that really bites... Cause i was just considering getting an OEM copy till i
read that if i changed the motherboard it would no longer work. I plan on
upgrading my Mobo within the next 1-2 years as well as my vid card, cpu, Ram,
and probably change my 2 500Gb SATA drives to 2-4 1Tb Drives (in other words
almost build a new system, minus the case, one HD, and the power supply). My
current parts would then go into a linux based unit I've been wanting to
build for my living room...
Before anyone says to just buy it again when i upgrade my system, it took me
years to save up to get this computer built... and I just got married so
there went a lot more money... and now I've got to save up to build my new
system and I don't want to add more cost to it.. it'd make me have to settle
for cheaper parts which i don't want to do. I've done that too much as it is
throughout my life...
"John Barnett MVP" wrote:
Quote:
> The EULA say's No because you can only use a single copy of the software on
> one machine. However, having said that, it has been done before. But now we
> get onto the issue of upgrading the 'second' installation. When you upgrade
> to Vista your XP licence key becomes part and parcel of Vista, therefore you
> loose the use of that key ( I believe you can't even use the XP key again if
> downgraded to XP at a later date.) Either way your Vista copy (which you
> upgraded to from XP) would be legal, while the XP copy you initially
> installed would not.
>
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E288B7C-4038-4B91-96EB-477348D15ED0@xxxxxx Quote:
> > Can I partition my HD to two partitions, Install my copy of winXP pro on
> > both
> > (its only on one comouter so that shouldnt violate anything) and then
> > upgrade
> > one of them to vista using an upgrade disk? Will both windows work fine?
>