Upgrade from XP to Vista

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Matthew

Hi all,

My company is planning to upgrade all the desktop computers from Winxp to
Windows Vista, but I would like to know if I need to preapre anything before
the upgrade? Because I heard somebody stating that the organization have to
prepare something like license server in order to activiate the Windows.

We are now using select license key for Windows XP installation, just wanna
know if Windows Vista also provide such facility to install Windows Vista.

Thank you and looking forward from you soon.

Regards,
Matthew
 
Dear Rick,

Thank you very much for your reply.

Regarding the Proxy Activation in MAK, it stated that Proxy Activation is
the most similar to VA 1.0 that we have been using up to now. Let say I got
500 computers in my organization that plan to upgrade to Vista, is there any
way to perform the activation? Or is there any reference from Microsoft?

As you know it is not convenient to setup a KMS when the computer is located
in the remote site without any Internet connection.
 
Matthew said:
Hi all,

My company is planning to upgrade all the desktop computers from Winxp to
Windows Vista, but I would like to know if I need to preapre anything
before the upgrade? Because I heard somebody stating that the organization
have to prepare something like license server in order to activiate the
Windows.
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For a large quantity of machines you would use a KMS server so that each
machine doesn't have to connect to Microsoft. For a small number of
machines, you get a MAK key that can be used X number of times to activate
with Microsoft.
 
Hi Matthew,

MAK activations are single events, so unlike KMS ones you do not need to
periodically check (every 6M) to reactivate. For remote machine users, this
is usually the best option. Your best source of information on this would be
your SA/VL contact, but there is a nice planning overview here:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/windowsvista/bb335288.aspx

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
 
IF you can avoid upgrading, DO SO. There is mnore pitfalls from this OS than
you can shake a stick at!
 
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