to the motherboard it is first installed on. Unlike the retail versions of Windows which can be transferred to a new computer, OEM licenses are not transferable. Both OEM and Retail Vista is licensed on a per copy per device basis. You can install only one...

find the proof.. Is it true? Is that a fact, a rumor, or a myth? I keep hearing it but I can't find the proof. Rumor/myth I really wish they would charge a lot less for W7 upgrade if you bought a retail Vista. ...

Retail Vista Upgrade Transferrable?. As the title states, if I were to go out today and buy Vista Home Premium and install it on my computer. Later on, woud I able to uninstall it from one computer and transfer it to another computer? As well, if I do buy...

the Microsoft site - from what I can tell, only retail Vista can get this upgrade, not OEM software. So, it looks like my options are: 1) Return the computer to Dell, and buy one with Vista 64-bit. 2) Beg and plead with Dell to hopefully send me a 64 bit...

that you can only install vista so many times before that key is disabled for good. Is this just a myth from people who hate M$. read the thread in my previous post here. If you have a genuine retail vista, they can't disable the key you purchased, what might...

that ticks me off, is that there is no "reasonable cost" alternative to those people that built systems with OEM copies of Vista 32. We've got to buy a full retail copy with another license in order to get Vista 64, bulls**t. I'll wait until Windows 7 or...

rings in my ears. MS Windows Vista: I find Vista to be the most SHOCKING product of all time. To me the King has no clothes with the launch of this time bomb of a product. If you look past your inner monkey you will see all of the Vista innovations as...

issues with calling their toll free number and getting Vista reactivated. I have System builders OEM edition, so basically if i use a vista upgrade pack on it, it will have the same features as retail Vista, as in not being tied to the motherboard? I may give...

but there are plenty of people that (are supposed to) know what they're doing that had something bad to say about Vista. Therefore, Vista is the worst Windows OS to date." I'm sorry, your opinion carries no more weight with me than Scotteq's carries with...