Hi, I've built a new PC for my dad for Xmas. He wants to give his old one away to a needy cause. His current machine is riddled with malware so really needs a complete rebuild (apart from the fact I need to securely get rid of all his data on it). It originally had Windows XP but came with a free upgrade to Vista (32 bit) which we applied. I really don't want to install XP then reapply the Vista upgrade. I have a copy of Vista (32 bit) to install and plan to use his existing licence code. Looking via Google I get mixed messages on whether this will just work or not. Does anyone have any experience of doing this and can you confirm if it just worked for you ?
Rebuilding Old Dell PC
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As long as it's a valid code then it will work no problem.
I haven't tried it myself but give it a try and see what happens, if it doesn't work it will not let you past the product key part.
once installed make sure SP1 is installed as some PC's in the office here refused to activate when vista was installed till SP1 was installed.
once installed make sure SP1 is installed as some PC's in the office here refused to activate when vista was installed till SP1 was installed.
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If the hardware will support you could even go to Vista 64bit.
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