Vista - An odd thought.

Up to this point nobody has seen any of the upgrade versions of Vista
and the assumption is that the x86 or x64 DVD of the operating system will
have all versions and the PK will determine what's installed. I think that
that will be true for the retail versions, all else is still unknown. I
purchased Vista Business with s/a & v/l which was upgraded to Enterprise.
During installation there was no PK request, but to activate the operating
system you you have to change the PK to the MAK or KMS PK. The download size
for Enterprise x86 1.92GB and x64 2.52GB. Because of having to change the PK
not to just enter the PK, there is an installation PK included in the
download. This is just an observation since my purchase didn't include any
physical media just the downloaded ISO images.

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Dennis Pack
Vista x64 Enterprise
Office 2007

That's how the volume license programs work. The retail program is
different.

"Dennis Pack" <dennispack@nospam.hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Up to this point nobody has seen any of the upgrade versions of Vista
> and the assumption is that the x86 or x64 DVD of the operating system will
> have all versions and the PK will determine what's installed. I think that
> that will be true for the retail versions, all else is still unknown. I
> purchased Vista Business with s/a & v/l which was upgraded to Enterprise.
> During installation there was no PK request, but to activate the operating
> system you you have to change the PK to the MAK or KMS PK. The download
> size for Enterprise x86 1.92GB and x64 2.52GB. Because of having to change
> the PK not to just enter the PK, there is an installation PK included in
> the download. This is just an observation since my purchase didn't include
> any physical media just the downloaded ISO images.
>
> --
> Dennis Pack
> Vista x64 Enterprise
> Office 2007

Colin:
Thank you for enlightening me on volume licensing. Usually I just
buy copies as I need them instead of at one time.

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Dennis Pack
Vista x64 Enterprise
Office 2007
"Colin Barnhorst" <colinbarharst@msn.com> wrote in message
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> That's how the volume license programs work. The retail program is
> different.
>
> "Dennis Pack" <dennispack@nospam.hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news3EE731A-4F50-47F3-9626-349E7FD0A4DB@microsoft.com...
>> Up to this point nobody has seen any of the upgrade versions of Vista
>> and the assumption is that the x86 or x64 DVD of the operating system
>> will have all versions and the PK will determine what's installed. I
>> think that that will be true for the retail versions, all else is still
>> unknown. I purchased Vista Business with s/a & v/l which was upgraded to
>> Enterprise. During installation there was no PK request, but to activate
>> the operating system you you have to change the PK to the MAK or KMS PK.
>> The download size for Enterprise x86 1.92GB and x64 2.52GB. Because of
>> having to change the PK not to just enter the PK, there is an
>> installation PK included in the download. This is just an observation
>> since my purchase didn't include any physical media just the downloaded
>> ISO images.
>>
>> --
>> Dennis Pack
>> Vista x64 Enterprise
>> Office 2007
>