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I was reading the information on the the DVD Holder I received in the mail
when I saw:

"You may install and activate each copy of Windows Vista Beta 2 on up to 10
PCs."

Does this mean that we can install Vista more than 10 times on one computer
in-case the installation becomes corrupt or something? Or are we limited to
10 Installations Total?
 
The way that I understand it, you can install it on ten different machines.
If you reformat and reinstall it on the original machine, that machine counts
as one, no matter how many times Vista gets reinstalled.
 
Okay, thanks for the quick reply.

rich066 said:
The way that I understand it, you can install it on ten different machines.
If you reformat and reinstall it on the original machine, that machine counts
as one, no matter how many times Vista gets reinstalled.
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Okay, thanks for the quick reply.

rich066 said:
The way that I understand it, you can install it on ten different machines.
If you reformat and reinstall it on the original machine, that machine counts
as one, no matter how many times Vista gets reinstalled.
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It means you can install the Vista beta on 10 individual machines.
Obviously, the 'ordinary man/woman in the street' wouldn't be using 10
machines. The object of the exercise is for companies to be able to install
Vista on more than one machine for other users to help test the operating
system within the company environment.

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If you want more than one instance of Vista on a
single computer, you must have a unique key for
each individual installation on that computer.
I found that out when I first installed Vista.
I have it on a separate computer and I put 2
partitions on the only hard drive in the system.
First I installed Vista x86 and then I started
the installation of Vista x64, it would not
accept the key I had used for x86. I had to
request another key so I could install x64.
 
You can use the same key for multiple installation on one machine. However,
the X86 version uses a different key than the X64 version.
 
X86 and X64 versions of Vista have different product code numbers, so yes
you would require another key code for the x64 build.

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The keys will work in either x86 or x64, you
just cannot use the same key twice on the same
computer.

From the Vista DVD:

Quote:

Product Identification
On the other side of this card you will find a
unique Product Key number. You will need to use
this Product Key each time you wish to install
the windows Vista software (use the same key for
both 32-or 64-bit versions). You may install
the beta software as many times as you like on
the same computer. The Product Key allows you
install Windows Vista Beta 2 on up to 10
computers at a time.

End of quote:

This is straight from Microsoft.
 
Correction to first sentence.

You cannot use the same key on two active
installations; i.e., one x86 install & one x64
install, both being capable of being booted up -
a "dual boot" situation.
 
You are limited to ten machines. Reinstalling on a machine does not count
again against the ten.
 
Depends. The same key works for x86 and x64 in the TechBeta program and may
be true of the CPP also.
 
I have installed Beta 2 build 5384 x86 and x64, and Beta 2 build 5456 x86
and x64 on my test box using the same key for all four.
 
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