Re: [OT] Licensing question

2010-05-13 Thread Douglas
But, have you tried to connect to the internet yet? I would suggest that you don't try! If you do, almost the first thing that will happen is the Microsoft phone-home. The original owner will have Activated the serial number on their machine and your machine profile and IP address, (in fact

[OT] Licensing question

2010-05-12 Thread Richmond Mathewson
A friend of mine has just gone and bought a Windows 7 install disk and is busy installing it on his expensive, bells-n-whistles PC. He wants to give me his Vista install disk so that I can bung it on a P4 for testing. As he is upgrading to Win 7 he doesn't feel that this is a wicking thing to

Re: [OT] Licensing question

2010-05-12 Thread Ian Wood
Did he buy an upgrade or a full install? If he just has an upgrade then it's s definite no-no. Ian On 12 May 2010, at 12:47, Richmond Mathewson wrote: A friend of mine has just gone and bought a Windows 7 install disk and is busy installing it on his expensive, bells-n-whistles PC. He wants

Re: [OT] Licensing question

2010-05-12 Thread Richmond Mathewson
On 12/05/2010 15:08, Ian Wood wrote: Did he buy an upgrade or a full install? If he just has an upgrade then it's s definite no-no. Ian On 12 May 2010, at 12:47, Richmond Mathewson wrote: A friend of mine has just gone and bought a Windows 7 install disk and is busy installing it on his

Re: [OT] Licensing question

2010-05-12 Thread Michael Kann
Mathewson richmondmathew...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [OT] Licensing question To: How to use Revolution use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Date: Wednesday, May 12, 2010, 8:29 AM On 12/05/2010 15:08, Ian Wood wrote: Did he buy an upgrade or a full install? If he just has an upgrade then it's s definite

Re: [OT] Licensing question

2010-05-12 Thread Richmond Mathewson
On 12/05/2010 16:34, Michael Kann wrote: Richmond, I have a Vista machine if you want me to test anything. Don't hesitate to email me. (It will take me a while to find the parts and get it going, so don't wait till the last minute.) Mike That's extremely kind of you; I will let you know in

Re: [OT] Licensing question

2010-05-12 Thread Mark Wieder
Richmond- Wednesday, May 12, 2010, 6:29:46 AM, you wrote: However; he has told me that the disk will install a functioning system that will run for a month prior to registration, and that I could run it for a day just to do my testing and then blank the disk; presumably this is no worse

Re: [OT] Licensing question

2010-05-12 Thread Bob Sneidar
If he got a true upgrade to Windows 7 then using the old Vista license on another machine is definitely a breach of the agreement. If however, it is a full install for Windows 7, then although Microsoft might whimper and moan something about licensing for the CPU, I think it's perfectly fine to

RE: [OT] Licensing question

2010-05-12 Thread Jim Bufalini
Richmond Mathewson wrote: Bung Vista on an old P4 1.7GHz, 512 MB RAM I have lurking under my bed; Vista (unless it Vista Home) requires 1 GB of RAM (including Vista Home Premium). Aloha from Hawaii, Jim Bufalini ___ use-revolution mailing list

Re: [OT] Licensing question

2010-05-12 Thread Richmond Mathewson
On 13/05/2010 03:06, Jim Bufalini wrote: Richmond Mathewson wrote: Bung Vista on an old P4 1.7GHz, 512 MB RAM I have lurking under my bed; Vista (unless it Vista Home) requires 1 GB of RAM (including Vista Home Premium). Aloha from Hawaii, Jim Bufalini Well I got Vista Home Premium