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i bought a windows vista home premium 32 bit oem from newegg some time ago
is it legal if i download the 64 bit and use the cd key i have
would it work? if it does work is it legal?
jasonelmore
02-22-2009, 07:56 AM
no it would not work..no it's not legal
you could try contacting microsoft about this and explain to them what happened. but it's anyone's guess what they would do for ya
No only retail copies have 32 and 64bit versions.Oem copies are locked to the version you bought.
zanzabar
02-23-2009, 12:03 AM
OEM and OEI are legal to use 64bit or 32bit solong as u have 1 licensed device. downloading the software is illegal and the proper way is to buy a 64bit disk from MS or get it with MSDN. but the key is legal to use in both, its under the alternate.
retail u get a free copy of 32 and 64bit with free disks of the opposite that u buy but the keys are all the same for 32 and 64 and MS hasnt changed it for almost 3 years so they obviously intended it. (and support it at dev conventions)
i would pull the part from the EULA but im on server now, its ushualy under ALTERNATIVE VERSIONS affter scope
HuffPCair
02-23-2009, 12:10 AM
Just download Win7 beta and then wait for the it to come out is an option, but if you play stuff that uses punkbuster then I would just stick to 32 bit till Win7 way worth the wait.
Logos
02-23-2009, 08:37 AM
i bought a windows vista home premium 32 bit oem from newegg some time ago
is it legal if i download the 64 bit and use the cd key i have
would it work? if it does work is it legal?
sure :D
Jamesrt2004
02-24-2009, 07:55 AM
sure :D
not.. sure.............
yes key will work but it's illegal to download..