A friend lend it to me and I am wondering if there is anything I should worry about while installing it
So I have the Vista instaltion disk right now
A friend lend it to me and I am wondering if there is anything I should worry about while installing it
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Activation, perhaps? If your friend is "lending" you the disk...Originally Posted by UltimaMasamune
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it came with the disk , I mean if I install it now will I another person be able to download it
With the fact considered that Microsoft is a big office full of dumbasses, no.
If you know a good cracker/hacker, yes.
If you haven't purchased a product key, you won't be able to activate it. That means, after 30 days, it'll go into "reduced functionality mode": the Aero display environment will stop working and you'll only be able to use a single IE window to purchase a product key from Microsoft.
At this stage, if you know how, you can use IE to open up explorer.exe and use your computer normally (for the most part), but many other features built into Windows won't work. This method is also tedious, because it logs you out without warning after a period of time.
So if the copy of Vista is pirated, you can pretty much forget getting it activated; you'll just have to reinstall every 30 days (depending on whether or not that release includes the Frankenbuild update).
My advice is to install Linux.
30 days? It was 14 days with the betas I was using
I have the product key I just want to make sure that it can be used more than once
It was 30 from at least beta 5744. That's the one I started using.30 days? It was 14 days with the betas I was using
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I have the product key I just want to make sure that it can be used more than once[/q]
No, it can't be used more than once. You won't get a serial for free unless you buy one. Or win one.
You should worry about being able to use your computer normally :p.
Just stick with XP for a little while longer.
everything is wrapped in gray
i'm focusing on your image
can you hear me in the void?
Or your university or place of education gives you one for free
You should worry about your soul shrivelling up into a dry, prune-like husk.
I haven't figured out what is so good about vista except the purdy pictures.
I'm personally waiting for XP to come down in price so I can actually purchase a license that's affordable :)
Is DirectX10 only available on Vista?
"... and so I close, realizing that perhaps the ending has not yet been written."
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