Windows Vista checks online to see if the copy was activated-- and whether it is being used by the same guy/hardware for which it was activated-- chances are you need to apart from giving your friend the CD need to phone microsoft and ask them to transfer the activation.
Vista OEM version detecting online that it's running on hardware on which it is not activated could lead to your own Vista activation being revoked. This has existed since the days of WinXP... Regards, Nalin On Wed, Mar 5, 2008 at 10:58 PM, Sudev Barar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 05/03/2008, Puneet Lakhina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > asked me for the Windows Vista Home Premium CD so that he can try it > out. I > > know its wrong in principal to give him the cd, its license terms deny > it, > > and it would amount to software piracy. But if i dont give it, instead > of > > understanding these principles, my friend would surely think Im just > being > > mean, selfish. > > > > Your decision mate...and it would be nice to know what it was. > > -- > Regards, > Sudev Barar > > Read http://blog.sudev.in for topics ranging from here to there. > > _______________________________________________ > ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org > http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd > Next Event: http://freed.in - February 22-24, 2008 > Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi > http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/ > _______________________________________________ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Next Event: http://freed.in - February 22-24, 2008 Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
