I have a windows 7 DVD provided by my school that says "64-bit x64 upgrade: Pre-existing OS license Required"
I have one desktop computer with Vista and one laptop also with vista (both with legit keys & activation)
Question is: can the upgrade DVD be used on the two machine ?
Will it require the old vista key, the new win7 one, or both ?
My partner bought 3 upgrades as a group to Win 7 but we were concerned as we live in different places as we both want to install them that Microsoft might not let us do it with this type licence.
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I have two pc's: my main one and my HTPC. I cant afford to get my remote yet so i want to setup remote desktop assistant in a way where i can connect when ever i want without worrying about the license.is there anyway to set this up? Both computers are on my network.I don't want to use remote desktop because i don't want it to log the htpc out, since it will be used to watch movies and all.
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