question regarding access

So here is the situation.. Dual booting win vista business and win 7
ultimate on 1 partitioned drive and all games and docs on another drive.
Games I have added are accessible from vista as they have always been but I
cannot seem to get them to play from win 7. In vista when I click on the
shortcut for 1 particular game it starts with no problem however even after
copying the shortcut from the vista side to win 7 it asks me to buy/unlock
the game even though I own it and have for 3 years. Is there something
simple I am missing here? I do not really want to buy it again or start from
scratch. I use win 7 mostly and find it to be a major pain to shut down and
restart so I can then boot into Vista just to play a quick game. Help would
as always be appreciated..

Games and other programs have to be installed and activated on the
system they are used.

The shortcut in Windows 7 which you have copied from Vista may refer to
the drive on which a game's executable programs are stored but there
will be no registry entries in Windows 7 to tell 7 how to run it until
it is installed on Windows 7.

If the game settings and history are on the separate drive, be careful
that they are not overwritten when you re-install the game to run under
Windows 7.

The product keys you already have should allow you to install the games
on Windows 7.


On 28/11/2009 13:44, Drew wrote:
> So here is the situation.. Dual booting win vista business and win 7
> ultimate on 1 partitioned drive and all games and docs on another drive.
> Games I have added are accessible from vista as they have always been
> but I cannot seem to get them to play from win 7. In vista when I click
> on the shortcut for 1 particular game it starts with no problem however
> even after copying the shortcut from the vista side to win 7 it asks me
> to buy/unlock the game even though I own it and have for 3 years. Is
> there something simple I am missing here? I do not really want to buy it
> again or start from scratch. I use win 7 mostly and find it to be a
> major pain to shut down and restart so I can then boot into Vista just
> to play a quick game. Help would as always be appreciated..

Stupid question but did you actually install the games on Windows 7? Or
did you just install them on Vista?

John

Drew wrote:
> So here is the situation.. Dual booting win vista business and win 7
> ultimate on 1 partitioned drive and all games and docs on another drive.
> Games I have added are accessible from vista as they have always been
> but I cannot seem to get them to play from win 7. In vista when I click
> on the shortcut for 1 particular game it starts with no problem however
> even after copying the shortcut from the vista side to win 7 it asks me
> to buy/unlock the game even though I own it and have for 3 years. Is
> there something simple I am missing here? I do not really want to buy it
> again or start from scratch. I use win 7 mostly and find it to be a
> major pain to shut down and restart so I can then boot into Vista just
> to play a quick game. Help would as always be appreciated..

To circumvent your situation would involve violating the EULA of the
game and the DMA. You cannot legally do it.

You might be able to uninstall it from Vista and then install it in Win
7. Most programs have the capability to verify the uninstallation and
then allow to install it in a new environment.

That's one of the security features to prevent piracy. The game takes
and inventory of the environment it's installed in so when something
changes it needs to be re-activated.



Drew wrote:
> So here is the situation.. Dual booting win vista business and win 7
> ultimate on 1 partitioned drive and all games and docs on another drive.
> Games I have added are accessible from vista as they have always been
> but I cannot seem to get them to play from win 7. In vista when I click
> on the shortcut for 1 particular game it starts with no problem however
> even after copying the shortcut from the vista side to win 7 it asks me
> to buy/unlock the game even though I own it and have for 3 years. Is
> there something simple I am missing here? I do not really want to buy it
> again or start from scratch. I use win 7 mostly and find it to be a
> major pain to shut down and restart so I can then boot into Vista just
> to play a quick game. Help would as always be appreciated..

installed on vista 3 years ago or so..

"John John - MVP" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Stupid question but did you actually install the games on Windows 7? Or
> did you just install them on Vista?
>
> John
>
> Drew wrote:
>> So here is the situation.. Dual booting win vista business and win 7
>> ultimate on 1 partitioned drive and all games and docs on another drive.
>> Games I have added are accessible from vista as they have always been but
>> I cannot seem to get them to play from win 7. In vista when I click on
>> the shortcut for 1 particular game it starts with no problem however even
>> after copying the shortcut from the vista side to win 7 it asks me to
>> buy/unlock the game even though I own it and have for 3 years. Is there
>> something simple I am missing here? I do not really want to buy it again
>> or start from scratch. I use win 7 mostly and find it to be a major pain
>> to shut down and restart so I can then boot into Vista just to play a
>> quick game. Help would as always be appreciated..

Like the others said, if you want to run the games on Windows 7 you have
to install them there also. For all intents and purposes a multiboot
computer is like 2 computers in one box. The scenario that you present
is not much more different than having a 2 completely separate computers
connected together on a network and then wondering why computer #1 in
your den can't run the programs installed one computer #2 in the kids' room.

John

Drew wrote:
> installed on vista 3 years ago or so..
>
> "John John - MVP" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> Stupid question but did you actually install the games on Windows 7?
>> Or did you just install them on Vista?
>>
>> John
>>
>> Drew wrote:
>>> So here is the situation.. Dual booting win vista business and win
>>> 7 ultimate on 1 partitioned drive and all games and docs on another
>>> drive. Games I have added are accessible from vista as they have
>>> always been but I cannot seem to get them to play from win 7. In
>>> vista when I click on the shortcut for 1 particular game it starts
>>> with no problem however even after copying the shortcut from the
>>> vista side to win 7 it asks me to buy/unlock the game even though I
>>> own it and have for 3 years. Is there something simple I am missing
>>> here? I do not really want to buy it again or start from scratch. I
>>> use win 7 mostly and find it to be a major pain to shut down and
>>> restart so I can then boot into Vista just to play a quick game. Help
>>> would as always be appreciated..
>

Kind of thought so but thought I would ask.. Thanks for your help

"John John - MVP" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Like the others said, if you want to run the games on Windows 7 you have
> to install them there also. For all intents and purposes a multiboot
> computer is like 2 computers in one box. The scenario that you present is
> not much more different than having a 2 completely separate computers
> connected together on a network and then wondering why computer #1 in your
> den can't run the programs installed one computer #2 in the kids' room.
>
> John
>
> Drew wrote:
>> installed on vista 3 years ago or so..
>>
>> "John John - MVP" <> wrote in message
>> news:...
>>> Stupid question but did you actually install the games on Windows 7? Or
>>> did you just install them on Vista?
>>>
>>> John
>>>
>>> Drew wrote:
>>>> So here is the situation.. Dual booting win vista business and win 7
>>>> ultimate on 1 partitioned drive and all games and docs on another
>>>> drive. Games I have added are accessible from vista as they have always
>>>> been but I cannot seem to get them to play from win 7. In vista when I
>>>> click on the shortcut for 1 particular game it starts with no problem
>>>> however even after copying the shortcut from the vista side to win 7 it
>>>> asks me to buy/unlock the game even though I own it and have for 3
>>>> years. Is there something simple I am missing here? I do not really
>>>> want to buy it again or start from scratch. I use win 7 mostly and find
>>>> it to be a major pain to shut down and restart so I can then boot into
>>>> Vista just to play a quick game. Help would as always be appreciated..
>>

You're welcome. And sorry for the typos in my previous reply...

John

Drew wrote:
> Kind of thought so but thought I would ask.. Thanks for your help
>
> "John John - MVP" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> Like the others said, if you want to run the games on Windows 7 you
>> have to install them there also. For all intents and purposes a
>> multiboot computer is like 2 computers in one box. The scenario that
>> you present is not much more different than having a 2 completely
>> separate computers connected together on a network and then wondering
>> why computer #1 in your den can't run the programs installed one
>> computer #2 in the kids' room.
>>
>> John
>>
>> Drew wrote:
>>> installed on vista 3 years ago or so..
>>>
>>> "John John - MVP" <> wrote in message
>>> news:...
>>>> Stupid question but did you actually install the games on Windows
>>>> 7? Or did you just install them on Vista?
>>>>
>>>> John
>>>>
>>>> Drew wrote:
>>>>> So here is the situation.. Dual booting win vista business and
>>>>> win 7 ultimate on 1 partitioned drive and all games and docs on
>>>>> another drive. Games I have added are accessible from vista as they
>>>>> have always been but I cannot seem to get them to play from win 7.
>>>>> In vista when I click on the shortcut for 1 particular game it
>>>>> starts with no problem however even after copying the shortcut from
>>>>> the vista side to win 7 it asks me to buy/unlock the game even
>>>>> though I own it and have for 3 years. Is there something simple I
>>>>> am missing here? I do not really want to buy it again or start from
>>>>> scratch. I use win 7 mostly and find it to be a major pain to shut
>>>>> down and restart so I can then boot into Vista just to play a quick
>>>>> game. Help would as always be appreciated..
>>>

Thanks as always for your response Bobby !

"Bobby Johnson" <> wrote in message
news:...
> To circumvent your situation would involve violating the EULA of the game
> and the DMA. You cannot legally do it.
>
> You might be able to uninstall it from Vista and then install it in Win 7.
> Most programs have the capability to verify the uninstallation and then
> allow to install it in a new environment.
>
> That's one of the security features to prevent piracy. The game takes and
> inventory of the environment it's installed in so when something changes
> it needs to be re-activated.
>
>
>
> Drew wrote:
>> So here is the situation.. Dual booting win vista business and win 7
>> ultimate on 1 partitioned drive and all games and docs on another drive.
>> Games I have added are accessible from vista as they have always been but
>> I cannot seem to get them to play from win 7. In vista when I click on
>> the shortcut for 1 particular game it starts with no problem however even
>> after copying the shortcut from the vista side to win 7 it asks me to
>> buy/unlock the game even though I own it and have for 3 years. Is there
>> something simple I am missing here? I do not really want to buy it again
>> or start from scratch. I use win 7 mostly and find it to be a major pain
>> to shut down and restart so I can then boot into Vista just to play a
>> quick game. Help would as always be appreciated..

You are eminently welcome!

Thanks for letting me know you enjoy my responses!


Drew wrote:
> Thanks as always for your response Bobby !
>
> "Bobby Johnson" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> To circumvent your situation would involve violating the EULA of the
>> game and the DMA. You cannot legally do it.
>>
>> You might be able to uninstall it from Vista and then install it in
>> Win 7. Most programs have the capability to verify the uninstallation
>> and then allow to install it in a new environment.
>>
>> That's one of the security features to prevent piracy. The game takes
>> and inventory of the environment it's installed in so when something
>> changes it needs to be re-activated.
>>
>>
>>
>> Drew wrote:
>>> So here is the situation.. Dual booting win vista business and win
>>> 7 ultimate on 1 partitioned drive and all games and docs on another
>>> drive. Games I have added are accessible from vista as they have
>>> always been but I cannot seem to get them to play from win 7. In
>>> vista when I click on the shortcut for 1 particular game it starts
>>> with no problem however even after copying the shortcut from the
>>> vista side to win 7 it asks me to buy/unlock the game even though I
>>> own it and have for 3 years. Is there something simple I am missing
>>> here? I do not really want to buy it again or start from scratch. I
>>> use win 7 mostly and find it to be a major pain to shut down and
>>> restart so I can then boot into Vista just to play a quick game. Help
>>> would as always be appreciated..
>