Vista Trial version

Hello

I am looking for a trial version of vista and can only find the VHD version,
can anyone point me in the right direction?

Any version will do?

Hi,

There technically is no trial version. There is only the release version
which can be installed without a product key and used for 30 days (for some
reason Microsoft does not term this as a trial period). At 30 days you can
either purchase a Product Key appropriate for the version you installed, or
remove it from the system and install something else (note that if you
upgrade an existing XP/2000 installation you will NOT be able to undo the
upgrade, you will have to format and reinstall the original operating system
on a clean slate). You can use any retail 32 or 64 bit DVD to do this.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

"stringer" <> wrote in message
news:368639D2-FF47-44D2-A07D-...
> Hello
>
> I am looking for a trial version of vista and can only find the VHD
> version,
> can anyone point me in the right direction?
>
> Any version will do?

Thanks Rick can you point me in the direction of the release version?

"Rick Rogers" wrote:

> Hi,
>
> There technically is no trial version. There is only the release version
> which can be installed without a product key and used for 30 days (for some
> reason Microsoft does not term this as a trial period). At 30 days you can
> either purchase a Product Key appropriate for the version you installed, or
> remove it from the system and install something else (note that if you
> upgrade an existing XP/2000 installation you will NOT be able to undo the
> upgrade, you will have to format and reinstall the original operating system
> on a clean slate). You can use any retail 32 or 64 bit DVD to do this.
>
> --
> Best of Luck,
>
> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
> My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
>
> "stringer" <> wrote in message
> news:368639D2-FF47-44D2-A07D-...
> > Hello
> >
> > I am looking for a trial version of vista and can only find the VHD
> > version,
> > can anyone point me in the right direction?
> >
> > Any version will do?
>
>

you have to buy the release version. You cannot download it legally.

The only thing that can be considered a trial is the VHD version that you
can run on a virtual machine..

I have been able to convert that into a version that can be installed on a
Hard Disk using a clever trick..
of course the same time limitations still apply.
but I doubt that is in compliance with the agreement of the VHD download. I
did it only out of interest
in experimentation.

How did I do the trick? I used a disk imaging bootable cd software to create
an image of the virtual machine,
then I transfered that image to a real hard disk, the virtual machine image
has not started detecting the hardware,
thus this image when it starts it detects the real hardware. I know this is
advanced and I do not recomend it...

cant you use virtual pc 2007 that is free and use the VHD to test vista?



"stringer" <> wrote in message
news:1C4D8F3E-AD15-458B-99A2-...
> Thanks Rick can you point me in the direction of the release version?
>
> "Rick Rogers" wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> There technically is no trial version. There is only the release version
>> which can be installed without a product key and used for 30 days (for
>> some
>> reason Microsoft does not term this as a trial period). At 30 days you
>> can
>> either purchase a Product Key appropriate for the version you installed,
>> or
>> remove it from the system and install something else (note that if you
>> upgrade an existing XP/2000 installation you will NOT be able to undo the
>> upgrade, you will have to format and reinstall the original operating
>> system
>> on a clean slate). You can use any retail 32 or 64 bit DVD to do this.
>>
>> --
>> Best of Luck,
>>
>> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
>> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
>> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
>> My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
>>
>> "stringer" <> wrote in message
>> news:368639D2-FF47-44D2-A07D-...
>> > Hello
>> >
>> > I am looking for a trial version of vista and can only find the VHD
>> > version,
>> > can anyone point me in the right direction?
>> >
>> > Any version will do?
>>
>>

I could do, I managed to get a copy from a colleague, so will use that for now.

Thanks anyway

"Taibear ios" wrote:

> you have to buy the release version. You cannot download it legally.
>
> The only thing that can be considered a trial is the VHD version that you
> can run on a virtual machine..
>
> I have been able to convert that into a version that can be installed on a
> Hard Disk using a clever trick..
> of course the same time limitations still apply.
> but I doubt that is in compliance with the agreement of the VHD download. I
> did it only out of interest
> in experimentation.
>
> How did I do the trick? I used a disk imaging bootable cd software to create
> an image of the virtual machine,
> then I transfered that image to a real hard disk, the virtual machine image
> has not started detecting the hardware,
> thus this image when it starts it detects the real hardware. I know this is
> advanced and I do not recomend it...
>
> cant you use virtual pc 2007 that is free and use the VHD to test vista?
>
>
>
> "stringer" <> wrote in message
> news:1C4D8F3E-AD15-458B-99A2-...
> > Thanks Rick can you point me in the direction of the release version?
> >
> > "Rick Rogers" wrote:
> >
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> There technically is no trial version. There is only the release version
> >> which can be installed without a product key and used for 30 days (for
> >> some
> >> reason Microsoft does not term this as a trial period). At 30 days you
> >> can
> >> either purchase a Product Key appropriate for the version you installed,
> >> or
> >> remove it from the system and install something else (note that if you
> >> upgrade an existing XP/2000 installation you will NOT be able to undo the
> >> upgrade, you will have to format and reinstall the original operating
> >> system
> >> on a clean slate). You can use any retail 32 or 64 bit DVD to do this.
> >>
> >> --
> >> Best of Luck,
> >>
> >> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
> >> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> >> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
> >> My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
> >>
> >> "stringer" <> wrote in message
> >> news:368639D2-FF47-44D2-A07D-...
> >> > Hello
> >> >
> >> > I am looking for a trial version of vista and can only find the VHD
> >> > version,
> >> > can anyone point me in the right direction?
> >> >
> >> > Any version will do?
> >>
> >>
>
>
>

http://windowssecrets.com/comp/070215#story1
Use Vista without activation for 120 days


-Michael

* stringer:
> I could do, I managed to get a copy from a colleague, so will use that for now.
>
> Thanks anyway
>
> "Taibear ios" wrote:
>
>> you have to buy the release version. You cannot download it legally.
>>
>> The only thing that can be considered a trial is the VHD version that you
>> can run on a virtual machine..
>>
>> I have been able to convert that into a version that can be installed on a
>> Hard Disk using a clever trick..
>> of course the same time limitations still apply.
>> but I doubt that is in compliance with the agreement of the VHD download. I
>> did it only out of interest
>> in experimentation.
>>
>> How did I do the trick? I used a disk imaging bootable cd software to create
>> an image of the virtual machine,
>> then I transfered that image to a real hard disk, the virtual machine image
>> has not started detecting the hardware,
>> thus this image when it starts it detects the real hardware. I know this is
>> advanced and I do not recomend it...
>>
>> cant you use virtual pc 2007 that is free and use the VHD to test vista?
>>
>>
>>
>> "stringer" <> wrote in message
>> news:1C4D8F3E-AD15-458B-99A2-...
>>> Thanks Rick can you point me in the direction of the release version?
>>>
>>> "Rick Rogers" wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> There technically is no trial version. There is only the release version
>>>> which can be installed without a product key and used for 30 days (for
>>>> some
>>>> reason Microsoft does not term this as a trial period). At 30 days you
>>>> can
>>>> either purchase a Product Key appropriate for the version you installed,
>>>> or
>>>> remove it from the system and install something else (note that if you
>>>> upgrade an existing XP/2000 installation you will NOT be able to undo the
>>>> upgrade, you will have to format and reinstall the original operating
>>>> system
>>>> on a clean slate). You can use any retail 32 or 64 bit DVD to do this.
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Best of Luck,
>>>>
>>>> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
>>>> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
>>>> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
>>>> My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
>>>>
>>>> "stringer" <> wrote in message
>>>> news:368639D2-FF47-44D2-A07D-...
>>>>> Hello
>>>>>
>>>>> I am looking for a trial version of vista and can only find the VHD
>>>>> version,
>>>>> can anyone point me in the right direction?
>>>>>
>>>>> Any version will do?
>>>>
>>
>>