Purchasing additional Windows Vista licenses

re: Purchasing additional Windows Vista licenses

Logan Young — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 22:10:10 GMT

I'm very confused and I hope someone can help me. I'd post on the group discussion, but for some reason, I can't sign in there with my Live ID...

I activated Vista Ultimate on my pc about 2 weeks ago when I re-installed. After I'd done that, I ran slmgr.vbs -dlv to check my license period and it said it was activated.

Now, I don't know what's happened, but for some reason, the timer's reset to my inital grace period and in an hour, I'll have 7 days to activate... I don't understand why, but if anyone can explain it to me, and tell me how to fix this, I'll be really greatful.

-L

re: Purchasing additional Windows Vista licenses

Zoltan — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 13:42:27 GMT

hrdn: "Well, anytime upgrade is still not available over here in Germany."

Not in Hungary!

re: Purchasing additional Windows Vista licenses

hrdn — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 06:26:29 GMT

Well, anytime upgrade is still not available over here in Germany.

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re: Purchasing additional Windows Vista licenses

Zoltan — Wed, 30 May 2007 08:40:19 GMT

I wonder if there are any possibilities to upgrade the old Win XP licence on a cheaper budget?

re: Purchasing additional Windows Vista licenses

poortaal — Thu, 03 May 2007 09:43:33 GMT

cheaper is not possible:

http://www.multiseatcomputer.be/eng/

no license/family

no license/company

no license/school

impossible with windows

eat this.

re: Purchasing additional Windows Vista licenses

Steveo67 — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 21:25:44 GMT

The real shame for Microsoft is that I have never considered anything for the the desktop in my workplace other than Microsoft. However, after Vista came out and in particular following the way UK home customers have been treated in comparison to the US market, I have had my eyes opened to all the possibilities availible on the three other 3 pcs around my home. Today I spent 4 hours going round a sample of 500 users in my organisation to see exactly what they use their PCs for. The scary thing is that in 95% of all cases ther is no need for a Microsoft solution where the various freeware OS and office apps perform perfectly adequately. In fact the saving on upgrading from XP to Vista is so substantial that I'm sorry I'd never considered it before, particularly since my annual bonus is linked to how much I can save off the IT budget each year! So decision time - 70 days and counting! Kerching!

re: Purchasing additional Windows Vista licenses

OneUnluckyGuy — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 15:21:47 GMT

Well, I actually liked Vista from the Beta tests I done and hoped to have it when it was finally released.

Unfortunately, things never go as planned. I found my XP to be a fake (last time I buy pre-built, normally build my own).

I put this right by purchasing a genuine copy of XP through the genuine advantage program as I needed to stay 'up and running' and it is 'the right thing to do' and could not wait in case Vista was delayed for any reason.

However, having paid out for XP in late September 2006, and then becoming unemployed mid January 2007, I can not afford or justify another outlay to get Vista.

Is there anyway I can qualify for an upgrade?

I know people who purchased XP through the genuine advantage offer between October 2006 and March 2007 can, so I have only just missed this, ironically by being maybe to honest and quick when it came to realising my original XP was a fake.

re: Purchasing additional Windows Vista licenses

Nick White — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 21:21:59 GMT

Hey MadMax: if you were to contact me directly via email, I'd be happy to help you address the issue(s) you're encountering and ultimately improve your experience with Windows Vista. I know there's a solution, and it may possibly change your mind about the new OS.

re: Purchasing additional Windows Vista licenses

grlt — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 10:59:00 GMT

I've been running some form of Windows Vista and Ubuntu for almost a year now; I can understand the Mac people having issue with the OS, but why is everyone such a die hard for XP? I've only run into a handful of apps that don't work, and the only times I've had a dreadful experience were the times I tried to upgrade instead of a clean install, much better in the RTM but I still haven't had a good time with that method of installing Windows Vista. Overall my experience has been smoother in the first few months with Windows Vista than it was back in 2001 with my first few months of XP.

Anyway now that I've got that out, what kind of issues did you have? Did you try a fresh install of Windows Vista? Is your system within or exceeding the recommended hardware requirements? Is this system homebuilt or did it come from a large manufacturer, ...? I'm not picking at you but offering a bit of support.

I can't wait to see what improves with SP1 but I'm not sitting around waiting on it.

re: Purchasing additional Windows Vista licenses

MadMax — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 04:10:35 GMT

Well, I'm writing this from a fresh install of Windows XP. After testing Vista for almost three weeks, I have no idea why anyone would choose it over XP, other than the fact it came pre-installed on a new machine. I could not function in any kind of efficient manner with Vista. I formatted the drive and re-installed my trusty old XP. I don't care how many price breaks you offer, why should I pay for a DOWNGRADE in operating systems? My other computers in the house will now be running Ubuntu linux. Vista is a dog, in my opinion. Wait for service pack 1 and keep your fingers crossed!

re: Purchasing additional Windows Vista licenses

dbx07 — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 10:46:26 GMT

Very much a case of too little too late, in the overal pricing model for the UK purchaser.

(Especially as UK businesses trading in US can buy directly from US and use in the UK the software - it hurts the little guys the pricing approach).

Prehaps listening to the 10,000 or so people protesting about the $1=£1 ratio addressing the base RRP would be a better start.

Petition to the Prime Minister on Vista Overcharging:

http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/VistaOvercharge/

re: Purchasing additional Windows Vista licenses

DaveField — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 17:08:37 GMT

Oh, and did I say, it's free?

re: Purchasing additional Windows Vista licenses

DaveField — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 17:03:48 GMT

Also, don't forget to check with your computer maker if you purchased a new system between October 26, 2006 and March 15, 2007. The Windows Express Upgrade was offered by many major (and some minor) computer makers. Some have not been very up-front about it, however, so you may have to ask.

:-)

re: Purchasing additional Windows Vista licenses

sarath — Sun, 25 Mar 2007 10:17:32 GMT

I'm planning to buy a laptop from Japan. but the problem is hp and dell only offering Japanese version of Windows Vista. I may need to pay some extra bucks to get English OS :(

Zusätzliche Vista-Lizenzen

Teamzille.de — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 12:51:02 GMT

Im Windows Vista Team Blog wird über ein Programm berichtet, mit dem sich zusätzliche Lizenzen von Windows Vista zu vergünstigten Preisen erwerben lassen, z. B. um einen weiteren Computer mit dem neuen Betriebssystem auszustatten. Um i