Installing 1 Copy of Vista and 2 Computers?

[Steamroller]

Well a while back we purchased a new pc for the home and also got a copy of Vista Ultimate for it. For a couple of years I ran 2 computers with one copy of windows XP without any problems. Both were activated and never had issues.

So here is my question. Will I be able to do the same with Vista or will I run into issues?

 

[killadoob]

install vista on the slower pc

then install vista a few days later on the more powerful pc and phone microsoft and tell them eskom's load shedding destroyed your mobo and cpu and you had to replace them

should be 2 licensed vista computers

 

[LazyLion]

Well a while back we purchased a new pc for the home and also got a copy of Vista Ultimate for it. For a couple of years I ran 2 computers with one copy of windows XP without any problems. Both were activated and never had issues.

So here is my question. Will I be able to do the same with Vista or will I run into issues?

Are you asking if it is possible or if it is legal/ethical?

It is theoretically possible and there should be no issues although I suppose it is possible that the activation server may one day figure out that the license is being duplicated and it might disable updates on one of the computers or blacklist the license as pirated.

Legally, your Vista EULA does not allow you to do what you are doing so technically one of your versions is a pirated version.

But some people may look at it another way and suggest that at the prices they are asking Microsoft are the real pirates.

 

[killadoob]

gary dude are you being serious man?

xp can be loaded on tons of pc's without it ever causing a problem

yes microsoft are the pirates

2k for vista ultimate o plz i hope that most ppl who take on vista actually pirate it

i did this, i bought vista home premium for 750 which is fine good price

i then download 64 bit ultimate and i use that, i payed microsoft what they deserve and im using the OS i should have received for that money

 

[Glordit]

gary dude are you being serious man?

xp can be loaded on tons of pc's without it ever causing a problem

yes microsoft are the pirates

2k for vista ultimate o plz i hope that most ppl who take on vista actually pirate it

i did this, i bought vista home premium for 750 which is fine good price

i then download 64 bit ultimate and i use that, i payed microsoft what they deserve and im using the OS i should have received for that money

I have done that with loads of copies of XP when It can out!!
After 3 installs the key resets, you just phone MS and they reset the key BTW still got about 6 or 7 XP keys lying around unused, what a waste tho

 

[Steamroller]

I couldn't care less if it's legal(I know it's not). Paying double the price of Mac OSX for an inferior product.... ffs.

Anyway I mainly want to know if updates will work on both. For the most part I only want to test it out on my machine which is the slower of the two. AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400, 1GB Ram(the big problem I think), 8600GTS.

I'm just saving up for a bit then I'm switching to Mac. I'm tired of teh always frustrating PC world.

Thanks for the replies so far.

 

[nocilah]

Well a while back we purchased a new pc for the home and also got a copy of Vista Ultimate for it. For a couple of years I ran 2 computers with one copy of windows XP without any problems. Both were activated and never had issues.

So here is my question. Will I be able to do the same with Vista or will I run into issues?

legally it aint right - but seriously who is taking note.

should be fine.

 

[d0b33]

BTW still got about 6 or 7 XP keys lying around unused, what a waste tho

Could you PM me one or two please

My official key does not want to activate anymore since I used it over 20 times on different PC's but I also started using an activation patch which I'm afraid wont work with SP3 anymore(probably will though)

 

[killadoob]

suffer im sure they will crack sp3

remember vista was supposed to be uncrackable

what happened its actually easier to crack than xp and if you get a laptop version u dont even need a crack for vista

 

[pjjdp]

Whisper..........

I use a cr@ck&d "Vista ultimate". It ran all updates this morning with no problem.


SHHHHHHHH........

 

[d0b33]

suffer im sure they will crack sp3

remember vista was supposed to be uncrackable

what happened its actually easier to crack than xp and if you get a laptop version u dont even need a crack for vista

I know, I'm running the pirated ultimate on 3 PC's all updated to SP1

but I'm going to do what you did and by Vista home premium and continue using Pirated Ultimate.

The patch I use with XP just patches the winlogon file and if SP3 updates this file then I assume the patch wont work.

*But I have a new XP key to try out now*

 

[Weasley]

so talking about cracking vista wheres a good cracking program to use

 

[AutoX]

Whisper..........

I use a cr@ck&d "Vista ultimate". It ran all updates this morning with no problem.


SHHHHHHHH........

 

[LazyLion]

*** Puts time limit on thread ***

 

[Just_Ice]

*** Puts time limit on thread ***

Still going...

 

[HavocXphere]

I think Vista "calls home" every month or so (Heard rumours). XP does not.

Such discussion should in any case best be held here, not on this forum.

 

[.Froot.]

Well a while back we purchased a new pc for the home and also got a copy of Vista Ultimate for it. For a couple of years I ran 2 computers with one copy of windows XP without any problems. Both were activated and never had issues.

So here is my question. Will I be able to do the same with Vista or will I run into issues?

I have installed a single copy of XP onto the same computer somewhere around 20 times (Yeah, M$ is that useless) (and I'm enjoying Linux a lot more)

You won't run into issues. But it is illegal though. If you have ethical issues, which about half of the guys in the thread here don't, then don't install it on two pc's. If you don't have ethical issues, you can install it on two or more pcs but I would not recommend that due to my ethical values. Just my 2c towards using only what you pay for (I have no illegal programs on my Linux machine )

 

[LazyLion]

Still going...

maybe it's just me that the mods hate!

 

[kronoSX]

very possible to do this,if you know how,and i am guessing you know how so just do it man.
remember never enter a key when installing vista

 

[Steamroller]

Why all the talk about cracking windows? I was asking about a Legal version of Vista, just installing it on 2 PCs which is not so legal.