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Please answer this question

by Becker532 Feb 11, 2008 7:34AM PST

Can Windows Vista be installed on two computers with the same product key? On the computer I'm using right now I installed Vista to upgrade from XP but I have a computer that stopped working right like 5 years ago and I was hoping I could use the same product key to install Vista on this old computer hopefully so it would start working correctly and I could pawn it. I really doubt it but I thought I would ask before I try to do it.

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About to install on different system

by Basket628 Feb 11, 2008 8:19AM PST

No you cannot be able to you will have to buy a new product key.

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5 year old computer

by anmor Feb 11, 2008 12:40PM PST

probably won't buy you a carton of beer.
It wouldn' have a dvd drive required for Vista instalation even if you purchased a copy for it.
And whatever is wrong with it, installing a new operating system is not likely to fix it. Drivers for old computer would be hard if not impossible to find.

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Nope...

by Grif Thomas Forum moderator Feb 12, 2008 12:40AM PST

...unless you happen to have a "Software Assurance" setup with Vista Enterprise and their corporate volume license option. (Government or corporate organizations primarily.)

Hope this helps.

Grif

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