Oh that's good news.
Thank you Bruce for replying.
If I may ask another question...when I go to install the uninstalled version
of Ultimate onto the laptop that has Home Premium on it, can I just install
over the top or is there another procedure that needs to be taken for this
installation to occur?
thanks again.
paula
"Bruce Chambers" <bchambers@cable0ne.n3t> wrote in message
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> paula wrote:
>> I buy a new computer with Vista Ultimate on it.
>> My old computer is a dual boot with XP Pro and a boxed retail version of
>> Vista Ultimate on a second hard drive.
>> I also have a laptop with Vista Home Premium.
>> Since my new computer has Ultimate on it can I take the Ultimate off the
>> old computer and install it on the laptop which is currently running Home
>> Premium?
>
>
> Yes.
>
>> If so, how would I go about doing that?
>
> The normal way to uninstall any operating system is to format the hard
> drive or partition on which it's installed.
>
>> Would I have to call Microsoft since the key has already been installed
>> on the old computer? Would they let me do that?
>
>
> If you can't activate via the Internet because it's been less than 120
> days since you first activated Vista, simply follow the on-screen
> instructions to activate via telephone. As long as you have a retail
> license, there's nothing to stop you from transfering it as many times as
> you like, just so long as it's only installed on one computer at a time.
>
>
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