Vista Home Premium 64 bit upgrade help

[secret-willow.livejournal.com]

Hello folks,

I just got an Acer Aspire 4530 with windows the 32 bit Vista Home Premium installed. I am interested in upgrading to 64 bit Vista Home Premium.
Windows states that I am eligible to upgrade but need to find an install and install it with my purchase code. Can anyone local help me find an install disk? I live about 15 minutes from Davis Square and any help would be great.

Thank You,

Fish

Comments

[ellf.livejournal.com]

Best Buy. Amazon. Any computer retailer, really. Asking for a free copy from someone in the community would be publicly asking for someone to break the law for you.

[ellf.livejournal.com]

Also, what's with the picture?

Not breaking the law.

[nalz.livejournal.com]

If she has a purchase code/license key for the 64 bit Windows, no laws are being broken. Lending an installation disk isn't breaking the law - giving out your license key might be depending on your license and how many copies you're allowed. I haven't read Windows licensing recently to see if it's a single install or like many things are these days, and allow up to 3 installations or more. You can't install Vista or anything better than XP without a purchase code or license key of some sort. The installation disk is meaningless without one.

Re: Not breaking the law.

[ellf.livejournal.com]

That's a valid point. If the OP has a key, asking for a disk is fine.

[shava23.livejournal.com]

nice job jumping to conclusions without actually doing any research...:)

Yes, it is perfectly legal. Microsoft says that the license key is good for one Vista, either 32 or 64, but not both at once. The 64 bit install media isn't keyed to a license, you apply your own license after applying the update.

So as long as the media is borrowed, and no license key is exchanged, there's no issue.

[ionicaq.livejournal.com]

MicroCenter!

http://www.microcenter.com/

[shava23.livejournal.com]

funny thing, I think microcenter probably doesn't give the media away free. I think Tuna's looking for just the disk, not to pay $200 for a new install.

[ionicaq.livejournal.com]

Yes, well, people giving it away = theft, if Tuna here hasn't paid for it, ya know?

Kristie, READ THE OTHER COMMENTS, eh?

[shava23.livejournal.com]

Tuna has a laptop that came with an OEM 32 bit Vista. It's perfectly legal for him to change that to 64 bit. He doesn't have to pay for anything. I'm a licensing professional in a previous lifetime, and I'll stake my rep on this one. I don't steal music, I don't steal software. But this request is just simply legit.

If you actually looked at the other comments where I and others have detailed what the situation is, including links out, you'd be educating yourself rather than just accusing people of stuff when you don't know the facts.

Re: Kristie, READ THE OTHER COMMENTS, eh?

[ionicaq.livejournal.com]

Note the time of my first comment, note the time of the other comments. I replied to you from my e-mail and didn't check the rest of the entry 'til now. If s/he had put that in his/her original post then I wouldn't have suggested s/he needed to pay for it. Get a grip!

Might be possible

[thebinturong.livejournal.com]

There is a FAQ here:

http://board.iexbeta.com/index.php?showtopic=69712

[tenshikurai9.livejournal.com]

I've never been able to see magic eye, magic eye-esque, things before.

[secret-willow.livejournal.com]

This is not breaking the law and I can provide proof that I have a licenced copy of vista home premium on my computer. Upgrading from 32 bit to 64 bit is allowed under the licence. I just need to borrow a disc to do this.

The art I included is a piece of art that I created. I am a digital artist, I was just being creative.

[ellf.livejournal.com]

Yes, that's true - if the license allows for an upgrade without needing a new key, then asking for a disk is not illegal. If the upgrade requires a key, then you need to purchase it (obviously).

Mod Note

[surrealestate.livejournal.com]

I think part of the reason some of these comments were less than helpful were a reaction to your technique. In general, padding out posts to make them take up twice the vertical space is frowned upon. Pictures should be small or behind a cut. And relevant.