Home Premium -> Ultimate; Can I use the old Home Premium license? Jarbs <guest[ at ]unknown-email.com> 11/23/2008 9:45:04 PM I purchased a desktop system with Vista Home Premium 32-bit. I purchased Vista Ultimate 32-bit full install (not upgrade) and used it to upgrade my computer to Ultimate. So really, now my Home Premium license isn't being used, and I don't have a CD for it. If I were to find an installation CD, is it possible for me to install Home Premium on another computer with the old license? -- Jarbs

Re: Home Premium -> Ultimate; Can I use the old Home Premium license? Jarbs <guest[ at ]unknown-email.com> 11/23/2008 10:01:44 PM So looks like after I started this thread, the "similar threads" section below came up with a thread that my search didn't find previously. It turns out that the OEM license is not transferrable at all. So I guess my question is answered. :) -- Jarbs

Re: Home Premium -> Ultimate; Can I use the old Home Premium license? "Rick Rogers" <rick[ at ]mvps.org> 11/23/2008 10:18:18 PM Hi, If Home Premium was preinstalled by the manufacturer, then what you have is an OEM license that cannot be transferred to another machine. If you originally bought the retail version of Home Premium, then by all means you can use it on another machine. -- Best of Luck, Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/ Windows help - www.rickrogers.org My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com "Jarbs" <guest[ at ]unknown-email.com> wrote in message news:cfe29648ccef16aaf30e14e61426d836[ at ]nntp-gateway.com... [Quoted Text] > > I purchased a desktop system with Vista Home Premium 32-bit. I > purchased Vista Ultimate 32-bit full install (not upgrade) and used it > to upgrade my computer to Ultimate. So really, now my Home Premium > license isn't being used, and I don't have a CD for it. If I were to > find an installation CD, is it possible for me to install Home Premium > on another computer with the old license? > > > -- > Jarbs