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Does any one know if this is true?
If so is there any MS documentation?http://www.computing.net/windowsvis...
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The Vista installer places your previous OS into a "WINDOWS.OLD" folder. You can access the folder as well as the files, but you can not reload the OS... the key has been invalidated.Also Found this on a BLOG, don’t remember where about 2 days ago.
Per Microsoft's new licensing requirements for Vista, users are required to install a Windows Vista Upgrade from within Windows XP and to make matters worse, the Windows XP license is forfeited. The process may be tedious, but few will argue when they compare the price differences between the upgrade and retail versions.
If you loaded Vista & overwrote XP - why would the (XP) key be of any use to you in Vista anyway - huh?
With that said you can still reload XP on another machine or partition - with the XP key remaining valid.
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well, if you follow THIS (not officially published) upgrade path ...
http://computing.net/windowsvista/w...
... your XP key should not be affected at all :-)
Today's subliminal thought is: 'Calm down ... it's only ones and zeros.'
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"If you loaded Vista & overwrote XP - why would the (XP) key be of any use to you in Vista anyway - huh?"
Sabertooth
Think About IT!!!!!!!!
If This is True! and You have to wipe the hard drive clean and reinstall Windows XP and activate it before you can install Vista Upgrade, How would you if the Windows XP license is forfeited!!!!!
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13. UPGRADES. To use upgrade software, you must first be licensed for the software that is eligiblefor the upgrade. Upon upgrade, this agreement takes the place of the agreement for the software you upgraded from. After you upgrade, you may no longer use the software you upgraded from.
(if the Vista End User License Agreement is documentation enough for you :-)
in plain english: an upgrade from within XP to Vista will forfeit your xp license key and there's NO WAY back if you don't like Vista. Unless you purchase Windows XP again.
Welcome to the Vista world :-)
Today's subliminal thought is: 'Calm down ... it's only ones and zeros.'
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There is an easy way around it all... Read this...
http://www.dailytech.com/article.as...
It works... I've done it and I am now running dual boot xp/vista. My XP is fine.
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Similar to blackbill, I also run a triboot myself - Vista, XP & Linux. That stuff about forfeiting keys for all future standalone installation sof XP, doesn't hold water with me.
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The EULA is referring to 'upgrade' ... not saying that you cannot run as many OS' parallel as you wish.
let's say you intend to upgrade from XP to Vista, then the following applies:
"After you upgrade, you may no longer use the software you upgraded from."
doesn't take a lawyer to understand that bit, does it? however, you may need one if you get caught with the 'walk around'. :-)
Today's subliminal thought is: 'Calm down ... it's only ones and zeros.'
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""After you upgrade, you may no longer use the software you upgraded from.""
Maybe it's a play on words - but ain't that how upgrades have always been. Afterall, how many users once they've upgraded, still use the software they upgraded from - heh ;-)
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most ppl i know gladly dumped their win98 discs after upgrading to XP ... now i suppose they might want to hold on to the 'the software that formed the basis for (their) upgrade eligibility' for a while. you'll never know :-)
Today's subliminal thought is: 'Calm down ... it's only ones and zeros.'
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I still got my Windows 95 Windows 98 Windows 98SE Windows Me Windows 2000 and Windows XP Home and Pro. Why get rid of them?
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