dcyphure Posted January 31, 2007 Share Posted January 31, 2007 i havnt tried out vlite yet, but if vista has limited activations (last i hear its 2) thenhow is experimenting with future vlite versions and activations work? like say i activate vista and want to use a newer vlite so i'd have to reinstall everything and activate yet againwhen i did it in xp it was no biggie after 120 days i could activate online again, dunno how that works in vista, plus many of my nlited installs i'd later didnt like or want the features of a newer nlite so i'm curious as to how you guys are doing it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nuhi Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 It's simple...how long is the trial period before you have to activate, why not activate in a few days when you see that everything is right.Also we test in virtual machines too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strotee76 Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 Well, I use all my 'test' images of nLite/vLite in VMWare before installing it on the host PC. During the installation of Vista, I just uncheck the option for activating since I will only have that image installed for a day or two before I delete it and recreate the image with different changes.nuhi beat me to it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeronimo Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 (edited) Activation on the same pc is not limited I think. Last I heard directly from Microsoft is that Retail versions are bound to you for life, a OEM versio is linked to your pc (components). There are always exceptions for this last one that can be discussed with Micsrosoft: for instance PC is damaged by lightning and components are replaced by different comparable components (not upgrade components).Why I know? I contacted Microsoft Netherlands by phone, because I want to replace my current 32-bit PC in the near future (when a Budget DX10 card comed out: Nvidia 8600, ATi X2000GT?), but do not want to pay €90 twice for a 32-bit OEM and a 64-bit OEM version or once €215 for a Retail version. Now I will keep using my RC2 key with the appropriate hack for a month or 2 until I have bought my new PC. I activated my PC with all kinds of Vista versions and if Microsoft has a problem with this, then they will most likely let me know one way or the other. I even told them one the phone as I believe them to be reasonable. Better to have someone buy 1 license instead of 2, than to sell no license at all. Edited February 1, 2007 by nuhi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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