It has a recovery disc and an upgrade disc...could I use that to install on my computer? Right now I have a not so legal copy of XP Pro and I can't install any new software from Microsoft due to lack of validity. Would the HP serial key work? Would that mess anything up if she need to reinstall Vista?
2007-03-09 15:31:47 · 5 answers · asked by disturbed_rock05 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Software
Don't think so. Vista has security built in. Check it out:
Install Windows Vista on Two Computers
http://www.itworld.com/Comp/2218/061027vistalicensing/
Microsoft clarifies Vista licensing; users still irked
IDG News Service 10/27/06
Elizabeth Montalbano, IDG News Service, New York Bureau
Microsoft Corp. on Thursday finally attempted to clear up confusion over licensing of Windows Vista for power users who rebuild their PCs on a regular basis. But the answer from the software vendor did little to placate some users, who are still upset about Microsoft's one-machine transfer policy for Vista.
According to Microsoft spokesman Mike Burk, Microsoft users who frequently change the hardware configuration of the system running Vista may fail Vista's new Software Protection Platform software-validation feature more than once. If they did, they would be required to purchase an additional license or use Microsoft's support services to activate Vista on a newly configured machine.
As he explained it in an e-mail to the IDG News Service, Microsoft's product-activation process for Vista compares information from the initial validation -- which includes the hardware configuration of the device -- against the new configuration to transfer the license to a new piece of hardware.
This process, an extension of Microsoft's Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) program designed to fight software piracy, uses an algorithm to help assess whether the software is installed on the same device, and validation of the software will fail if it detects a "substantially different hardware configuration," he said.
Much more info – too much to copy here.
2007-03-09 16:42:57 · answer #1 · answered by TheHumbleOne 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
What you have it's a back-up disc.
You can't install it on your computer.
And if your sister have a problem with vista she can only make a
back up recovery. Do not format the disc completly...If so you will be obligated to buy another copy of vista.
2007-03-09 15:36:21 · answer #2 · answered by lollol 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you tried to install it on your computer, it would be the same as your pirated copy of XP pro, unable to update.
Vista uses a similar authentication program, and would know that your sister already has it on hers.
2007-03-09 15:35:47 · answer #3 · answered by Bjorn 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. The serial code will only work with her HP.
Get UBUNTU. It's a free, reliable and up to date operating system. Once you have it installed, you gain access to thousands of free programs created by the open source community. You can dual boot it with any OS.
2007-03-09 15:38:05 · answer #4 · answered by hitechsleuth 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
you can use a windows cd key 3 times, and only on one computer if you did this your computer would be locked in 30 days unless you got a new validation code you knowing mircsoft they would make you pay for it.
2007-03-09 15:35:42 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋