oem vista basic license transfer

[NightLinks]

Hello,

I searched the forums and could not find an answer to my problem.

My next door neighbor bought windows vista basic for his newly built computer that i put together for him. We both without knowing did not know that windows aero did not come with windows basic so instead of upgrading through windowsupdateanytime.com he bought a new oem windows vista premium and sold to me vista basic now I read in numerous websites that the oem license is not transferable.

I want to install vista basic on my newly built system that has no OS in it right now.

 

[ScYcS]

Go ahead and install it. That's my take on it.

 

[Maniacmous]

I assume that it wasn't activated? As long as it wasn't activated, Microsoft wouldn't know the difference.

 

[BIGDADDY51]

Even if he did activate it, it will just take a phone call to MS to reactivate.

 

[NightLinks]

Wanted to update this thread.

My neighbor stood with windows vista basic and upgraded it to premium from windowsanytimeupgrade.com and gave me/sold the other copy of windows vista premium that he purchased. So now we both have windows vista home premium