window vista product key

tupakiz · 02-05-2008, 05:03 AM

i have question about window vista product key which i took note of at a store! it was a display model i got product key since it wasnt hooked up on the internet! i was wondering if i could use it! it goes like this 45678-OEM-34567-72897-! I was wondering what OEM is only 3 digits will it still work when i install window vista will it accept 3 digits ?

[-0MEGA-] · 02-05-2008, 05:59 AM

Thats not the CD Key, you are probably looking at the serial number of the packaging or the registration number of that particular version of Windows. Windows Vista (as well as most others) use a 5x5 method for their CD Key, such as this.

XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX

ThatGuy16 · 02-05-2008, 06:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by [-0MEGA-]

Thats not the CD Key, you are probably looking at the serial number of the packaging or the registration number of that particular version of Windows. Windows Vista (as well as most others) use a 5x5 method for their CD Key, such as this.

XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX

Correct

What he is seeing is the "Product ID". The one that activates vista is the "Product Key".

even if that was the right code, it would be illegal.

Vizy93 · 02-05-2008, 06:47 AM

dznutz · 02-05-2008, 07:04 AM

bill gate$ isn't THAT stupid

johnny · 02-05-2008, 08:34 PM

I believe it wouldn't work. I tried that before with a Windows XP Pro key off a IMB laptop and it didn't work.

tlarkin · 02-05-2008, 09:43 PM

the product keys are hashed and batched, most likely it wouldn't work even he had the proper key. Since vista is so DRM heavy I don't even know what side effects would even happen from pirating it.

Just go buy the OS, or go with a free one like Linux.

[-0MEGA-] · 02-05-2008, 10:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by johnny

I believe it wouldn't work. I tried that before with a Windows XP Pro key off a IMB laptop and it didn't work.

Thats because CD Keys from manufacturers such as IBM are only for IBM computers.

Quote:

Originally Posted by tlarkin

the product keys are hashed and batched, most likely it wouldn't work even he had the proper key. Since vista is so DRM heavy I don't even know what side effects would even happen from pirating it.

Just go buy the OS, or go with a free one like Linux.

Microsoft needs all the people it can get for Vista, you don't even need to pay for Vista. The OS lets you install it with a 30 day "evaluation" period, without the need of a CD Key. It even lets you extend that another 30 days by a simple command via the CMD (up to 180 days with no limitations). Unlike XP, you also don't need to have the OS activated in order to receive updates or download certain programs from Microsoft.com

tlarkin · 02-05-2008, 10:20 PM

It also slowly disables features until you buy and activate. Which is why it is so DRM heavy, which is one reason why I won't support vista. That, and it doesn't offer any performance gain and hardly any benefit gain from upgrading. However, that is an old and busted argument and I will stop right there.

As far as licensing goes, read the EULA, if you can stomach it. You will clearly see that in a trial period you are obligated to certain policies and how MS has the right to do whatever they want while in eval period so on and so forth and all that legalese. Notice the DRM clauses as well, and notice how you never own it, you just lease it.

trust me, its a marketing scheme to lock you into buying it. Think about it, how many people will want to just fork out the money after using it for 60 days then getting a ton of features reduced, over reinstalling the OS or switching to another OS?

[-0MEGA-] · 02-05-2008, 10:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tlarkin

It also slowly disables features until you buy and activate. Which is why it is so DRM heavy, which is one reason why I won't support vista. That, and it doesn't offer any performance gain and hardly any benefit gain from upgrading. However, that is an old and busted argument and I will stop right there.

As far as licensing goes, read the EULA, if you can stomach it. You will clearly see that in a trial period you are obligated to certain policies and how MS has the right to do whatever they want while in eval period so on and so forth and all that legalese. Notice the DRM clauses as well, and notice how you never own it, you just lease it.

trust me, its a marketing scheme to lock you into buying it. Think about it, how many people will want to just fork out the money after using it for 60 days then getting a ton of features reduced, over reinstalling the OS or switching to another OS?

Which features are locked out? When I waited 30 days before activating mine I didn't notice anything that no longer functioned or had limited usability. The only thing I noticed was a dialog box which said you have XX amount of days to activate.

If you ask me Windows XP was more strict when it came to licensing, since you couldn't run Windows Update without your copy being validated/activated, you couldn't download many things from the Microsoft website, and it wouldn't even let you install XP without a legit CD Key.

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tlarkin VIP Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Kansas City, MO Posts: 5,944	the product keys are hashed and batched, most likely it wouldn't work even he had the proper key. Since vista is so DRM heavy I don't even know what side effects would even happen from pirating it. Just go buy the OS, or go with a free one like Linux.

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tlarkin VIP Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Kansas City, MO Posts: 5,944	It also slowly disables features until you buy and activate. Which is why it is so DRM heavy, which is one reason why I won't support vista. That, and it doesn't offer any performance gain and hardly any benefit gain from upgrading. However, that is an old and busted argument and I will stop right there. As far as licensing goes, read the EULA, if you can stomach it. You will clearly see that in a trial period you are obligated to certain policies and how MS has the right to do whatever they want while in eval period so on and so forth and all that legalese. Notice the DRM clauses as well, and notice how you never own it, you just lease it. trust me, its a marketing scheme to lock you into buying it. Think about it, how many people will want to just fork out the money after using it for 60 days then getting a ton of features reduced, over reinstalling the OS or switching to another OS?

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