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[OutlawzSnipa]

Hi, my dad bought Windows Vista Home Premium. I think he might have installed
it and registered it. He has left on a job trip and left me the OS. I
installed it and everything is running just fine for the moment. Though I
noticed that i have 30 days only? There is a link that is for registering the
product, but it says its registered on another pc, my dad's pc I believe. Is
there a way i can register it to this pc also? and if the 30 days expire...
I'll lose the OS?

 

[noaim]

you can only install on 1 pc the product is sold as a 1 pc license



"OutlawzSnipa" <OutlawzSnipa@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:C25C3BBF-6B1F-42A4-A3B5-A0891201AFF8@microsoft.com...
> Hi, my dad bought Windows Vista Home Premium. I think he might have
> installed
> it and registered it. He has left on a job trip and left me the OS. I
> installed it and everything is running just fine for the moment. Though I
> noticed that i have 30 days only? There is a link that is for registering
> the
> product, but it says its registered on another pc, my dad's pc I believe.
> Is
> there a way i can register it to this pc also? and if the 30 days
> expire...
> I'll lose the OS?

 

[Question]

I had a similar issue when I upgraded to XP Pro from Home. I acutally
contacted Mirco Customer service and was adivsed that you get one license for
one pc. What happens is when that license becomes registed it retrieves some
basic information from the PC it's installed on and sends it back to Micro
(this was big issue when Genuine rolled out Privacy). It does this because
for what ever reason you need to reinstall you OS you can reuse the same key
on the same PC make sense, or in other words you need to purchase another
license or you system will freeze up after 30 days and not allow you access
you files unless you purchase another license.

"noaim" wrote:

> you can only install on 1 pc the product is sold as a 1 pc license
>
>
>
> "OutlawzSnipa" <OutlawzSnipa@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:C25C3BBF-6B1F-42A4-A3B5-A0891201AFF8@microsoft.com...
> > Hi, my dad bought Windows Vista Home Premium. I think he might have
> > installed
> > it and registered it. He has left on a job trip and left me the OS. I
> > installed it and everything is running just fine for the moment. Though I
> > noticed that i have 30 days only? There is a link that is for registering
> > the
> > product, but it says its registered on another pc, my dad's pc I believe.
> > Is
> > there a way i can register it to this pc also? and if the 30 days
> > expire...
> > I'll lose the OS?
>
>

 

[ray]

On Thu, 19 Jul 2007 15:50:02 -0700, OutlawzSnipa wrote:

> Hi, my dad bought Windows Vista Home Premium. I think he might have installed
> it and registered it. He has left on a job trip and left me the OS. I
> installed it and everything is running just fine for the moment. Though I
> noticed that i have 30 days only? There is a link that is for registering the
> product, but it says its registered on another pc, my dad's pc I believe. Is
> there a way i can register it to this pc also? and if the 30 days expire...
> I'll lose the OS?

One PC per one license. Unless you install Linux - there one copy will let
you install on the entire universe.

 

[Bruce Chambers]

OutlawzSnipa wrote:
> Hi, my dad bought Windows Vista Home Premium. I think he might have installed
> it and registered it. He has left on a job trip and left me the OS. I
> installed it and everything is running just fine for the moment. Though I
> noticed that i have 30 days only? There is a link that is for registering the
> product, but it says its registered on another pc, my dad's pc I believe. Is
> there a way i can register it to this pc also? and if the 30 days expire...
> I'll lose the OS?


You need to purchase a separate Vista license for each computer on
which you install it.

Just as it has *always* been with *all* Microsoft operating
systems, it's necessary (to be in compliance with both the EULA and U.S.
copyright law http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/117.html), if not
technically) to purchase one Vista license for each computer on which it
is installed. (Consult an attorney versed in copyright law to determine
final applicability in your locale.) The only way in which Vista
licensing differs from that of earlier versions of Windows (up until
WinXP, that is) is that Microsoft has added a copy protection and
anti-theft mechanism, Product Activation, to prevent (or at least make
more difficult) multiple installations using a single license.

With Vista Ultimate, it's sometimes possible to qualify for
additional licenses, at a reduced cost:

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



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Bruce Chambers

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