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To: goldworldnet who wrote (89854)	7/25/2015 4:50:08 PM
From: Reseller Mike	1 Recommendation Recommended By goldworldnet Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 110626

Not sure of licensing issues with games but Microsoft ties the license to the hardware for Windows and Office products. The activation code is a hash calculation of the hard drive serial number, the MAC address of the ethernet interface and information from the motherboard's BIOS. I may be wrong but I don't think they tie Office to the OS on the platform so you should be able to install it on each bootable partition. I did this many years ago on a dual boot Windows 98 and Windows 2000 and it didn't complain. If you make them into virtual machines there might be a problem because you could theoretically have them all running under the same registered license key...but why you would want to do that escapes me. I'm not a gamer so I can't lend any help there as to which OS should be used or if all of them need to be used. Windows 7 and 8.1 can set options to emulate earlier version (look at compatibility options) and fool the software into thinking it is running on a different platform than it is really installed on. I haven't looked at Windows 10 yet for those features but I would be surprised if the features were removed.

To: goldworldnet who wrote (89854)	7/27/2015 9:15:30 AM
From: Thomas A Watson	1 Recommendation Recommended By goldworldnet Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110626

When I switched from xp to win 7. I had do move a couple of commercial apps with licenses or keys. Belarc will report many licenses and keys, for the older OS. I have a 64 bit machine so for win 7 I put the xp 32 bit programs in C:\Program Files (x86). I ran them regirstered using old key. key was from old email or belarc report. OR I also have a text file called passwords and it also has an area for keys. I also have a filter in my gmail 99-Special that has a bright red tag and I tag password and key emails. gmall sorts by tag. I also create a directory called 00_download in C:\ I download all install exe there. I also rename download.exe files with meaningful file name. When i run belarc, I rename the html file created with date and os and computer discription in the file name. I also copy to a directory that is network visible. On win 7 program files 64 bit are in "Program Files" I have copied the directory from xp or in some cases just the exe file to the windows 7 area. depends on if dll are used in the app. Some apps companies will email you your old key if you had logged in once and registered. I have win 7 ultimate and pro that I believe have xp compatibility mode. not sure if home works that way also.