Ian Betts

"G-Man" <g_foreman@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:uPPjfyB2HHA.600@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>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
> news:eVJ17or1HHA.6128@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>
>>
>> "G-Man" <g_foreman@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>> news:1C05BD88-ACE5-4FD5-9365-90D311F309A1@microsoft.com...
>>> 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.
>>>
>>> I have two extra hard drives. I will have Flight Sim X on one and also
>>> use
>>> it for testing, and I will probably use the other for XP or Linux.
>>>
>>> I question is can I use my Vista Ultimate on more than one drive? I
>>> will
>>> only be using it on ONE computer.
>>>
>>> I guess the question is two fold.
>>>
>>> 1. Is it possible
>>>
>>> 2. Is it legal
>>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>> G-Man
>>>
>> 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?????
>>
>> --
>> Ian
>>
>
Luck was with you that time for sure :-))



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Ian

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