Vista 64 and license

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I am thinking of upgrading to Vista Premium 64bit. I just bought a new laptop
and I ordered Vista Premium 64bit with it and so far I like it.
I have two home desktops as well and this is what the new Vista Premium will
be for.
First are there very many issues/conflicts with software? Office 2007,
games, I-Tunes, Mozilla etc...? Same goes for drivers.

Second do I have to buy two separate copies of Vista Premium, or can I buy
one copy and purchase an additional license?

Looking for the least expensive route, buying two copies of Vista Premium
will be very expensive.

Thanks
 
Re: Vista 64 and license

You will have to do your own research as to the drivers and software
conflicts. Office 2007 has none, Itunes has been iffy even with the new
version. Vista has many more drivers than XP64, so you may not have too
much trouble with recent equipment. Do check with the manufacturers.
You can purchase one copy and an additional license. Only one I have seen
for sure is
http://www.amazon.com/Microsoft-Win..._1_4?ie=UTF8&s=software&qid=1206230164&sr=1-4
but there must be others. I linked the upgrade, if you need full just
search.
You might consider going with the OEM versions which are cheaper.






"DEHawk" <DEHawk@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:0A8855F5-08AA-41EE-8DBD-5AA906E54519@microsoft.com...
>I am thinking of upgrading to Vista Premium 64bit. I just bought a new
>laptop
> and I ordered Vista Premium 64bit with it and so far I like it.
> I have two home desktops as well and this is what the new Vista Premium
> will
> be for.
> First are there very many issues/conflicts with software? Office 2007,
> games, I-Tunes, Mozilla etc...? Same goes for drivers.
>
> Second do I have to buy two separate copies of Vista Premium, or can I buy
> one copy and purchase an additional license?
>
> Looking for the least expensive route, buying two copies of Vista Premium
> will be very expensive.
>
> Thanks
 
Re: Vista 64 and license

I think this might be the better link:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/windowsvista/buyorupgrade/addlicense/default.mspx

"John Barnes" <jbarnes@email.net> wrote in message
news:eAQzSlHjIHA.5968@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> You will have to do your own research as to the drivers and software
> conflicts. Office 2007 has none, Itunes has been iffy even with the new
> version. Vista has many more drivers than XP64, so you may not have too
> much trouble with recent equipment. Do check with the manufacturers.
> You can purchase one copy and an additional license. Only one I have seen
> for sure is
> http://www.amazon.com/Microsoft-Win..._1_4?ie=UTF8&s=software&qid=1206230164&sr=1-4
> but there must be others. I linked the upgrade, if you need full just
> search.
> You might consider going with the OEM versions which are cheaper.
>
>
>
>
>
>
> "DEHawk" <DEHawk@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:0A8855F5-08AA-41EE-8DBD-5AA906E54519@microsoft.com...
>>I am thinking of upgrading to Vista Premium 64bit. I just bought a new
>>laptop
>> and I ordered Vista Premium 64bit with it and so far I like it.
>> I have two home desktops as well and this is what the new Vista Premium
>> will
>> be for.
>> First are there very many issues/conflicts with software? Office 2007,
>> games, I-Tunes, Mozilla etc...? Same goes for drivers.
>>
>> Second do I have to buy two separate copies of Vista Premium, or can I
>> buy
>> one copy and purchase an additional license?
>>
>> Looking for the least expensive route, buying two copies of Vista Premium
>> will be very expensive.
>>
>> Thanks
>
 
Re: Vista 64 and license

Thanks Colin


"Colin Barnhorst" <c.barnhorst@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:338E6F62-B3B6-4028-86D0-666543C1729E@microsoft.com...
>I think this might be the better link:
> http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/windowsvista/buyorupgrade/addlicense/default.mspx
>
> "John Barnes" <jbarnes@email.net> wrote in message
> news:eAQzSlHjIHA.5968@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>> You will have to do your own research as to the drivers and software
>> conflicts. Office 2007 has none, Itunes has been iffy even with the new
>> version. Vista has many more drivers than XP64, so you may not have too
>> much trouble with recent equipment. Do check with the manufacturers.
>> You can purchase one copy and an additional license. Only one I have
>> seen for sure is
>> http://www.amazon.com/Microsoft-Win..._1_4?ie=UTF8&s=software&qid=1206230164&sr=1-4
>> but there must be others. I linked the upgrade, if you need full just
>> search.
>> You might consider going with the OEM versions which are cheaper.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> "DEHawk" <DEHawk@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:0A8855F5-08AA-41EE-8DBD-5AA906E54519@microsoft.com...
>>>I am thinking of upgrading to Vista Premium 64bit. I just bought a new
>>>laptop
>>> and I ordered Vista Premium 64bit with it and so far I like it.
>>> I have two home desktops as well and this is what the new Vista Premium
>>> will
>>> be for.
>>> First are there very many issues/conflicts with software? Office 2007,
>>> games, I-Tunes, Mozilla etc...? Same goes for drivers.
>>>
>>> Second do I have to buy two separate copies of Vista Premium, or can I
>>> buy
>>> one copy and purchase an additional license?
>>>
>>> Looking for the least expensive route, buying two copies of Vista
>>> Premium
>>> will be very expensive.
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>
>
 
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