On Wed, 2008-03-05 at 23:18 +0530, Nalin Savara wrote: > 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 >
Further, if its a Dell CD (should be DVD rather), you will not be able to use the media to install Windows VHP on any other hardware besides Dell systems. Majority of the OS Disks supplied by Dell are for re-installation on their own hardware only. Regards, Manish _______________________________________________ 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/
