Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium Edition (Upgrade) (PC)

whambamboo

sniperpenguin wrote:

'fraid not, z4kir

Im as much a fan of OEM as the next bloke, but with Vista the OEM editions are being "tied" to the motherboard they are installed with.

Change your PC / motherboard, and it will flag it as an illegal copy.

Well you can call MS and say your motherboard died and they will give you a reactivation. I haven't heard of anyone not being able to do this.

Claire_DC

rockabilly_spike wrote:

Very true Sniperpenguin.

Plus WHY exactly do you want Vista?
Its a nightmare with things not working.
Have you tried the upgrade advisor from microsoft first?
if not, download it and see what will and won't work if you install vista.

Personally I'd be leaving it till its more stable.
and I work in a PC shop and I've been talking customers out of buying or upgrading it since it came out and we've had cheap branded PCs from the likes of Currys brought in for repair cos something doesnt work or they crash constantly and Currys say its down to Vista and not covered by the warranty.

Exactly what i have been saying to people.. i'm not touching it until i know everything is compatible with it (drivers/software/hardware etc) and all bugs are ironed out.

Claire_DC

m00nie wrote:

can you install one copy on 2 machines? ? ? :eek:

I'm sure i read somewhere that it could only be installed on one machine.. i could be wrong though.

Claire_DC

Yep, you can only have it installed on one machine at any time.

'You may uninstall the software and install it on another device for your use. You may not do so to share this license between devices.'


http://www.microsoft.com/about/legal/useterms/default.aspx

m00nie

Claire_DC wrote:

Yep, you can only have it installed on one machine at any time.

'You may uninstall the software and install it on another device for your use. You may not do so to share this license between devices.'


http://www.microsoft.com/about/legal/useterms/default.aspx

good job i downloaded 2 cracked versions of it then, 1 for each machine

rockabilly_spike

Ouch! You shouldnt be admitting to Software piracy on here!!!

Anyways the PC from Currys we did a total system restore on Vista as IE7 wouldnt show any webpages, just a blank screen.
it worked fine when it left the shop, it came back in again this morning for the same repair.
Currys say its down to Vista and won't touch it.
its cos the poor family £25.00 from us already for a system restore.
out of good faith we've decided not to charge them anything extra for what we may have to do to it today.
VISTA?
good if you machine is powerful enough to run it and you don't intend doing much with it YET!

pinkgem

i have been wanting to format my current advent pc for quite a while due to a few minor problems, i considered upgrading to vista at the same time, then realised i needed more ram/memory so was going to upgrade that at the same time aswell - the cost of this would have been approx £200

it ended up being more sensible to buy a new computer with vista premium included. i have purchased a dell pc for £525 including a 20" monitor worth £270. the price included £50 off, free shipping worth £60 and a free upgrade from vista basic to home premium.

i also had £50 off with quidco cashback which will bring the cost down to £475, less the £270 monitor is £205 for the computer which includes windows vista premium and the 1gb ram which would have cost me £200+

and i get a brand new computer, with 12 months manufacturers warranty and my OH gets a 20" monitor to play his xbox 360 on

we also think we can sell our advent computer for approx £200 and our packard bell 19" monitor for approx £120-£150

rockabilly_spike

is your monitor the old style CRT one?
if it is you'll be very lucky to get that much. we sell used 17" CRTs at £25.
You'd be better selling the whole lot together.

Always best to wipe the system first too!

pinkgem

rockabilly_spike wrote:

is your monitor the old style CRT one?
if it is you'll be very lucky to get that much. we sell used 17" CRTs at £25.
You'd be better selling the whole lot together.

Always best to wipe the system first too!

the packard bell 19" is a flat screen

will format our advent pc before we sell it

i think we would get more money selling the computer and monitor separately

rockabilly_spike

a 2nd hand 19" TFT?
hmm depends on how old it is. is it still under warranty?
but we sell new 19" TFTs for less than £130 so ya gotta think about whats being offered for sale as opposed to what you can get new for a similar price.
You might be being a little optimistic, but I hope you get your prices.
Whats the PC system running, spec wise?
Ebay might be a good way to go.
Especially for selling seperately cos you might get the same person bidding on both to make a complete system