install express upgrade later?

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anobium

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Ok I am waiting for vista to arrive via the express upgrade, not going to speak about that charade. My question is I currently have mce 2005 installed which is the oem version tied to that computer. When vista arrives I want to build another computer can I then install vista on that computer or does it have to be my mce computer?, this is if I ever recieve the vista software from my good friends moduslink. hope that makes sense?:confused:
 
You may have to go through the upgrade install procedure to trick the Vista disk into installing on your second computer (unless you bought a full version). However, if you bought the express upgrade, technically, once Vista is installed an activated, I believe your MCE license is no longer valid.
 
Thats fine I just dont want to spend £600.00 and then cant install the os, basically will be getting new motheroard, cpu, memory, graphs card may also need case and psu, actually thats a new computer lol.
 
You can use the upgrade version and do a clean install and keep your MCE license in 3 simple steps.
 
bbz_Ghost said:
You can use the upgrade version and do a clean install and keep your MCE license in 3 simple steps.
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which are?, your saying I can keep mce licence and the express upgrade vista edition? on seperate computers?
 
How much is it worth to you? :D

JUST KIDDING... if you look around the forums here a bit, go back a few weeks, you'll find a thread where Catweazle offers linkage to the solution (he found it someplace else and simplified it a bit) - I then took it and simplified it even more to the "3 Simple Step" method.

He posted his version at: www.techwrighter.com, his website. If you're having issues with his method (and there is absolutely NO reason you should), I'll consider posting mine.
 
Here 'tis!

There is also the install Vista from Vista workaround which many people have written about, but which involves two consecutive Windows installations.

It must be noted, though, that using these techniques to install using an Upgrade install key and then retaining your functional XP install might well give you two functioning OS installations, but it won't give you two legally valid ones. It's fine to use the techniques to clean install from an Upgrade disk, but it ain't a legal license if you install from an upgrade without voiding a qualifying XP license.
 
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