Dual Boot and activation

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Russell Jourdain

I have installed Vista 32 & 64 Ultimate on my machine. Are you able to
activate both, or can you activate one only?

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Russell Jourdain
 
If you used a different key for each one you can activate them both.

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Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
(For email, remove the obvious from my address)

Quote from George Ankner:
If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!
 
Russell Jourdain said:
I have installed Vista 32 & 64 Ultimate on my machine. Are you able to
activate both, or can you activate one only?
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One install/activation per product key.
 
Thanks Guys,

Appreciated the responses, just don't like the answers :)

Cheers
Russell Jourdain
 
Is that the legal answer as to what is permitted, or the physical answer
as to what is possible?

Actually, I don't accept it as the legal answer. As someone else said,
"one license (product key) per machine". Well it IS the same machine.

And, further, precisely because it's the same machine, the exact same
hardware "hash" will be generated by the product activation code. So
product activation might well not detect that the same license (product
key) is being installed on two different machines ... because IT ISN'T,
in fact, being installed on two different machines.

It seems to me that installing both the 32 and 64 bit versions of Vista
on two different partitions of the same machine should be legal (one
license per machine ... and there is only one machine). And it also
seems to me that PA shouldn't have a problem with it either (e.g. it
should see the same machine as the same machine, and the product key for
both installations is the same).

And, regardless of what the license agreement says, I'd like to hear
from someone who actually tried it about what really happened, and not
from people who are merely speculating about either what is permitted
(by the EULA) or about what they think should or will happen.
 
You will not be able to activate the second install of Vista as the key will
show up as already used in the Microsoft database.

So, even if it is not legal Microsoft has the ground well covered.

Some people brought a new retail copy of Windows XP and found that they
could not activate it. Why? Because someone who was using a key generator
for piracy happened to generate, and activate, the key previously. Just dumb
luck.

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Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
(For email, remove the obvious from my address)

Quote from George Ankner:
If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!
 
Barry - Amen to (from your post: "..., regardless of what the license
agreement says, I'd like to hear from someone who actually tried it about
what really happened, and not
from people who are merely speculating about either what is permitted (by
the EULA) or about what they think should or will happen..."

Although there some good and valid information is posted - there is also a
lot of (well - you know what I mean) posted.

Also phone activation works !
 
Phone activation works if, in this case, you are willing to lie!

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Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
(For email, remove the obvious from my address)

Quote from George Ankner:
If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!
 
Then how do I activate my Vista x64 install (once all the drivers are
available) from the Vista x86 install that I did and already activated? I
have the Ultimate upgrade package - both DVD's.


Bob S.
 
when it attempts to authenticate and fails it provides several options, either computer based or phone based.



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Then how do I activate my Vista x64 install (once all the drivers are
available) from the Vista x86 install that I did and already activated? I
have the Ultimate upgrade package - both DVD's.


Bob S.
 
Thank you,

Bob S.


when it attempts to authenticate and fails it provides several options, either computer based or phone based.



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Then how do I activate my Vista x64 install (once all the drivers are
available) from the Vista x86 install that I did and already activated? I
have the Ultimate upgrade package - both DVD's.


Bob S.
 
mikeyhsd said:
when it attempts to authenticate and fails it provides several options,
either computer based or phone based.

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mikeyhsd you're an idiot!

quit "TOP POSTING" that's not how usenet works... you only BOTTOM POST
when replying.

Look it up, you are doing it incorrectly...

IDIOT!
 
sorry , you may be a bottom person but I am not.



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mikeyhsd said:
when it attempts to authenticate and fails it provides several options,
either computer based or phone based.

(e-mail address removed)
Click to expand...

mikeyhsd you're an idiot!

quit "TOP POSTING" that's not how usenet works... you only BOTTOM POST
when replying.

Look it up, you are doing it incorrectly...

IDIOT!
 
Couldn't have said it better......;-)

Bob S.


sorry , you may be a bottom person but I am not.



(e-mail address removed)



mikeyhsd said:
when it attempts to authenticate and fails it provides several options,
either computer based or phone based.

(e-mail address removed)
Click to expand...

mikeyhsd you're an idiot!

quit "TOP POSTING" that's not how usenet works... you only BOTTOM POST
when replying.

Look it up, you are doing it incorrectly...

IDIOT!
 
Re: "You will not be able to activate the second install of Vista as the
key will show up as already used in the Microsoft database"

yes ... and the hash will match, exactly (since it's the same machine).
Already in use, yes. But on the SAME computer. Wo, when attemtpting
to install Vista 64 on the same machine on which Vista 32 is already
installed, it might be treated as a reinstallation ... and
reinstallations ON THE SAME MACHINE are authorized with no problems.
 
Sarah, I'll make you a deal: I'll post however I damn well please, and
if you don't like it, you don't have to read or respond to my post.
 
If you already have the 32 bit installed on one hard drive or partition,
then you install the 64 bit onto another hard drive or partition, the
hardware hash will be different. Each hard drive/partition is allocated a
unique serial number. That serial number goes a long way in determining the
hardware hash. The hard drive is given greater weight now in the creation
of that hardware hash when it comes to triggering reactivations.
 
A different hard drive counts as ten points against the total that requires
a re-activation. Most other items are 2-3 points. This is much different
than in Windows XP.

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Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
(For email, remove the obvious from my address)

Quote from George Ankner:
If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!
 
You should be able to activate and should activate the 32bit and 64 bit
versions of Vista because if you don't, then it will shut down itself when
the time runs out. Even if they are installed on the same machine or
hardware. The OS requires activation no matter what. If the OS has been
installed on a different machine and was activated on that machine, then you
will not be able to activate that copy anymore, unless you call Microsoft.
You can install more than 1 copy of Vista on the same machine and still
activate it with no problems. I have 32 and 64 bit Vistas on same hard drive.
I have activated them and have reinstalled them a few times and reactivated
them again with no problem.
 
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