Move Vista off new computer to old

Hello,
I'm running Vista Ultimate on my present computer, have full installation
dvd. I'm buying a new Dell computer that comes with Vista Basic installed.
Can I move Vista Basic from the Dell computer to my old computer and install
my Ultimate on the Dell?

chas638 wrote:

> Hello,
> I'm running Vista Ultimate on my present computer, have full
> installation dvd. I'm buying a new Dell computer that comes with Vista
> Basic installed. Can I move Vista Basic from the Dell computer to my old
> computer and install my Ultimate on the Dell?

If the old computer is a Dell also, then it might work. If not, no
without using a bios-loader.


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The Vista license that ships with the new Dell is OEM and per the EULA is
for use only on the PC it shipped with, it cannot be moved to another PC.

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"chas638" <> wrote in message
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> Hello,
> I'm running Vista Ultimate on my present computer, have full installation
> dvd. I'm buying a new Dell computer that comes with Vista Basic installed.
> Can I move Vista Basic from the Dell computer to my old computer and
> install
> my Ultimate on the Dell?

"David B." <> wrote in message
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> The Vista license that ships with the new Dell is OEM and per the EULA is
> for use only on the PC it shipped with, it cannot be moved to another PC.
>
> --

Unless it's another Dell.


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> "chas638" <> wrote in message
> news:E4FFCD49-127F-4408-8CB6-...
>> Hello,
>> I'm running Vista Ultimate on my present computer, have full installation
>> dvd. I'm buying a new Dell computer that comes with Vista Basic
>> installed.
>> Can I move Vista Basic from the Dell computer to my old computer and
>> install
>> my Ultimate on the Dell?
>

Bill Yanaire wrote:

> "David B." <> wrote in message
> news:etuR$...
>> The Vista license that ships with the new Dell is OEM and per the EULA
>> is for use only on the PC it shipped with, it cannot be moved to
>> another PC.
>>
>> --
>
> Unless it's another Dell.
>

I think he meant that Microsoft's license-thingy means it cannot be
moved, not that it cannot be actually moved in reality.

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Another Dell doesn't change the EULA, it's still not allowed, but it would
have a better chance of working.

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"Bill Yanaire" <> wrote in message
news:...
>
> "David B." <> wrote in message
> news:etuR$...
>> The Vista license that ships with the new Dell is OEM and per the EULA is
>> for use only on the PC it shipped with, it cannot be moved to another PC.
>>
>> --
>
> Unless it's another Dell.
>
>
>>
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>> How to ask a question http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375
>> __________________________________________________ _______________________________
>>
>>
>> "chas638" <> wrote in message
>> news:E4FFCD49-127F-4408-8CB6-...
>>> Hello,
>>> I'm running Vista Ultimate on my present computer, have full
>>> installation
>>> dvd. I'm buying a new Dell computer that comes with Vista Basic
>>> installed.
>>> Can I move Vista Basic from the Dell computer to my old computer and
>>> install
>>> my Ultimate on the Dell?
>>
>
>

"kurttrail" <> wrote in message
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> Bill Yanaire wrote:
>
>> "David B." <> wrote in message
>> news:etuR$...
>>> The Vista license that ships with the new Dell is OEM and per the EULA
>>> is for use only on the PC it shipped with, it cannot be moved to
>>> another PC.
>>>
>>> --
>>
>> Unless it's another Dell.
>>
>
> I think he meant that Microsoft's license-thingy means it cannot be
> moved, not that it cannot be actually moved in reality.

Of course but who really cares!

>
> --
> Peace!
> Kurt
> Former Self-anointed Moderator
> microscum.pubic.windowsexp.gonorrhea
> "Produkt-Aktivierung macht frei!"
>

"chas638" <> wrote in message
news:E4FFCD49-127F-4408-8CB6-...
> Hello,
> I'm running Vista Ultimate on my present computer, have full installation
> dvd. I'm buying a new Dell computer that comes with Vista Basic installed.
> Can I move Vista Basic from the Dell computer to my old computer and
> install
> my Ultimate on the Dell?

Dell OEM Vista installations are most probably BIOS locked, so it won't work
when transferred to a non-Dell machine.

ss.

David B. wrote:

> Another Dell doesn't change the EULA, it's still not allowed, but it
> would have a better chance of working.

Not allowed?

In my house, I'm the one that make the rules about what is and is not
allowed. No silly shrink-wrapped license on a consumer product can
change that.

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The OP may care, there are some, as strange as it sounds, that wish to abide
by the EULA. Then again he may not

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"Bill Yanaire" <> wrote in message
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> "kurttrail" <> wrote in message
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>> Bill Yanaire wrote:
>>
>>> "David B." <> wrote in message
>>> news:etuR$...
>>>> The Vista license that ships with the new Dell is OEM and per the EULA
>>>> is for use only on the PC it shipped with, it cannot be moved to
>>>> another PC.
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>
>>> Unless it's another Dell.
>>>
>>
>> I think he meant that Microsoft's license-thingy means it cannot be
>> moved, not that it cannot be actually moved in reality.
>
> Of course but who really cares!
>
>>
>> --
>> Peace!
>> Kurt
>> Former Self-anointed Moderator
>> microscum.pubic.windowsexp.gonorrhea
>> "Produkt-Aktivierung macht frei!"
>>
>
>