Hello All,
I recently purchased a used pc that has no installed os or software. However there is a licence key on the pc for windows vista home premium. A firend has a vista home premium disc, and I was wondering if I could use his disc and just put in my key at intallation? Anybody know if this would work?
thanks
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Jump to PostI would be surprised if it did work. I think that each key might be unique to each disc (for home users at least) - to prevent piracy. I might be wrong here though
Jump to PostI would be surprised if it did work. I think that each key might be unique to each disc (for home users at least) - to prevent piracy. I might be wrong here though
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I would be surprised if it DIDN'T work! So long as your key is, …
Jump to PostThe ultimate disk will work fine. The product key is what determines which version of vista is installed. I know this for a fact as the notebooks we received for work have vista business license stickers on them but our corporate it group installed win xp on them. I bought …
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How did you get so many posts so fast? Pass me, and I'll rep you down on the forums :P. Consider this a warning
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Good answer!Thanks for the warning lol
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Thanks for your help Infarction
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You are right.
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deerslayer_1704
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Thanks Laser, problem solved!
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Yes, Laser is right.
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