Installation in a different language with original license key

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Hi,

I am living in Germany at the moment, but I would prefer to buy Vista
in English rather than in German. If I was to buy a Home Premium
version in the German language, and then use an English Home Premium
install disk, would this accept my license key even though it is a
different language?

Thanks!
 
emailfornewzealand said:
Hi,

I am living in Germany at the moment, but I would prefer to buy Vista
in English rather than in German. If I was to buy a Home Premium
version in the German language, and then use an English Home Premium
install disk, would this accept my license key even though it is a
different language?

Thanks!
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Why not just buy an English edition off the Internet anyway and save all the
trouble of having to use someone else's DVD that you may not access to in
the future unless you make an unauthorized copy of that disk.
 
emailfornewzealand said:
Hi,

I am living in Germany at the moment, but I would prefer to buy Vista
in English rather than in German. If I was to buy a Home Premium
version in the German language, and then use an English Home Premium
install disk, would this accept my license key even though it is a
different language?

Thanks!
Click to expand...


Probably not. Product Keys are bound to the specific type and language
of DVD/license (OEM, Volume, retail, full, or Upgrade) with which they
are purchased. For example, a Vista Home Basic OEM Product Key won't
work for any retail version of Vista Home, or for any version of Vista
Business, and vice versa. An upgrade's Product Key cannot be used with
a full version DVD, and vice versa. An OEM Product Key will not work to
install a retail product. An Italian Product Key will not work with an
English DVD. Bottom line: Product Keys and DVD types cannot be mixed &
matched.


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Hi,

I'd suggest you to contact MS for the definite answer, and you may also
consider to purchase the cheapest version of Ultimate edition for it comes
with many language packs.

Hope this helps.
 
Bruce Chambers said:
Probably not. Product Keys are bound to the specific type and language
of DVD/license (OEM, Volume, retail, full, or Upgrade) with which they
are purchased. For example, a Vista Home Basic OEM Product Key won't
work for any retail version of Vista Home, or for any version of Vista
Business, and vice versa. An upgrade's Product Key cannot be used with
a full version DVD, and vice versa. An OEM Product Key will not work to
install a retail product. An Italian Product Key will not work with an
English DVD. Bottom line: Product Keys and DVD types cannot be mixed &
matched.
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WRONG.

There is no such thing as a OEM, Volume, Retail, Full or Upgrade DVD
for Vista - all versions are on all DVDs. The only difference is 32 bit
or 64 bit.
 
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