Are you sure that the Home Premium disc is OEM? Did you purchase it from a
system builder? Since you installed Home Premium to the custom built PC, I
suppose you could install it to the other computer, but you may need to call for
activation.
Rick is correct. An OEM install of Windows is tied to the PC as it is only meant
to be supplied with the PC by the system builder. It is therefore not
transferable. Assuming that you bought the OEM copy of Vista and had the PC
built for you (or built it yourself) as long as that copy of Vista only exists
on a single PC, you will be okay - assuming that it can be activated on the
other PC.
-steve
mor10 <mor10@xxxxxx> wrote:
Quote:
>ummm... the computer that came with the OEM disc was custom built and came
>preinstalled with absolutely nothing. I installed Vista myself on the blank
>system. are you saying the program somehow notifies Microsoft of the stats of
>the system AFTER it is installed and that way ties the OS to that computer?
>In that case, what happens when I rip out the motherboard or switch
>processors or something like that? I'm sorry but it doesn't really make sense
>
>mor10
>
>"Rick Rogers" wrote:
> Quote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> To start with, and OEM license is not transferable. It is only valid for the
>> hardware it is first activated on. In the case of a preinstalled OEM
>> version, this means that the license to use Vista is permanently tied to the
>> computer it comes with.
>>
>> So, to your situation:
>>
>> a) You cannot use the OEM Home Premium on a different machine than it came
>> with.
>>
>> b) You can upgrade the Home Premium to Ultimate using a retail full version
>> or upgrade and it should preserve user accounts, data, programs, and
>> settings.
>>
>> c) For the XP system, you'll need a separate upgrade license.
>>
>> --
>> 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
>>
>> "mor10" <mor10@xxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:5292D106-6034-4339-98D2-8072706CB059@xxxxxx Quote:
>> >I have a computer that runs Home Premium and another one that runs XP. The
>> > Home Premium came as a OEM disc with the new system. Now I want to upgrade
>> > the Home Premium computer to Vista Ultimate and move the Home Premium to
>> > the
>> > XP computer. I have a new (non OEM) version of Vista Ultimate on a
>> > separate
>> > disc.
>> >
>> > The Question:
>> >
>> > How do I update the Home Premium computer to Ultimate without losing
>> > what's
>> > already on it? And after doing so, can I install the Home Premium package
>> > on
>> > another computer or do I have to do something to move the license to the
>> > other computer like you do with Adobe software?
>> >
>> > I have two licenses - just need to swap them without losing all my data
>> > and
>> > software.
>> >
>> > thanks
>>
>> --
Stephen Boots
MVP Windows Live
Windows Live OneCare Forum Moderator
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