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Re: Changing Product Key - Vista Upgrade?
robg wrote:
> I purchased a new PC a few days ago. The guy at Circuit City told me
> I'll be getting a free upgrade to Vista, sometime at the beginning of
> the year.
> So, in a nutshell (and no, I'm not asking, or condoning any illegal
> activity, so please don't accuse me of it; I'm sure my incompetence in
> posting this question here already implies such); is - If I were to
> install it, with no product key (don't have one, don't want one,
> other than the one I'll get sometime in the new year), will I be able
> to use it for the 30 days mentioned to me, and (hopefully if its here
> by then), just enter in my code from my upgrade CD? The CD will be
> coming, I presume from HP, so I'd think they'd give, or have to give
> me a key to use it, correct?
>
> So, Can I do this? Then enter my product key I get from HP?
No. Your new vista disk and licence will be for either an OEM or Upgrade
copy of Vista (not sure which from your post) and the current RTM builds
doing the rounds are either hax0red versions of goodness knows what or MSDN
/ Technet / ETC retail builds or business/enterprise builds. Won't work.
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