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Hello.

Would a sealed retail version of Vista Home Primium, Full , brought in the
USA, load and work on a PC in The UK.

Anyone able to give a definate answer.
 
Would a sealed retail version of Vista Home Primium, Full , brought in the
USA, load and work on a PC in The UK.
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Yes. I don't know however if it would effect any support directly from
Microsoft or not.

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Paul Smith,
Yeovil, UK.
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User.
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No. You'd have to get a plane ticket, fly yourself and the computer to the
USA. Install it there (in the Airport would be okay), then fly back to the
UK. No big deal really.

-Frank
 
Sandal said:
Hello.

Would a sealed retail version of Vista Home Primium, Full , brought
in the USA, load and work on a PC in The UK.

Anyone able to give a definate answer.
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Yes.
 
If you submerge your USA bought version into a batch of true British Fish
and Chips, then the Vista becomes British, thus solving your problem.
 
Sandal said:
Hello.

Would a sealed retail version of Vista Home Primium, Full , brought in the
USA, load and work on a PC in The UK.

Anyone able to give a definate answer.
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I just installed XP Pro that was purchased for me in the USA and it
activated and genuined with no problems. That said, I have no idea who
you'd have to call for phone activation, being as I am living in Spain.

Alias
 
No. You would have to take it out of the box first! (-;

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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!
 
Hello Paul, and thank you for your reply.

Good point made, I have no idear if it would effect any support, I'm
guessing as long as it loads and it's legit' version, it won't matter where
the OS is purchased.
 
Hello Frankster, thankyou for your reply.

I'm a little confused, having purchased a plane ticket, why would I have to
fly myself, couldn't the pilot do that for me? and do computers fly?
Sandal
 
Sandal said:
Hello.

Would a sealed retail version of Vista Home Primium, Full , brought in the
USA, load and work on a PC in The UK.

Anyone able to give a definate answer.
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No. If you read the licence it cannot be exported. When i called up in
the uk they would not activate it
 
Peter said:
No. If you read the licence it cannot be exported. When i called up in
the uk they would not activate it
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Sounds fishy to me. An executive travels to Europe with his laptop and
has to reinstall Vista and you're telling me because the computer is
physically in Europe when this happens that it will not be phone activated?

Alias
 
Sounds fishy to me. An executive travels to Europe with his laptop and
has to reinstall Vista and you're telling me because the computer is
physically in Europe when this happens that it will not be phone activated?

Alias
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Only Microsoft could be this arrogant.
 
sounds to me like he should have activated it before he left the states...
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Why?

If he bought his copy of Vista it in the United States, and is
planning on using it here, and it has a product key that confirms it's
point of orgin (guess) is the United States, can't he travel abroad?

Shades of Big Brother.
 
I think you would need the "Microsoft Permission to Travel Outside the USA"
form 55-098-A Revision J.

Have that form approved by a duly authorized employee of the State
Department and turn it into Microsoft for approval!
 
Thank you Richard for your response.

All that way and I would have fallen at the first hurdle.

I heard Jack Dee, ( UK comedian ) ask, why are there instructions on the
back of shampoo bottles?
 
Thank you Zim for your reply.

You made me laugh.

Funny enough, Fish & Chips is what I'm having for dinner tonight.
 
Thank you for your reply Paul B,

Do you think I might have a problem with UK support, it being a USA version?
 
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