Would a 32bit home vista key work with

[[TFU] Thegoon84]

Ok i'm building a rig for a friend and trying to save money for him... my dad recently upgraded from vista to windows 7, However it wasn't a package upgrade.... he bought win 7 in the box and now has a vista key spare.

If i installed 64 bit home vista on my mates pc would i be able to use the code from my dad's old 32 bit vista for activation?

If so does anybody know where i can get a 64bit vista home premium disk from?

 

[SiriusB]

If it is OEM you aren't legally allowed to use that copy of Vista anywhere else, though it probably wont even install anyway.

 

[alex24]

Tell your mate to get Windows 7 instead, it's worth it. The 32-bit and 64-bit versions work with one key, so yes, in theory you could do it, IF it's a retail copy, not OEM. You'll know as the retail copy you will have bought off the shelf somewhere and not got with the machine.

As for getting discs, I think you can get them from MS, but they charge for them.