I have one laptop and one desktop, do I need to two copies of Vista? or can 1
copy of vista be used on 1 laptop and one desktop?

On Feb 4, 3:06 pm, solarcom78 <solarco...@discussions.microsoft.com>
wrote:
> I have one laptop and one desktop, do I need to two copies of Vista? or can 1
> copy of vista be used on 1 laptop and one desktop?

You need to purchase 2 separate copies. This is the same as previous
versions of Windows.

1 license, 1 install... been this way forever




"solarcom78" <solarcom78@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I have one laptop and one desktop, do I need to two copies of Vista? or can
>1
> copy of vista be used on 1 laptop and one desktop?

Yes.

No.

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"solarcom78" <solarcom78@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I have one laptop and one desktop, do I need to two copies of Vista? or can
>1
> copy of vista be used on 1 laptop and one desktop?

1 license per machine. You need to only get the product key, since you can
use the
same dvd for the other computer

BUT
there is a family pack
and there are some discounts for additional licenses...


"solarcom78" <solarcom78@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:FD9A6BE7-98BF-4D22-9440-65F318E4D4D8@microsoft.com...
>I have one laptop and one desktop, do I need to two copies of Vista? or can
>1
> copy of vista be used on 1 laptop and one desktop?

You need to purchase a copy of Vista for each computer.

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows - Shell/User

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"solarcom78" wrote:

I have one laptop and one desktop, do I need to two copies of Vista? or can 1
copy of vista be used on 1 laptop and one desktop?

solarcom78 wrote:

> I have one laptop and one desktop, do I need to two copies of Vista?
> or can 1 copy of vista be used on 1 laptop and one desktop?


You need two copies. The rule is quite clear. It's one copy (or one license)
for each computer.

There's nothing new here. This is exactly the same rule that's been in
effect on every version of Windows starting with Windows 3.1. The only thing
that's new, starting with Windows XP, is that there's now an enforcement
mechanism.

--
Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
Please reply to the newsgroup

You must have one copy of Vista per machine. More specifically, one
license per machine.

Dustin Harper
dharper@vistarip.com
http://www.vistarip.com



solarcom78 wrote:
> I have one laptop and one desktop, do I need to two copies of Vista? or can 1
> copy of vista be used on 1 laptop and one desktop?

On Sun, 4 Feb 2007 14:25:32 -0700, "Ken Blake, MVP"
<kblake@this.is.an.invalid.domain> wrote:

>solarcom78 wrote:
>
>> I have one laptop and one desktop, do I need to two copies of Vista?
>> or can 1 copy of vista be used on 1 laptop and one desktop?
>
>
>You need two copies. The rule is quite clear. It's one copy (or one license)
>for each computer.
>
>There's nothing new here. This is exactly the same rule that's been in
>effect on every version of Windows starting with Windows 3.1. The only thing
>that's new, starting with Windows XP, is that there's now an enforcement
>mechanism.

Honestly though, those enforcement mechanisms drive me nuts...

I usually tend to rebuilt my system once every 6-8 months and
everytime I am on phone with india for half an hour trying to get
windows authorized again....

It's a friggin pain in the ass...

I have like 6 or 7 XP licenses running on 5 computers...I couldn't
care less what license runs on WHAT machine...

--
Stephan
2003 Yamaha R6

kimi no koto omoidasu hi nante nai no wa
kimi no koto wasureta toki ga nai kara

LEGALLY, it's one license per computer. Whether or not you follow that
and don't get audited is your deal.

A call to India can be painful sometimes, especially with numbers! I've
been lucky and have gotten a few really nice and helpful young gals.


Dustin Harper
dharper@vistarip.com
http://www.vistarip.com



Stephan Rose wrote:
> On Sun, 4 Feb 2007 14:25:32 -0700, "Ken Blake, MVP"
> <kblake@this.is.an.invalid.domain> wrote:
>
>> solarcom78 wrote:
>>
>>> I have one laptop and one desktop, do I need to two copies of Vista?
>>> or can 1 copy of vista be used on 1 laptop and one desktop?
>>
>> You need two copies. The rule is quite clear. It's one copy (or one license)
>> for each computer.
>>
>> There's nothing new here. This is exactly the same rule that's been in
>> effect on every version of Windows starting with Windows 3.1. The only thing
>> that's new, starting with Windows XP, is that there's now an enforcement
>> mechanism.
>
> Honestly though, those enforcement mechanisms drive me nuts...
>
> I usually tend to rebuilt my system once every 6-8 months and
> everytime I am on phone with india for half an hour trying to get
> windows authorized again....
>
> It's a friggin pain in the ass...
>
> I have like 6 or 7 XP licenses running on 5 computers...I couldn't
> care less what license runs on WHAT machine...
>
> --
> Stephan
> 2003 Yamaha R6
>
> kimi no koto omoidasu hi nante nai no wa
> kimi no koto wasureta toki ga nai kara