Vista licencing

The qualifying version of Windows must be installed on the computer to which you will assign the volume licensing upgrade license. You must remove the qualifying version of Windows in order to deploy the volume licensing upgrade license. The following table lists the qualifying operating systems. If you want to run more than one licensed version of Windows at the same time, you have the following options:.

Purchase full Windows Vista licenses separately. Microsoft does not offer licenses for full versions of Windows under the volume licensing agreement.

If you have active Software Assurance coverage, you do not have to uninstall the qualifying version of Windows. You can install and run the qualifying version of Windows and Windows Vista at the same time. The installed base is the set of qualified computers owned by you and your covered affiliates as of the effective date of the enrollment or agreement. This term includes any renewal or successive term. Not tried it in a networked environment, but it worked a treat on my new Laptop.

Server 08 has it built in, you simply need to activate it with the Server 08 KMS key. Last edited 7th August at PM. Where abouts can I enable the KMS server in ? So install with no product key in your unattended install xml. Last edited 11th August at PM. Reason: New Thread Link. Licencing By witch in forum General Chat. Ghost licencing By ranj in forum Windows. The time now is PM. Clearly not, with your assumptions. I can tell after reading this particular subject of responses about Linux, that the majority of you have not bothered to immerse yourselves into it for at least a week.

I've guided newbies into Linux and once they get comfortable with it, they realise the benefits of it straight away. A single flakey application does NOT slow the whole system down. You're less likely to use swap in Linux then you are in Windows. Low monetary cost of adoption. No activation and "Geniune Advantage" hoop jumping. No more subscription services for anti-malware nonsense. The improvement in knowledge of good computing practices.

The user only needs to upgrade their hardware when the situation demands it, NOT when Microsoft or hardware companies "encourage" it. You aren't pressured into an upgrade. The two major obstacles I've clearly identified for them are: 1 Improving installation and removal of apps from an "ease of use" sense. As well, current package management systems have limitations in that they don't cover everything.

There's always something not found in a repository of a particular distro. It is possible to develop a solution that only requires the user to "double click" a file to install.

But unlike Microsoft, the open-source community has to wager in user behaviour. That is, they tend to click anything and everything at the cost of security. You can't just randomly produce a solution that endangers the end-user and promotes such behaviour.

Microsoft has done that. Everything is an executable! We can't repeat that, it would be doing both us and the end-user a major disservice. The next issue would be coordinating such a universal packaging solution from a developer perspective.

Which clearly, none of you are or have no idea how big such an undertaking is. This applies to anyone that relies on a Windows application Whether it be a game or an application that their business relies on. Wine has scratched the surface. But its important to realise Wine is trying to cover Windows apps compatibility from Windows 3. This is why its taken over 10 yrs.

Not to mention the fact that there is no specific documentation available of how Windows interacts with its applications There's also the potential legal issues that will arise from directly reverse-engineering a Windows box. Some of the features have yet to be implemented, and its far from being user friendly.

There are some DirectX 9 features that have been implemented, which allows one to play Half Life 2 or Battlefield 2, but it still has graphical issues.

Usually graphical glitches and movie scenes that are just black. But Wine has set the concept that it is possible to create a Windows app compatibility layer in Linux there are also Mac versions.

The main issue is that its very hard to do it perfectly. You would have to emulate all of Microsoft's mistakes and issues. A future idea I'm thinking about is to introduce a seamless and secure solution that will be included into a Linux distro concept demonstrator from the start. Its pre-configured such that Windows malware is contained within that compatibility layer.

And if you're curious about the beginners I teach, all but a few are the techie types. That is, the majority I introduce Linux to, are everyday people who just know enough to turn on a box, check email, chat, surf the web, etc and maybe play an occasional game.

Based on their response, the above are the critical obstacles that a Linux desktop distro has to face. The people that have a hard time with Linux are those that have been using Windows for a very long time. I just don't bother with these folks. Simply because the majority of them aren't opened to anything new or to a different approach to computing. I just leave them alone. Linux is developed for enthusiasts, by enthusiasts, and is never likely to meet the needs of the average consumer without considerable rethinking.

That generalistic view should be gone now, and if you've bothered to try Linux yourselves, you would've realised that you don't touch the kernel unless you really wanted to. From my 2 yrs of using Linux, I've only compiled the kernel once, because I was using Gentoo to build a system from the ground up. Simply because I was curious about Gentoo Linux.

Never in my life, have I needed to compile a kernel with any other distro I've used. The "Just works" mentality is half achieved already. How hard is it for someone to download a CD image, burn on CD, boot up with it, answer a few questions and wait for installation to complete? If that's still too hard, how about double clicking on a Windows installer executable to install Linux? What am I talking about? Read this. Its a cancer that will spread to a Windows box!

All I'm asking from you folks, is to not make some generalistic assumptions about Linux before you try it out for yourselves. Actually look at it and see where its at and where its heading before you criticise.

I'm fine if you criticise, as long as its one that is backed up by actual issues you've encountered or a known and common issue that needs to be addressed. Microsoft has officially extended the life support for XP to I prefer Wiiii. Found a program that allows me to download all updates. They do what I need. Probably because by that time, he and I, actually will be needing another OS copy to kick around, and Microsoft will finally have most of the teething bugs worked out. And now it is The high-school graduating class of was born in the time frame.

To each his own. Please elaborate on how is superior than XP. Good luck with that. The reseller has advised that we cannot purchase Vista on an OLA. We can only purchase XP upgrades or boxed products both of which can only be installed onto 1 machine, making it completely useless for MDT use. Personally, I think our reseller hasn''t got a clue what they are talking about.

Many thanks in advance! Friday, May 30, PM. Hi Dave, Please understand that we mainly discuss Windows Vista technical issues in this forum. Monday, June 2, AM.