Vista CD key locked to one PC?

Were you talking about the OP or Microsoft? With all the court cases MS is
or has been involved in the past couple of years it's difficult to discern
who you were referring to.....

Bob S.


>
> Doing so would make you a thief/pirate and a liar.
>
> Pretty poor advice
>
> --
>
> Mike Brannigan

In article <FD8F8941-EF32-4E86-B367->, Dustin
Harper says...
> Aside from the legal ramifications, and the call to Microsoft to activate
> the second machine (it should give you an error saying the key is in use),
> it will work. It's not going to deactivate one saying that another is in
> use. Even if both are running and on the internet at the same time.
>
>
Actually it will. Product Activation phones home every few days.

--
Conor

Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright
until you hear them speak.........

In article <>, Noozer says...
> Thanks. I know that I'd probably need to do a phone activation on the second
> PC.
>
> Technically, I could format one PC and install the other whenever I need to
> switch and I should always be "legal" that way.

You won't be.

> It's feasible, but a PITA,
> since my laptop goes on the road with me for a month or more at a time.
>
Good luck...you're gonna need it.




--
Conor

Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright
until you hear them speak.........

In article <#>, Noozer says...

> > You can't just ignore the "legal ramifications " - it is this simple -
> > without buying 2 licenses you are attempting to run and activate one
> > license for Windows Vista on 2 PCs. This is prevented by the requirement
> > of mandatory activation.
>
> I didn't say ignore, I set put aside.

Same thing.


> I've activated my copy of Windows XP Pro about a dozen times over the years
> and never had a complaint from the folks on the phone.
>
And now it's different thanks to people taking the ****.

> ... and what if I install multiple, separate copies to the same PC? It's
> only installed on one computer, but will require multiple activations.
>
No it won't because the hardware that the PA key is generated from
remains the same.


--
Conor

Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright
until you hear them speak.........

"Conor" <> wrote in message
news:.. .
> In article <>, Noozer says...
>> Thanks. I know that I'd probably need to do a phone activation on the
>> second
>> PC.
>>
>> Technically, I could format one PC and install the other whenever I need
>> to
>> switch and I should always be "legal" that way.
>
> You won't be.

Why not?

In article <>, Noozer says...
>
> "Conor" <> wrote in message
> news:.. .
> > In article <>, Noozer says...
> >> Thanks. I know that I'd probably need to do a phone activation on the
> >> second
> >> PC.
> >>
> >> Technically, I could format one PC and install the other whenever I need
> >> to
> >> switch and I should always be "legal" that way.
> >
> > You won't be.
>
> Why not?
>
>
>
It can only be installed on one computer. You'll have it installed on
two. The only way it'll be legal is if it's a Retail version and
uninstalled from the computer not in use.

--
Conor

Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright
until you hear them speak.........

"Conor" <> wrote

> In article <#>, Noozer says...
>
>> > You can't just ignore the "legal ramifications " - it is this simple -
>> > without buying 2 licenses you are attempting to run and activate one
>> > license for Windows Vista on 2 PCs. This is prevented by the
>> > requirement
>> > of mandatory activation.
>>
>> I didn't say ignore, I set put aside.
>
> Same thing.
>
>
>> I've activated my copy of Windows XP Pro about a dozen times over the
>> years
>> and never had a complaint from the folks on the phone.
>>
> And now it's different thanks to people taking the ****.
>
>> ... and what if I install multiple, separate copies to the same PC? It's
>> only installed on one computer, but will require multiple activations.
>>
> No it won't because the hardware that the PA key is generated from
> remains the same.


I believe installing to a different hard drive in the same computer will
trigger activation. I don't think installing to a second partition on the
same hard drive will. Either way per the license it's one install per
license.

--
Rock [MS-MVP User/Shell]

>> >> Technically, I could format one PC and install the other whenever I
>> >> need
>> >> to
>> >> switch and I should always be "legal" that way.
>> >
>> > You won't be.
>>
>> Why not?

> It can only be installed on one computer. You'll have it installed on
> two. The only way it'll be legal is if it's a Retail version and
> uninstalled from the computer not in use.

Read the above again. I said formated one PC and install the other when I
need to switch.

....and technically, I just need to "retire" the first PC, so I could just
dismantle it.