Re: Vista upgrade/downgrade - will it be licensed?

"Pen" <nospam@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:yJGdnc7etpf3DpHVnZ2dnUVZ_sudnZ2d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Dave wrote:
Dave wrote:

I've since decided Vista is not for me. I replaced the original 120 GB disk with a 300 GB disk, used the recovery disks to recover Vista Business. I now use Solaris x86 99% of the time, and virtually never use Vista. However, I do want to keep Vista there, just in case I need it.

What I failed to mention is the machine is now dual-booting either Vista Business or Solaris x86. But since 99% of the time it is used on Solaris x86, I'm reluctant to spend a lot of time/effort to upgrade the Vista partition to Vista Ultimate.
No problem, just leave Business as is and keep the Ultimate in the drawer. There's no way the OS knows about the upgrade.

I'm guessing Dave is referring to the fact that he activated the Vista Ultimate OS after the upgrade, and is wondering if that invalidated his license for the Business edition. The way it should work in my opinion is that he should now have a license for both. After all, he paid for Business and then paid for the upgrade. However, Microsoft isn't know for necessarily following my particular line of reasoning, so I can't say for sure if the Business license is still valid after it's been officially upgraded (through activation) to Ultimate.

Dave, on a side note, I'm always curious to hear from people who use alternate OS's (for lack of a better term - some people view Windows as the alternate OS, I suppose) - what are the tasks you typically perform on your laptop with the Solaris OS? General productivity apps, internet and email? Programming? Engineering apps?

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Richard Carpenter

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