Who installs new OS on a new laptop?

[footman]

I've just bought a new HP pavilion and I'm very happy with the machine.
However I'm totally fed up with all the rubbish HP insist on installing with the system and the errors this rubbish generates.

I'm thinking of buying an OEM copy of Vista and starting all over again, simply downloading all the drivers from the HP site.
I know this adds to the cost of the machine but its driving me nuts.

 

[footman]

If you used a friends copy of Vista, wouldn't your licence/serial still work and be valid, negating the cost of a new copy?

AFAIK an OEM copy of Vista can only be used on 1 machine ever.

 

[footman]

See my post above.

I must be in a different time continuum, when I posted I couldn't see your post despite the time difference
So are you saying that I can use an OEM copy of Vista that I have lying around simply because the machine I am installing it on has already had a valid copy of Vista previously installed?

 

[footman]

cheers, now to find that copy of Vista Home Ultimate!

 

[footman]

You will need an HP OEM copy, other OEMs probably wont work.

why is that?