Uninstallation & reinstallation on a different machine. Andrew S. 7/2/2007 9:26:04 PM I recently installed Vista on a home theater PC, and since installation have had numerous problems during video playback that I never had using XP. I'm certain it must be driver incompatibility, but I do not wish to upgrade hardware. What I'd like to do is reinstall XP on that system. That's the easy part. Here's the real question... I've been satisfied with Vista's performance on other systems I've used and would like to take the license of Vista from the system I've just uninstalled it on and use it on a completely different system. I have paid for the license and it will only be on one system, just not the one I originally installed it on. Is this going to be a problem, or does Microsoft allow this?

Re: Uninstallation & reinstallation on a different machine. "***** charles" <shultzjrX[ at ]sbcglobal.net> 7/2/2007 10:31:04 PM "Andrew S." <Andrew S.[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:5127638F-9EF4-4418-B3AA-21D3834093BE[ at ]microsoft.com... [Quoted Text] > I recently installed Vista on a home theater PC, and since installation have > had numerous problems during video playback that I never had using XP. I'm > certain it must be driver incompatibility, but I do not wish to upgrade > hardware. What I'd like to do is reinstall XP on that system. That's the easy > part. Here's the real question... > > I've been satisfied with Vista's performance on other systems I've used and > would like to take the license of Vista from the system I've just uninstalled > it on and use it on a completely different system. I have paid for the > license and it will only be on one system, just not the one I originally > installed it on. Is this going to be a problem, or does Microsoft allow this? The OEM versions are legally tied to the motherboard. The RETAIL verion can be legally removed from one machine and put on another as long as it is only on one machine at a time. In a virtual environment the legalities are still up in the air. I have heard that Vista Ultimate is legal on a virtual machine and Vista Home is not. later......

Re: Uninstallation & reinstallation on a different machine. "Ronnie Vernon MVP" <rv[ at ]invalid.org> 7/3/2007 1:41:13 AM Andrew It depends on which type you bought. If this is a retail version, you can 'move' it to as many systems as you wish, if it is an OEM version, then it is tied to the first system it is installed on and cannot be activated on a different system. This is ne reason why the OEM version has a much lower price tag. -- Ronnie Vernon Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User "Andrew S." <Andrew S.[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:5127638F-9EF4-4418-B3AA-21D3834093BE[ at ]microsoft.com... [Quoted Text] >I recently installed Vista on a home theater PC, and since installation >have > had numerous problems during video playback that I never had using XP. I'm > certain it must be driver incompatibility, but I do not wish to upgrade > hardware. What I'd like to do is reinstall XP on that system. That's the > easy > part. Here's the real question... > > I've been satisfied with Vista's performance on other systems I've used > and > would like to take the license of Vista from the system I've just > uninstalled > it on and use it on a completely different system. I have paid for the > license and it will only be on one system, just not the one I originally > installed it on. Is this going to be a problem, or does Microsoft allow > this?