Re: [Hampshire] [OT] Content might offend Penguins

On 31 March 2010 17:53, trotter <m.nuttall@???> wrote:
> At 10:11 31/03/2010, you wrote:
>>On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 10:17:41AM +0100, James Courtier-Dutton wrote:
>> > The laptop has the Vista license key on the bottom, so I am figuring
>> > that if I can obtain some install media, I could still use the key
>> > that came with the laptop.
>> > I just need the correct version of the install media. This might save
>> > the user paying £150 for new media and license.
>>
>>AFAIK, retail Vista (and Windows 7) media contains all of the versions
>>available in retail channels (Home Basic, Home Premium, etc) - the version
>>actually installed gets determined by the serial number. OEM versions are
>>different, of course.
>
> This is my experience as well there is only one vista dvd to install them all.
>

So I should be able to download one from MSDN (I am a full member apparently!!!)
The problem with the License label is that it has mostly been washed off.
Luckily, a bit of the bar code, and the License key is still readable,
but the bit saying what version it is, is totally unreadable.