Re: My windows vista Ultimate license is expired and has...
It is best to you to ask the legal software license but that is your choice. You can use vista offline activator to activate your vista you may find here. use it as your own risk
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If you still have youir Vista license key and it is retail (not OEM), then you will be able to transfer your installation intact. Use windows vista system (not file) backup to a portable HDD. Also make a rescue disk. Then boot to the rescue disk on the other computer and follow the prompts to recover the main backup you made. You will need your license key to activate the new Vista. You may need to tell Microsoft that your old computer is no longer working to transfer the license. If the old license was OEM, you can't move the license (it is for the life of the original computer/motherboard only), and you will have to buy a Windows 8.1 pro license and migrate your data instead. I have done that from windows Vista 32 bit to Windows 7 64 bit. I used all different types of backups (including Mig, vista file backups, copy my whole profile) and carefully put it all back together. Let me know if you want more help with anything specific.
If you don't have the key (didn't pay for it) and it's not licensed to your machine, then it would be illegal to give it to you. If you bought it, contact Microsoft about it.
If you have purchased a copy of Windows with your PC there will be a license stick on the side of your case. That will contain your product key. To activate you can either active via internet or you can contact the microsoft activation center to assist you.
If you purchased a boxed copy of Vista Ultimate then there will be a product key on the back of the box.
If however, you have installed a copy of vista ultimate which was not purchased (e.g. copied from a friend) - you will need to purchase a valid license from Microsoft.
go to softpedia.com. download the cd key reader. Run it, you will be able to view you cd key. If activation has some problems, just call microsoft, and they will guide you to activate it over the phone.
Microsoft is the only place to get product keys for Microsoft products.
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