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I've scanned many threads, and still have Questions. I've been asked to
build a computer for a friend's son who is graduating HS & heading for
college. I originally presumed I'd be loading Vista...
1) I've read in some thread that one cannot UPGRADE -from- an Academic
Vista, that the honest person should do a full install to continue using the
computer after graduation, and that one cannot UPGRADE to a later, non-AE
release. Is this true? Is AE Vista truly supposed to expire upon final
graduation?! I cannot find any licensing text on Microsoft's site for SKU
66I-00488 == Vista Home Premium AE Update. I don't see the logic of this
idea, as it's an UPGRADE package in the first place, indicating it was
preceeded by another (presumably non-AE) package. Perhaps I've
missunderstood the posts.
2) I'm surprised as heck that I can't find Academic FULL Vista packages --
only AE *UPGRADE* packages, and only Home Premium at that. I'm doing a
system build... but I guess there are NO FULL-release, non-Update VHP-AE
packages to build from?! So it goes. His college certainly doesn't offer
any discounted Vista except 66I-00488, VHP-AE Upgraded.
3) If VHP-AE Upgrade is useless for -building- a system: if I use the System
Builders' [non-AE, obv.] VHP (66I-00715) version, its license and reality (as
indicated by postings here) seem at odds. The SB/OEM license seems to
preclude major h/w updates (e.g. the motherboard), yet endless posters
indicate major changes can still be re-authenticated [activated?] by calling
MS and promising the removed h/w shall no longer run using the original
product key. How confident can one be of this? It -sounds- as reliable as a
politician's promise! It doesn't seem too much to ask for MS to make this
less stressful by changing their license... or are the postings WRONG?!
4) I'm comfortable with good olde XP, and I'm increasingly inclined to just
build using XP-HE OEM. He can then upgrade to VHP whenever he chooses. Does
his eventual VHP Upgrade free him from any OEM license issues as regards
major h/w upgrades? [I expect he would have to phone MS and explain the
upgrade to re-authenticate (or whateverthepropertermis).]
Sorry to drone on so long! Thanks...
build a computer for a friend's son who is graduating HS & heading for
college. I originally presumed I'd be loading Vista...
1) I've read in some thread that one cannot UPGRADE -from- an Academic
Vista, that the honest person should do a full install to continue using the
computer after graduation, and that one cannot UPGRADE to a later, non-AE
release. Is this true? Is AE Vista truly supposed to expire upon final
graduation?! I cannot find any licensing text on Microsoft's site for SKU
66I-00488 == Vista Home Premium AE Update. I don't see the logic of this
idea, as it's an UPGRADE package in the first place, indicating it was
preceeded by another (presumably non-AE) package. Perhaps I've
missunderstood the posts.
2) I'm surprised as heck that I can't find Academic FULL Vista packages --
only AE *UPGRADE* packages, and only Home Premium at that. I'm doing a
system build... but I guess there are NO FULL-release, non-Update VHP-AE
packages to build from?! So it goes. His college certainly doesn't offer
any discounted Vista except 66I-00488, VHP-AE Upgraded.
3) If VHP-AE Upgrade is useless for -building- a system: if I use the System
Builders' [non-AE, obv.] VHP (66I-00715) version, its license and reality (as
indicated by postings here) seem at odds. The SB/OEM license seems to
preclude major h/w updates (e.g. the motherboard), yet endless posters
indicate major changes can still be re-authenticated [activated?] by calling
MS and promising the removed h/w shall no longer run using the original
product key. How confident can one be of this? It -sounds- as reliable as a
politician's promise! It doesn't seem too much to ask for MS to make this
less stressful by changing their license... or are the postings WRONG?!
4) I'm comfortable with good olde XP, and I'm increasingly inclined to just
build using XP-HE OEM. He can then upgrade to VHP whenever he chooses. Does
his eventual VHP Upgrade free him from any OEM license issues as regards
major h/w upgrades? [I expect he would have to phone MS and explain the
upgrade to re-authenticate (or whateverthepropertermis).]
Sorry to drone on so long! Thanks...