lend me your Vista disc? Sorted!

[cyfa2809]

agreed, never vista, but i dont think lgf cares

 

[highlandsflyer]

Vista is Retro.

Luddite!

 

[legrandefromage]

funny thing is Vista has been absolutely flawless, it even let me play my CD ROM of Driver from 1999 without a hitch.

 

[dbmtb]

It would need to be a Vista disc that nobody has installed on their PC at the moment - Vista checks online if the PC configuration has changed.

It also needs activating online.

 

[legrandefromage]

It would need to be a Vista disc that nobody has installed on their PC at the moment - Vista checks online if the PC configuration has changed.

It also needs activating online.

No worries - this used to be my job.

 

[ajm]

As LGF probably knows already, the actual DVD used doesn't really matter; it's the license key that's important. You can use the same DVD to install Windows on a different PC every day for years with no problems, so long as you have legit license keys.

If you're still stuck in about a week's time I could sort you out...

 

[legrandefromage]

its looking pretty sorted.

I used my XP disc that came with my now defunct HP laptop for about 40 builds so far.

 

[highlandsflyer]

As LGF probably knows already, the actual DVD used doesn't really matter; it's the license key that's important. You can use the same DVD to install Windows on a different PC every day for years with no problems, so long as you have legit license keys.

If you're still stuck in about a week's time I could sort you out...

Some discs actually have validation onboard.

 

[legrandefromage]

My short lived Aldi Tevion monster (the £599 multimedia behemoth) reloaded itself just from rom or ram and didnt need a instalation disk.

Would have kept it if the video card didnt keep blowing.

 

[legrandefromage]

all sorted. In fact I'm typing this on it as we speak:

intel core 2 duo 2.33ghz

2 gb ram

200gb hdd

radion x800 xl

all for the princely sum of £5

and a friendly lend of a disc from rosstheboss