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    Installing Vista Premium from Inspiron onto Vostro???

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by springbok, Aug 23, 2007.

  1. springbok

    springbok Notebook Guru

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    I just ordered a Vostro 1500. I gave my Inspiron 1500 I just bought to my wife (I did not care for the Alpine White). My question is: Since the Vostro comes with Vista Basic, can I simply use the Inspiron Vista Premium restore disk and install it on the Vostro?
     
    springbok, Aug 23, 2007
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  2. nizzy1115

    nizzy1115 Notebook Prophet

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    probably so long as it is not installed on the other machine also.
     
    nizzy1115, Aug 23, 2007
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  3. Greg

    Greg Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Legally you should not do this. The VHP copy is tied to the original machine.
     
    Greg, Aug 23, 2007
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    The best way to do it is to pay $80 for Windows Anytime Upgrade.
    At $80 I'd say it's kind of pricey though... but I don't know of any cheaper way to upgrade that's legal.
     
    swarmer, Aug 23, 2007
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    i think it will activate and work fine, but it isn't legal.
     
    aan310, Aug 23, 2007
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    it will work just fine. but if you put it on the vostro legally you are supposed to them remove it and not use it on the inspiron. but it will still work depends on your ethics
     
    zfactor, Aug 23, 2007
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    That's not even allowed, since OEM copies can't be moved from one machine to another, according to the license.

    Technically speaking, the Basic key shouldn't work to activate Premium (though I won't say for sure it won't work, but I wouldn't expect it to), and the Premium key shouldn't be able to be used on two computers at once... and since it's an OEM key, it shouldn't be allowed to be moved at all. Microsoft does have some technical measures to enforce these rules, but exactly how effective they are, I'm not really sure.

    It's only if you bought a retail (boxed) copy that you're allowed to uninstall it from one machine and install it on another.
     
    swarmer, Aug 23, 2007
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  8. billcsho

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    The OEM Vista from Dell does not require key or activation to be installed on a Dell. It is technically feasible but it may be illegal if you do not have a license for the OS which can be purchased separately.
     
    billcsho, Aug 23, 2007
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    its not legal, but it'll work without any kind of problem.
     
    hlcc, Aug 23, 2007
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