"Move" a retail Vista to another PC

[Guest]

Hello,

I am selling my current computer with a retail Vista Home Premium to buy a
new, more updated system.

I want to remove Vista from my current system to install it on the new one.
Will I have any difficulty to re-activate on my new system? What should I
tell support, and can I get any reference to mention that it is viable?

In addition, will it cause trouble that I am moving between countries while
doing this? The current computer I have used in South Africa during studies,
but will move back to Sweden now.

For my Adobe CS3 installation, I "de-activate my serial online", so I can
activate it on another computer. Can I do the same with Vista?

Thank you very much in advance!

 

[Jupiter Jones [MVP]]

There is no deactivation for Windows.
Simply remove Windows from the first computer.
Worst case is you may have to call activation, usually less than a 10
minute call.

 

[Guest]

If it is a full retail version of Vista, and did not come pre-installed on
the computer, you should have a Microsoft Vista DVD; and not an "OEM" DVD.

Just install it on the new computer

 

[Guest]

Thank you for your reply!

Namaste,

/Fred

 

[Guest]

It is a full retail, seperatly bought boxed Vista. So no problems there.

I just want to make sure that it is not getting "void" by changing computer
completely! There are lots of stories about that, so I want to know from a
certified Microsoft source that it is possible.

/Fredrik

 

[Rick Rogers]

Hi Fredrik,

Just a bit of information, but this is not a "certified" source, this is a
peer to peer group, meaning that assistance comes from other users like
yourself. Official support comes directly from a Microsoft support
professional.

That said, you have been given the correct information regarding re-use of
your retail copy of Vista.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

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

 

[Guest]

That will be fine.

It is a full retail, seperatly bought boxed Vista. So no problems there.

I just want to make sure that it is not getting "void" by changing computer
completely! There are lots of stories about that, so I want to know from a
certified Microsoft source that it is possible.

/Fredrik

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Hello,

I am selling my current computer with a retail Vista Home Premium to buy a
new, more updated system.

I want to remove Vista from my current system to install it on the new one.
Will I have any difficulty to re-activate on my new system?

You shouldn't.

What should I
tell support, and can I get any reference to mention that it is viable?

What's wrong with just telling them the truth?

In addition, will it cause trouble that I am moving between countries while
doing this? The current computer I have used in South Africa during studies,
but will move back to Sweden now.

That shouldn't make any difference; the locale just determines to which
activation server you connect, or presents the appropriate telephone
number(s) for telephone activation, should that be necessary.

For my Adobe CS3 installation, I "de-activate my serial online", so I can
activate it on another computer. Can I do the same with Vista?

No, there is no "de-activation," as such.

--

Bruce Chambers

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