vista pre installed

stukacat · 21 Apr 2008 at 20:45

if you have a pc with 32 bit vista pre installed can you still upgrade to 64 bit.if not can i delete the pre installed vista and replace it with a copy i have then put the 64 bit on . i am not too clued up on this type of thing but do they pre install on a part of the hard drive and the make it so so cannot remove it..

stukacat · 21 Apr 2008 at 21:01

sorry about the spelling someone put me off track..

Burnsy2023 · 21 Apr 2008 at 21:30

You can always format and reinstall. There's nothing they can do to prevent you doing that.

Burnsy

stukacat · 21 Apr 2008 at 21:41

thanks for that .i am thinking of buying a second hand shop brought pc and it comes with all that stuff you dont want and i have heard that norton can be a pain to remove.so i can reformat and start from scatch ..

Brian Stuart · 21 Apr 2008 at 22:12

Yes. You will have to use an OEM Vista disk, either 32 or 64-bit, your product key will work with either.

NorthstaNder · 21 Apr 2008 at 22:30

stukacat said:
i have heard that norton can be a pain to remove

norton is easy to get rid of. go to control panel/programs and features and then uninstall it.

i did that on my vista lappy and it was very easy to get rid of.

Brian Stuart · 21 Apr 2008 at 22:38

NorthstaNder said:
norton is easy to get rid of. go to control panel/programs and features and then uninstall it.

i did that on my vista lappy and it was very easy to get rid of.

There are some versions of NAV that require you to download a Norton Uninstall programme from their website. Also even when uninstalled via add-remove programmes you would be surprised at the amount of stuff left behind.

stukacat · 21 Apr 2008 at 22:38

i have a retail version of vista i brought in the usa. does this not mean i can instal it on any pc.

stukacat · 21 Apr 2008 at 22:41

yea thats what i thought it leaves allsorts and plays up

Senture · 21 Apr 2008 at 22:55

Brian Stuart said:
There are some versions of NAV that require you to download a Norton Uninstall programme from their website. Also even when uninstalled via add-remove programmes you would be surprised at the amount of stuff left behind.

I can vouch for that. I uninstalled it from my friends computer and it left them with no internet access till I manually deleted the reg keys :|

SimonC · 21 Apr 2008 at 23:39

Brian Stuart said:
There are some versions of NAV that require you to download a Norton Uninstall programme from their website. Also even when uninstalled via add-remove programmes you would be surprised at the amount of stuff left behind.

yep with norton system works 2002/3 you have to goto nortons site download the uninstaller, remove registry keys, nightmare! :mad: