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Posted by Barry Watzman on May 5, 2007, 9:00 pm
Please log in for more thread options The partition size is not measured. Restoring the VSN is a good idea,
but should not be necessary.
Dave (from the UK) wrote:
> Barry Watzman wrote:
>> You should be ok. It would be best to record the VSN's of each
>> partition and restore them, but the PA scheme measures ten parameters,
>> the partiton VSN's are only one of them, you are allowed to change
>> between 3 and 6 depending on the exact situation.
>
> Thank you. I think given what you say about being able to change from 3
> and 6 parameters, I might not bother to restore the ID. It may be seen
> as suspicious by $MS if for example the partition size is measured too.
>
> At the end of the day I am not trying to pirate it - simply use what
> I've paid for.
>
>
>> Dave (from the UK) wrote:
>>
>>> I bought a Sony laptop (SZ4XWN/C) which came with Vista Business. I
>>> repartitioned the disk, installed Debian Linux and had no problems.
>>>
>>> I then "upgraded" Vista Business to Vista Ultimate using the Anytime
>>> Upgrade DVD supplied with the laptop. That succeeded in:
>>>
>>> 1) Stoping the camera working
>>> 2) Stoping the audio working
>>> 3) Messing up my dual-boot configuration.
>>> 4) Getting Sony to say they don't support the upgrade - even though
>>> they include the Anytime Upgrade DVD.
>>>
>>> I've since restored the laptop back to factory defaults, which means
>>> the disk is now partitioned differently to when I purchased the
>>> upgrade. It also means it has Vista Business running, not the
>>> Ultimate for which I have purchased the upgrade
>>>
>>> If I try the upgrade again (this time I intend loading later drivers
>>> after the upgrade, instead of before), will the product still appear
>>> to be licensed correctly? In other words, if nothing has changed on
>>> the laptop *except* the disk partitioning, will the upgrade be OK, or
>>> will I be fighting $MS to get a new code or something?
>>>
>>>
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