Vista Ultima Volume Licensing

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I apologize if this question has been answered before.

I have 1 license and another on order. I would like to go ahead and install the second one this weekend (it's a good time) but I know I assume it will not activate. That's not a problem as I have 30 days, right? However, I will likely end up with a different product key than I have for the current license. So my question is:

if I install now and activate next week, will I be able to type in the new product key then or will it require I reinstall or will it just call me a thief and report me to Interpol.

Thanks

There is also a prompt on the install menu that I can install it without a license but that it may not work or cause problems -- that sounds ominous and I decided not to do that.
 
Windows Vista Ultimate is not available as a Volume License.
Only Windows Vista Enterprise is available for VL licensing.
Please clarify and restate your question.

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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows - Shell/User

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I apologize if this question has been answered before.

I have 1 license and another on order. I would like to go ahead and install the second one this weekend (it's a good time) but I
know I assume it will not activate. That's not a problem as I have 30 days, right? However, I will likely end up with a different
product key than I have for the current license. So my question is:

if I install now and activate next week, will I be able to type in the new product key then or will it require I reinstall or will
it just call me a thief and report me to Interpol.

Thanks

There is also a prompt on the install menu that I can install it without a license but that it may not work or cause problems --
that sounds ominous and I decided not to do that.
 
Learning more about this. Apparently Windows Vista Ultimate can be sold and license as a volume but everyone has a unique key. This is true apparently of Business and Enterprise versions too. But my question still remains if anyone knows. Thanks.

I apologize if this question has been answered before.

I have 1 license and another on order. I would like to go ahead and install the second one this weekend (it's a good time) but I know I assume it will not activate. That's not a problem as I have 30 days, right? However, I will likely end up with a different product key than I have for the current license. So my question is:

if I install now and activate next week, will I be able to type in the new product key then or will it require I reinstall or will it just call me a thief and report me to Interpol.

Thanks

There is also a prompt on the install menu that I can install it without a license but that it may not work or cause problems -- that sounds ominous and I decided not to do that.
 
Seems clear enough to me. He was talking about quantity and not about any
particular Microsoft program.

In answer, the second copy will behave as a 30 day trial until you provide
the key and activation. To control the version installed, you could even
re-use your original key and then change the key before the 30 days is up.
Interpol won't knock on your door. Nor will Bill's men in black.

Dale
 
Install the 2nd operating system but do NOT put in the install key. Remove
the check from the box that says "install when connected to the internet".

You will be able to use the system for 30 days. When you get the new key,
put the code in and activate the 2nd system.

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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!



I apologize if this question has been answered before.

I have 1 license and another on order. I would like to go ahead and install
the second one this weekend (it's a good time) but I know I assume it will
not activate. That's not a problem as I have 30 days, right? However, I
will likely end up with a different product key than I have for the current
license. So my question is:

if I install now and activate next week, will I be able to type in the new
product key then or will it require I reinstall or will it just call me a
thief and report me to Interpol.

Thanks

There is also a prompt on the install menu that I can install it without a
license but that it may not work or cause problems -- that sounds ominous
and I decided not to do that.
 
It is available as Software Assurance apparently; never done that before at our school so unaware of the differences. At any rate, it apparently installs one copy at a time like the retail version.

My question is the same:

I have 1 license and another on order. I would like to go ahead and install the second one this weekend (it's a good time) but I
know I assume it will not activate. That's not a problem as I have 30 days, right? However, I will likely end up with a different
product key than I have for the current license. So my question is:

if I install now and activate next week, will I be able to type in the new product key then or will it require I reinstall or will
it just call me a thief and report me to Interpol.

Thanks

There is also a prompt on the install menu that I can install it without a license but that it may not work or cause problems --
that sounds ominous and I decided not to do that.



Windows Vista Ultimate is not available as a Volume License.
Only Windows Vista Enterprise is available for VL licensing.
Please clarify and restate your question.

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows - Shell/User

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

:

I apologize if this question has been answered before.

I have 1 license and another on order. I would like to go ahead and install the second one this weekend (it's a good time) but I
know I assume it will not activate. That's not a problem as I have 30 days, right? However, I will likely end up with a different
product key than I have for the current license. So my question is:

if I install now and activate next week, will I be able to type in the new product key then or will it require I reinstall or will
it just call me a thief and report me to Interpol.

Thanks

There is also a prompt on the install menu that I can install it without a license but that it may not work or cause problems --
that sounds ominous and I decided not to do that.
 
Thanks Dale and Richard.
Install the 2nd operating system but do NOT put in the install key. Remove
the check from the box that says "install when connected to the internet".

You will be able to use the system for 30 days. When you get the new key,
put the code in and activate the 2nd system.

--


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!



I apologize if this question has been answered before.

I have 1 license and another on order. I would like to go ahead and install
the second one this weekend (it's a good time) but I know I assume it will
not activate. That's not a problem as I have 30 days, right? However, I
will likely end up with a different product key than I have for the current
license. So my question is:

if I install now and activate next week, will I be able to type in the new
product key then or will it require I reinstall or will it just call me a
thief and report me to Interpol.

Thanks

There is also a prompt on the install menu that I can install it without a
license but that it may not work or cause problems -- that sounds ominous
and I decided not to do that.
 
Carey Frisch said:
Windows Vista Ultimate is not available as a Volume License.
Only Windows Vista Enterprise is available for VL licensing.
Please clarify and restate your question.
Click to expand...


You Microsoft people seem like such automatons. Why don't you think past
your little box of expressions and see what he really meant to say.

DH
 
Automated reply eh Carey? What you said is entirely FALSE! Again, you read
and react, and you need to stop playing the anti-pirating police you think
will earn you your badge from MS, it's really disturbing sometimes.
 
It's a shame Carey does not know this as you do, considering the knowledge
base links he knows from MS.
 
http://blogs.msdn.com/mssmallbiz/ar...indows-vista-ultimate-from-the-mvls-site.aspx

http://vistaclues.com/how-to-get-windows-vista-ultimate-with-software-assurance/
How to get Windows Vista Ultimate with Software Assurance
Businesses often use Software Assurance, a licensing plan from Microsoft, to manage their
Microsoft licensing. Unfortunately, Windows Vista Ultimate isn't available through Software
Assurance. Ultimate really isn't intended for businesses, because it has many features that you
can't manage by using Group Policy (like Media Center). But, Microsoft knows that IT guys don't
want to be told they have to use a limited feature set, so they're giving Software Assurance
customers a way to get Vista Ultimate.

Basically, have your Microsoft Volume Licensing administrator head over to your volume
licensing site and order the Vista Ultimate media (you can't download it).
 
Well, I made an error. It should read:

Install the 2nd operating system but do NOT put in the install key. Remove
the check from the box that says "**activate** when connected to the
internet".

You will be able to use the system for 30 days. When you get the new key,
put the code in and activate the 2nd system.


--


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!
 
The whole Ultimate-really-isn't-intended-for-businesses thing is just a way
to get more from Volume License customers. It's like you pay Microsoft the
agreed upon price for total access to desktop OS upgrades and then Microsoft
says, "Damn. Look how easily they bought off on the volume license. We
should have charged more." And now they figured a way to do it.

It is very reminiscent of the MSDN change for Expression Studio product
line. They raised the top price for MSDN from under 3,000 dollars up to
10,000 dollars in one fell swoop. And MSDN was always the total access to
everything developer related package. Then they said, "Look, they fell for
it. We should have charged even more. Well, I know. Let's charge them
extra for any new products." And that's exactly what they're doing with
Expression series products.

Dale
 
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