Solved can i give away my old copy of vista

[bigmck]

Yes, 1bowtie, that was confusing. == I asked him twice if Win 7 came on his new PC and did not get an answer. I wonder if he and his friend are both using Vista???

 

[scrooge]

View attachment 107718bigmck i told you i don't use vista any more .i use windows 7 and have beem for like a year now. i'm not trying
to pull a fast one .i'm just trying to help someone out with software that i was only going to trash anyway.

 

[Barman58]

I think the confusion here is caused by the word Upgrade from 32 to 64 bit, this is not technically an upgrade as the vista licence (as does the win7) covers both 32 OR 64 bit, although the x64 disk was not normally supplied except with ultimate.

The disk from MS was the way that the x64 was distributed for vista

This is a case of a now unused vista licence, (non OEM), which is transferable to another system (either 32 OR 64 Bit). within the terms of the Original EULA, as long as it is no longer installed on the original system (either 32 or 64 Bit)

 

[1Bowtie]

I think the confusion here is caused by the word Upgrade from 32 to 64 bit, this is not technically an upgrade as the vista licence (as does the win7) covers both 32 OR 64 bit, although the x64 disk was not normally supplied except with ultimate.

The disk from MS was the way that the x64 was distributed for vista

This is a case of a now unused vista licence, (non OEM), which is transferable to another system (either 32 OR 64 Bit). within the terms of the Original EULA, as long as it is no longer installed on the original system (either 32 or 64 Bit)

Thanks Barman for the further clarification

 

[Darician]

You'll be fine. As you no longer use Vista anymore and it's a retail copy, there's no harm in giving it to your friend for him to have. Retail licenses can be transferred from one PC to another provided the original is no longer in use.

 

[scrooge]

thank you Barman58 for totaly strating things out .i guess i just said the wrong word at the right time. (lol)
anyway thanks again.

scrooge
p.s. what do thay call that when you change the 32 bit for the 64 bit ?

 

[Barman58]

I don't know what they call it changing Architecture I suppose - or maybe "changing the 32 bit for the 64 bit"