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Re: Licensing Question
I actually never had to activate my Dell Vista.
One copy of Vista on One Computer, but what constitutes the computer. The
CPU or the Hard Drive.
I will tell you that I have ghosted the 2nd drive back and it works fine.
Updates and all. No re-activation required as the computer is the same, so
no hardware changes to send up a red flag.
G-Man
"Ian Betts" <igb123@talktalk.net> wrote in message
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> "G-Man" <g_foreman@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>> My new Dell Latitude came with Vista Ultimate. I made a ghost image of
>> the
>> hard drive before it was ever booted in case I needed to go back to day
>> one.
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>> I have two extra hard drives. I will have Flight Sim X on one and also
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>> it for testing, and I will probably use the other for XP or Linux.
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>> I question is can I use my Vista Ultimate on more than one drive? I will
>> only be using it on ONE computer.
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>> I guess the question is two fold.
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>> 1. Is it possible
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>> 2. Is it legal
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>> I have Microsoft Action Pack and can load Vista Business on the other
>> drive,
>> but it's easier just to ghost it back. I also hate to waste the extra
>> licenses if not needed.
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>> G-Man
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> Possible but not legal. If you go online and want updates MS will require
> activation for a reload, what they see as second computer. If you never
> update?????
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> Ian
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