how many computers can i install my retail copy of windows vista on.?

Answer 1

Only one, because when you bought it, you bought only one licence with it. You have to buy more licences from Microsoft in order to install it on more machines

Answer 2

Customer concerns over changes to Windows Vista licensing that limited a transfer of the license to only one machine have inspired Microsoft Corp. to revise the OS' licensing policy.

Microsoft has changed the retail license terms for Vista so that customers now may uninstall the OS from one machine and install it on another as many times as they want.New terms do away with limitations on how many new devices to which the license can be transferred.

However, to continue to discourage pirating, Microsoft has worded the license so that it is clear that users cannot "share this license between devices."

When the new licensing was disclosed several weeks ago, power users who rebuild their computers with new components several times a year or who plan to upgrade their computers more than once in the lifetime of the OS raised a fuss. They demanded clarification from the vendor about how scenarios like these would play out under the new licensing.






"This is a definite improvement over the original licensing terms and I'm glad Microsoft has relented.

The change in policy will not affect consumers who purchase their Windows license preinstalled on a PC from a hardware manufacturer. No license transfers are allowed in those cases.

Answer 3

One. This pertains to XP. Imagine the security MS has on Vista.

MS Product Activation – install more than once – install on multiple computers – two computers
Product Activation works by validating that the software's product key, required as part of product installation, has not been used on more PCs than is allowed by the software's end user license agreement (EULA). In general, Windows XP can be installed on one PC and Office 2003 or Office XP can be installed on one PC and the laptop computer used by the user of the one PC. (For specifics, please see the EULA accompanying your product.) Product key information, in the form of the product ID, is sent along with a "hardware hash" (a non-unique number generated from the PC's hardware configuration) to Microsoft's activation system during activation. In Windows XP SP1, the product key itself is sent in addition to the product ID. Activation is completed either directly via the Internet or by a telephone call to a customer service representative. Activations on the same PC using the same product key are unlimited. Product Activation discourages piracy by limiting the number of times a product key can be activated on different PCs.


Source: http://www.microsoft.com/piracy/activation_faq.mspx

Answer 4

One. If you install it on another computer, you will get a message saying that in 30 days it will not longer work.

Answer 5

Without buying more licenses. One. Go to the link below for more information on buying licenses.
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/windowsvista/buyorupgrade/addlicense/howto.mspx5

Answer 6

As many as you want. I have secret information to get as many keys as you need. It's a little trick that not many people know about. Bye. ;-)

Answer 7

I heard u can only use the disk or key 3 times, ??? dont know, thats what i read somewhere awhile ago, but call microsoft and ask....

Answer 8

1! Because if used on more than one pc Microsoft would disable stuff on your pc or will make it not genuine anymore!