paying the
EU gov't.
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I don't think so because Apple, Norton, Dell, Crucial, Kingston, et al
do the same thing, equate the wimpy dollar with the pound and euro. It's
called "greed" and assuming your paying European customers can't do
arithmetic.
That being said, I'm being the EU gov't 100% on this one.
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So I am.

Alias
 
Alias said:
I don't know and I'm not sure if anyone does.


Not for me. I shy away from sites that require a log on.

Alias
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You are such a wise man! :)
I look forward to benefiting further from your wisdom.

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Priceless quotes in m.p.w.vista.general group:
http://protectfreedom.tripod.com/kick.html

Most recent idiotic quote added to KICK (Klassic Idiotic Caption Kooks):
"You can get dog shi* for free also!"

"Good poets borrow; great poets steal."
- T. S. Eliot
 
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