Move Vista off new computer to old

[chas638]

Hello,
I'm running Vista Ultimate on my present computer, have full installation
dvd. I'm buying a new Dell computer that comes with Vista Basic installed.
Can I move Vista Basic from the Dell computer to my old computer and install
my Ultimate on the Dell?

 

[kurttrail]

Hello,
I'm running Vista Ultimate on my present computer, have full
installation dvd. I'm buying a new Dell computer that comes with Vista
Basic installed. Can I move Vista Basic from the Dell computer to my old
computer and install my Ultimate on the Dell?

If the old computer is a Dell also, then it might work. If not, no
without using a bios-loader.


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[David B.]

The Vista license that ships with the new Dell is OEM and per the EULA is
for use only on the PC it shipped with, it cannot be moved to another PC.

 

[Bill Yanaire]

The Vista license that ships with the new Dell is OEM and per the EULA is
for use only on the PC it shipped with, it cannot be moved to another PC.

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Unless it's another Dell.

 

[kurttrail]

Unless it's another Dell.

I think he meant that Microsoft's license-thingy means it cannot be
moved, not that it cannot be actually moved in reality.

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[David B.]

Another Dell doesn't change the EULA, it's still not allowed, but it would
have a better chance of working.

 

[Bill Yanaire]

I think he meant that Microsoft's license-thingy means it cannot be
moved, not that it cannot be actually moved in reality.

Of course but who really cares!

 

[Synapse Syndrome]

Hello,
I'm running Vista Ultimate on my present computer, have full installation
dvd. I'm buying a new Dell computer that comes with Vista Basic installed.
Can I move Vista Basic from the Dell computer to my old computer and
install
my Ultimate on the Dell?

Dell OEM Vista installations are most probably BIOS locked, so it won't work
when transferred to a non-Dell machine.

ss.

 

[kurttrail]

Another Dell doesn't change the EULA, it's still not allowed, but it
would have a better chance of working.

Not allowed?

In my house, I'm the one that make the rules about what is and is not
allowed. No silly shrink-wrapped license on a consumer product can
change that.

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[David B.]

The OP may care, there are some, as strange as it sounds, that wish to abide
by the EULA. Then again he may not

 

[kurttrail]

Dell OEM Vista installations are most probably BIOS locked, so it won't
work when transferred to a non-Dell machine.

ss.

Although there are ways to make Vista think any computer is a Dell.

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[Bill Yanaire]

Not allowed?

In my house, I'm the one that make the rules about what is and is not
allowed. No silly shrink-wrapped license on a consumer product can
change that.

That's funny. I thought the shift nurse made the decisions.

 

[kurttrail]

That's funny. I thought the shift nurse made the decisions.

Only during sponge baths!

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[Mark]

Why don't you just install Vista Ultimate on the new Dell? If you bought a
full retail version of Vista Ultimate you can do that.

 

[kurttrail]

Don't feed the trolls.

That's so the 20th Century!

If you HAVE to, don't quote them.

Why should other people change what they do to suit your wants?

You must be a Republican Christian.

[And the worst part is that he missed my witty reply about sponge baths!]



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[Bill Yanaire]

Don't feed the trolls.

That's so the 20th Century!

If you HAVE to, don't quote them.

Why should other people change what they do to suit your wants?

You must be a Republican Christian.

[And the worst part is that he missed my witty reply about sponge baths!]

I never miss the sponge baths!

 

[kurttrail]

message
Not allowed?

In my house, I'm the one that make the rules about what is and is not
allowed. No silly shrink-wrapped license on a consumer product can
change that.


That's funny. I thought the shift nurse made the decisions.

Don't feed the trolls.

That's so the 20th Century!

If you HAVE to, don't quote them.

Why should other people change what they do to suit your wants?

You must be a Republican Christian.

[And the worst part is that he missed my witty reply about sponge
baths!]

I never miss the sponge baths!

LOL! Better watch out Bill, you might just make it onto PD43's kill list.



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[Bill Yanaire]

PD43 wrote:


message
Not allowed?

In my house, I'm the one that make the rules about what is and is not
allowed. No silly shrink-wrapped license on a consumer product can
change that.


That's funny. I thought the shift nurse made the decisions.

Don't feed the trolls.

That's so the 20th Century!

If you HAVE to, don't quote them.

Why should other people change what they do to suit your wants?

You must be a Republican Christian.

[And the worst part is that he missed my witty reply about sponge
baths!]

I never miss the sponge baths!

LOL! Better watch out Bill, you might just make it onto PD43's kill list.



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