Installing vista without a product key

[deep1234]

Hi guys, I have a friend who want to try windows vista before buying it (in case if it works well on his pc or not), asked me to give him my retail DVD copy of windows vista home premium to install it on his pc without the product key!!, as he will be able to use vista for 15days? (as he told me).. Later on, if it works well, he will be buying the box and install the key that he will get to fully activate vista.

Well guys is this possible? Will he be having updates for the OS with no problems? Any risk with that for my copy if I DONT give him the product key??

And thank you inadvance.

[SIE]

Yeah it will work fine, he'll be able to use Windows update and everything, it's fully functional. There's no risk to you if he doesn't have your key, all dics's are the same.

[+M2Ys4U Subscriber¹]

There is no "trial version" of Vista. Installing vista without a product key is installing it illegally, thus warez.

[ozgeek]

If it is illegial to run Vista without a product key, then why do MS allow us to install and run Vista without a product key. You got 30 days (or 120 days if you know how to use rearm which is inside Vista) before you have to enter the product key.

[jwjw1]

  M2Ys4U said:

There is no "trial version" of Vista. Installing vista without a product key is installing it illegally, thus warez.

:wacko:

[That Guy Veteran]

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There is no "trial version" of Vista. Installing vista without a product key is installing it illegally, thus warez.

O RLY?

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details...;DisplayLang=en

[Brian M. Veteran]

  Sazz181 said:

O RLY?

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details...;DisplayLang=en

Vista is not shareware, hence there is no free trial of it.

That VHD is for corporate evaluation of Windows Vista, which is allowed for 30 days, providing you use that pre-configured virtual image, and it is only run within a virtualisation environment. The 30 (or more if you rearm) days is for activation only. Installing Vista without owning a valid license, either to a physical hard disk or a virtual one, is illegal and considered to be warez.

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