Vista Trial version

[Guest]

Hello

I am looking for a trial version of vista and can only find the VHD version,
can anyone point me in the right direction?

Any version will do?

 

[Rick Rogers]

Hi,

There technically is no trial version. There is only the release version
which can be installed without a product key and used for 30 days (for some
reason Microsoft does not term this as a trial period). At 30 days you can
either purchase a Product Key appropriate for the version you installed, or
remove it from the system and install something else (note that if you
upgrade an existing XP/2000 installation you will NOT be able to undo the
upgrade, you will have to format and reinstall the original operating system
on a clean slate). You can use any retail 32 or 64 bit DVD to do this.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

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

 

[Guest]

Thanks Rick can you point me in the direction of the release version?

 

[Taibear ios]

you have to buy the release version. You cannot download it legally.

The only thing that can be considered a trial is the VHD version that you
can run on a virtual machine..

I have been able to convert that into a version that can be installed on a
Hard Disk using a clever trick..
of course the same time limitations still apply.
but I doubt that is in compliance with the agreement of the VHD download. I
did it only out of interest
in experimentation.

How did I do the trick? I used a disk imaging bootable cd software to create
an image of the virtual machine,
then I transfered that image to a real hard disk, the virtual machine image
has not started detecting the hardware,
thus this image when it starts it detects the real hardware. I know this is
advanced and I do not recomend it...

cant you use virtual pc 2007 that is free and use the VHD to test vista?

 

[Guest]

I could do, I managed to get a copy from a colleague, so will use that for now.

Thanks anyway

 

[MICHAEL]

http://windowssecrets.com/comp/070215#story1
Use Vista without activation for 120 days


-Michael

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