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Clean install
Brian Br...@discussions.microsoft.com microsoft public outlook general Over the weekend, I did a clean install of Vista Premium on my home PC. I installed Office 2003 including Outlook 2003 (supposed to be supported in Vista). Everything works great with a few exceptions. No send button when creating a new note.

Clean install of Vista Upgrade without previous version of Windows
From http://windowssecrets.com/ "The secret is that the setup program in Vista's upgrade version will accept an installed copy of XP, W2K, or an unactivated copy of Vista itself as evidence of a previous installation. This enables you to "clean install" an upgrade version of Vista to any formatted or unformatted

Workaround Discovered For "Clean Install" With Vista Upgrade DVDs
Hank Arnold rasi...@aol.com alt sys pc-clone dell Google for install instructions. You basically can't do it directly. Regards, Hank Arnold Bob Levine wrote: I'm not planning on installing this upgrade for a while, but I would like to know if anyone has tried doing this as a clean install.

Advice - Best way to transfer settings to a Vista Clean install.
Microsoft does not include reformatting the drive in its definition of "clean." When MS says "clean install" with regards to Vista they mean merely that your files, settings, and apps will Then, you try to use the upgrade key to perform a clean installation of Windows Vista by starting from a Windows Vista DVD.

A clean install of Vista is best
Mike Easter Mi...@ster.invalid 24hoursupport helpdesk strollingjj wrote: I have a Dell Dimension which I have just upgraded from XP to Vista with a clean install. All seems fine and I can use my HP Officejet 5610 printer. A new Vista driver has been loaded to do this. According to HP's site, the 5610 is a USB

Clean install with upgrade version of ultimate?
Charlie Tame char...@tames.net microsoft public windows vista performance_maintenance dcmsrdld wrote: I have a ? not entirely related to this but maybe you can steer me to the right area. I'm having a major issue with a clean install of Vista Home Premium. Install's fine. Runs fine for awhile, then the machine

Vista: Clean Install or Upgrade
philo ph...@privacy.net alt os windows-xp <snip>. Why the double install? Why not do the initial install and then activate this install? When you attempt to activate Vista will ask for the key. Am I missing something? He's talking about the lower priced *upgrade* version which needs a qualifying product.

FS - Vista Home Premium Upgrade $149 no tax
But that does not help at all with with what the OP really wants to accomplish: I'm trying to find some way to avoid re-installing all settings, user accounts and apps (plus patches, upgrades, ad nauseum) after a reformat and clean install of Vista, in an upgrade from Windows XP Professional.

Vista Home Premium upgrade version want to do clean install
I've also tried using other mail clients on the Vista set-up, and they all fail to download. So it seems to be something in the interaction between Vista and the ISP server, but unfortunately, I haven'ta clue what. Also, with so many satisfied Vista Mail users out there, I have no idea why my clean installation

Vista - Clean Install
Dave Doe h...@work.ok nz comp In article <b282t2ha0sm69vqk5ev08s13ihevkgf...@4ax.com>, agai...@CorporateGreed.com says... On 12 Feb 2007 10:16:49 -0800, "Nathan Mercer" <nmer...@gmail.com> wrote: On Feb 12, 2:10 am, "The Biker" <thebi.

Slow Vista: hundreds of warnings, errors and critical issues?
Flaming Poultice flamingpoult...@gmail.com ott general In news:45c201fd$0$28143$88260bb3@news.teranews.com, Watcher <dev/null> spittled and blathered: http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=5932 doesn't require installing within XP or forfeiture of your XP licence Or just buy a Windows Vista OEM.

x64-to-Vista: What do you lose with a clean install?
Please read the following quote from: http://www.winsupersite.com/reviews/winvista_03.asp Understanding your installation choices How you acquire WindowsVistaplay a large part in any decision about how you will actuallyinstallthe operating system. At a high level, you have the following basic choices: Cleaninstall.

how can I reformat vista hp without losing anything but os?
Rob Horton yahoo@mr_horton.com uk comp homebuilt Simon Finnigan wrote: Hi all, I`ve got a Dell machine running Vista, and i`d like to do a clean install, without the stuff Dell install. I`ve got a Vista anytime upgrade DVD and the serial number on the PC itself - will this allow me to do a format and install?

You CAN do a Clean Install with the Upgrade Version - NO XP in
Bruce Chambers bchamb...@cable0ne.n3t microsoft public windows vista installation_setup WorshipHim1st wrote: I want to do a clean install of Vista Home Premium on an HP Pavilion laptop. Then simply follow the manufacturer's Recovery instructions. Can I do a clean install with the Vista recovery DVD, or do I need to

Vista Clean Install With Upgrade Disk.
However you should learn more about how Vista does an upgrade as it is closer to a clean install and then import of files and settings than an upgrade in the style of previous versions of Windows. This sounds hopeful, however *when* (not if) I have to actually do a clean install because I have a new HD/Machine the

Needs advice: upgrade or clean install?
The problem is that Vista, unlike every version of Windows in the past, doesn't let you insert a physical disc from an older operating system as evidence of your previous purchase. Vista has an undocumented feature, however, that actually allows you to "clean install" Vista to a hard disk that has no prior copy of

A clean install of Vista is best
Jeff Gaines jgaines_new...@yahoo.co.uk uk comp homebuilt On 05/01/2008 in message <flmhu5$3a...@registered.motzarella.org> Simon Finnigan wrote: But 26 gig is no space at all for applications. 300 gig is fine for the data right now, and in the near future, and 200 gig gives me enough space for more games and

Cannot Install Windows Vista
"Jim" wrote: Two weeks ago I upgraded my Windows Media Edition to Vista Home Premium. Then went through two weeks of nothing but problems. Today I performed a Clean Install with the same Vista DVD that I used two weeks ago. Everything works great, except that I am unable to activate it. After spending 3 1/2 hours

Easiest way to do a clean install of Vista Ultimate
So the tech said to get around this was to perform a new "Upgrade install" on top of the new Vista "clean install" that I did thus tricking the product key Choose "Custom (advanced)" to perform a clean install. Once the second install of Vista has been completed, you can activtate your installation through

Slow running PC since I installed Vista
Guess I have to install from within XP and do a Custom install. Does a Custom wipe out XP and truly install clean? Thanks "Carey Frisch [MVP]" wrote: Upgrade installation keys are blocked when you start from the Windows Vista DVD http://support.microsoft.com/kb/930985/en-us -- Carey Frisch Microsoft MVP Windows