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Windows Vista: Vista Business + TV Tuner?
Vista Business + TV Tuner?
by drummerboy627 - 8/10/07 9:50 AMI currently have Vista Home Premium on my laptop, but am going to need to put Vista Business on it in order to connect to the domain at my university. I know that Vista Business does not include Windows Media Center, but I was wondering whether I could still use a TV tuner with Vista Business, perhaps using third-party software.
Yes...
by John.Wilkinson
- 8/10/07 10:01 AM
In reply to: Vista Business + TV Tuner? by drummerboy627
If you decide not to dual-boot Home Premium and Business, one for personal use and the other for educational use, then you can indeed use third-party software. TV tuners usually come with the required software, but GB-PVR is a free option that requires some technical abilities while BeyondTV is one of the leading third-party alternatives.
Hope this helps,
John
@ John
by jubyre - 2/22/09 4:23 AM In reply to: Yes... by John.Wilkinson
Very Useful Reply.
Congrats
Really easy to do.
by YankeesNYwins - 8/10/07 1:56 PM In reply to: Vista Business + TV Tuner? by drummerboy627Just dual boot the Vista's.
Virtual Machine?
by drummerboy627 - 8/14/07 11:58 AM In reply to: Really easy to do. by YankeesNYwinsVista Home Premium came installed on my computer from the manufacturer. I want Vista Business to be my core operating system, but I would like to also use Home Premium for features like DVD Maker.
Instead of dual-booting, do you think I could run Home Premium in a Virtual Machine, ex. Microsoft Virtual PC? I'm not sure if I could do this, however, because my license key is probably tied to my physical computer, so is there any way to make a virtual machine look at my physical hardware for Windows activation?
I'm not even sure if any of this is possible and any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Todd
Virtual machine EULA limitation...
by John.Wilkinson - 8/15/07 2:05 PM
In reply to: Virtual Machine? by drummerboy627
Unfortunately Vista Home Premium is not licensed for installation in a virtual machine, so not only would the manufacturer's blocks likely come down but the license would also be invalidated. You can run Vista Business in a VM, but that likely won't meet your needs. Thus, you're left with dual-booting as your only option, aside from purchasing Ultimate.
Sorry.
John
Correction John
by anmor - 2/22/09 1:11 PM In reply to: Virtual machine EULA limitation... by John.Wilkinson
you misread his post.
He said he wants Vista Business as primary OS, therefore there is no reason he can't use VM to run Vista Premium.
There was no mistake...
by John.Wilkinson - 2/22/09 4:04 PM
In reply to: Correction John by anmor
"Vista Home Premium came installed on my computer from the manufacturer. [...] do you think I could run Home Premium in a Virtual Machine, ex. Microsoft Virtual PC? I'm not sure if I could do this, however, because my license key is probably tied to my physical computer, so is there any way to make a virtual machine look at my physical hardware for Windows activation?"
From the Windows Vista Home Premium EULA:
"USE WITH VIRTUALIZATION TECHNOLOGIES. You may not use the software installed on the licensed device within a virtual (or otherwise emulated) hardware system."
The fact that it is prohibited by the EULA is the first and foremost reason he cannot load it in a VM, both now and back in 2007.
John
Vista
by rkinne01 - 8/14/07 5:20 PM In reply to: Really easy to do. by YankeesNYwinsA better soultion would be to use the Anytime Upgrade to go to Vista Ultimate.
i'm cheap...
by drummerboy627 - 8/14/07 5:33 PM In reply to: Vista by rkinne01that's more money than i'd like to spend, especially since i already have home and i can get business for free through msdnaa.
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