Vista upgrade invalidates your XP key
section: windows, for your questions: KezNews forum, 30.1.2007
Tip: Click here to update all your PC's outdated driversIf you choose to purchase an upgrade version of Windows Vista to upgrade XP, you will no longer be able to use that version of XP.
Either on another system, or as a dual-boot option. The key will be invalidated, preventing activation.
From Vista’s EULA found
here (PDF) :
13. UPGRADES. To use upgrade software, you must first be licensed for the software that is eligiblefor the upgrade. Upon upgrade, this agreement takes the place of the agreement for the software you upgraded from. After you upgrade, you may no longer use the software you upgraded from.
For many people this may not be a problem, but it’s a change from earlier versions of Windows.
source: tomcoyote
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Comments(42)
this is bull shit
fu** off microsoft
no wonder people rip microsoft off every chance they get.
i bought a copy of xp when i built my desktop, just cuz i wanted to do the right thing. however, when i
tried to install after many problems, i could not activate! i spent 4 hours on the phone with several indians
before deciding to download a crack. i have not looked back since. if they would make the software more user
friendly, then they may not have permanently turned me to the dark side.
played with vista for 2 hours..got bored..removed the pretty bloatware. bye bye 6 years of wasted effort.
wow this is honestly a new low for microsoft...
i have a legal copy of xp and i have no problem using the activation crack on it whenever i reinstall it.
i'm not crying to microsoft to let me activate it when i change my motherboard.
you can easily
just use the activation crack on your 'invalid' key, lol.
fix: mac os x, no cd keys, no activation.
http://www.windowsitpro.com/article/...5011.html?ad=1
1. boot with the windows vista upgrade dvd.
2. click "install now."
3. do not enter a product key when prompted.
4.
when prompted, select the vista product edition that you do have.
6. install vista normally.
7. once the install is complete, restart the dvd-based setup from within windows vista. perform an
in-place upgrade.
8. enter your product key when prompted.
is there any recourse? vista isn't a coplete operating system, yet microsoft is saying it is by its mere
sale. is ms willing to pay compensation for user software that doesn't work?
the alternative is
to allow people to flip between xp and vista. we know ms is trying to kill of any os that doesn't have drm,
though...
will my xp stop work if i'll install vista as a second os? i mean not upgrade version. i don't think so but
i have to be sure.(sorry for my english)
from xp eula:
upgrades. to use a product identified as an upgrade, you mustfirst be licensed for the
product identified by microsoftas eligible for the upgrade. after upgrading, you may no longer use the product
that formed the basis for your upgrade eligibility.
so what is different ,this article is scaremongering
of the worse kind , we all have our reasons for hating microsoft , this basic clause has been used in most
upgrade software . and it has never stopped us before .
hi, this is not true at all. thanks for spreading fud.
i have xp on another drive and it still works. my vista may not work properly now due to updates but i don't
care as i won't be buying it anyway.
i'm formatting it and getting rid of it. it's just xp with
a new coat and a bigger price tag. another money making scam from the greediest company on the planet.
as long as there are pirates there is always hope!
i have had no issues with vista . everything works like it should so far :)
and in some ways its
better than xp
xxx yeah!
mr. bruns: of course you can dualboot vista and xp without problem. i even tripleboot vista, xp and ubuntu
with the vista bootloader on my laptop.
i agree with james. it's working fine for me.
btw. it seems trendy to bash ms for no reason. if you don't like microsoft you can use another os. most
functions work just fine in all other os:es.
who has an serialnumber for vista home
this statement refers to an upgrade path only were by you choose to install upon a legitimate copy of xp etc
etc.
basically it informs ms that it been upgraded and that the key and serial are no longer valid for
that version of xp on your pc.
so you want to try vista and you choose the upgrade path and decide later
you don’t want it so you reinstall xp with your cd-key it won’t be valid any more.
i wonder if you can use an xp pro corp. vlk key to activate vista. anyone tried?
no because you still need a vista key as well to upgrade.
no, i mean enter your xp key in vista.
doesn't work
all you have to do is use vlite to make your upgrade disc bootable and install the os without your vista key.
make sure you choose the version that you have purchased. ie - make sure you select home pre, ultinate etc if
you have purchased that version. after you have vista installed go to the system info page and enter your
vista key. worked for me.
i recently had the misfortune of installing and encountering ‘bullseye’
rogurremover installed these
files. when i attempted to perform the usual remove program,
bullseye had the audacity to make me take a
survey before it would go away.
attempts to circumvent the survey elicited admonishments from diabolical
bullseye.
one question asked what one would consider a reasonable number of pop-up ads one should
receive in a month-of course ‘zero’ was not an option. these demons no, i shouldn’t insult demons
with
these people-who write and distribute rogueremover with bullseye need to be gored and stomped by a bull!
just do a fresh instal of vista and get your hands on a windows 98 or 2000 disk for upgrade verification then
your all set to go get to keep both licenze xp and vista.
if your paraniod about this subject just instal wind 98 or 2000 and upgrade of of that those disks come dime
a dozen just check your local dump u might be suprised how many u find. lol
can you install a "full" version of vista... like partition you hard drive and when your comp boots up it
will ask you what os you would like to boot
can someone please help me......im trying to get my hands on a product key for vista home premium....i had
this generic key, bu t it did not work.....someone please help if they can!!! vista installed no problem on an
upgrade, but when it asks for the product key, the one i have dont work...
come to think of it. i've used an illegal copy of xp for a long time on my desktop. but then i paid for my
laptop computers with windows me on it. then i brought another one with xp home edition on it. then my brother
got the same version on his laptop. now i got another pc with xp professional version with vista upgrade on
it. then my university lab has upgraded their system with xp pro. which every student pays for its use. i am
like paying for 4 windows system for the same benefits. so does my brother!!! no wonder ms is fattening up and
up!
i just installed windows vista ultimate build 6000, installation is done but its asking me for a correct
product key... i have lots of keys and none worked... can i have a valid product key somewhere?
go buy it and then you'll get a key
basescu says that , f..k bill it's .ucks
bashing bill gates is not a "fad". what he has done to pc users is outright criminal. he has twisted
capitalism into a monster. there is no other way to look at it than pure evil greed. profits are great.
enormous profits are fine. "go exxon!!" exxon is not making us have to upgrade cars every few years
because they change their gas. exxon is now telling us we can't put their gas in two different cars. they
are not making us have to buy a new radio because the old radio won't work with the new gas in the tank.
miami will party when castro dies...the world will party when gates does. long live gates, we all hate
parties.
bashing bill gates is not a "fad". what he has done to pc users is outright criminal. he has twisted
capitalism into a monster. there is no other way to look at it than pure evil greed. profits are great.
enormous profits are fine. "go exxon!!" exxon is not making us have to upgrade cars every few years because
they change their gas. exxon is not telling us we can't put their gas in two different cars. they are not
making us have to buy a new radio because the old radio won't work with the new gas in the tank. exxon is not
making us validate our gas tank. miami will party when castro dies...the world will party when gates does.
long live gates, we all hate parties.
i have xp corp that never needs activating. i bought xp originally, but since i test so much software, i got
tired of using all my activations up on an xp i bought.
no need to buy it, if you can't do what
you want to it, right? that is why you buy it!
downloaded xp corp, never looked back. never needs
activation, but found out there are 2 key types.
one kind, allows you to update from win 98, but no
sp2, another lets you install sp2 but not upgrade.
so, i have both keys. i don't use sp2, but
xxpid makes it easy to swap if i need to for testing.
veering off a bit......i read where microsoft was releasing an update to "foil" people
who try to use a pirated copy of vista. my question is...is ther any known xp patch that
would do the same to some trying to install pirated vista on a machine containing vista?
i'm asking because i have a fully updated copy of xp, and have downloaded 3 seperate
iso's of the rtm vista (bill gates) and each crap out at the same point of installation
stating that my copy must be "corrupt".
been in this ms game for awhile, and the
copies are not corrupt, and others report no issue. any thoughts? all have been burned on
3 seperate dvd burners on premium disks slow speed.
crapin out around 48%?? dont download bill gates one grab one off demonoid.
and are
you trying to install on xp? if so that might be you problem happend to me i just done a
fresh install as in boot from the cd before xp loads up and it installed fine
thats not true...actually i hve 2 os now the xp n vista.....wat im looking 4ward nw is
the crack on vista,,,,,or clock stopper....can any body help me...
when you buy a new tv is sony allowed to break into your house and steal the old one?
what if you wanted to use it in your bedroom instead?.....
m$ doesn't/shouldn't
have a legal right to do this either.
crimghost, your an idiot. ms is saying with the word upgrade that they 'take your old
tv' and give you a 'new tv'. thats about the only thing that makes sense.
how can iactive my vista ultimate.
thanks a lot
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