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31st January 2007, 12:29 | #1 |
Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium
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| Workaround Confirmed How To Install Vista Clean If you buy a Window Vista Upgrade version, you have install an older version of Windows before you can upgrade, even if you try to do a clean install... some people have found a work-around: "Now, however, this workaround allows users to perform a “clean install.” The process is a bit tedious, but is not hard at all to complete. Users have to perform these simple steps to perform a clean install of Vista without a previous version of Windows installed with an upgrade DVD http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=5932
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| this is the very interesting part but this means that any retail upgrade DVD can be used as a fully functioning full retail copy of Vista.
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Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium
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| I think it's rather because people might use pirated copies of an older OS; if you need XP + activation, the chances of using an illegal XP copy for a basis to upgrade to Vista will be largely diminished; THis loophole in the upgrade process, where you "upgrade" the Vista Time Trial version is kind of a goof by Microsoft, that HA-HA pic is quite cool will they fix their Vista setup?
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