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Hi People,

Something has crossed my mind.

I purchased my Acer laptop in December 2006 and a few days ago got my Vista disc (via upgrade redemption). When using Windows Media Centre Edition i had Acer eRecovery program to recover the computer back to manufacturer default settings incase i had to do a complete reinstall.

When i had my vista disc i had "Vista Upgrade Disc" and "Acer Upgrade Wizard" (to install drivers etc)

But what would or could i do if i needed to install Vista?

I never do repair as i think they are utter waste of time and i dont see any options or find any info i want i would do if this happened to me.

I bought a Dell at Christmas time , with XP Media Center installed. I received a Vista Premium Upgrade disc with it. I ordered it equipped ready for Vista, without problems. It has an Intel Pentium D Processor 820 with Dual Core Technology, 1 GB...

Ok I bought a new PC with Xp Media center installed a Got a free Home prem upgrade installed it over the xp so I wouldn't loose anything. But then I...

Hello folks, hope you can help me. We currently have a desktop PC at home which runs Windows XP Pro. I have just bought myself a new laptop (HP Pavilion dv2000), which is also currently running XP. My new laptop however is eligible for a free upgrade to Windows Vista. I have been getting used to my new laptop over the past week and setting up my network, so that I can share media files from my desktop to my laptop (desktop PC wasn't powerful enough to do some video editing, which is why I bought the laptop). Will it be ok for me to upgrade my laptop to Vista, have my desktop running XP and still be able to share files and generally network my computers as normal?

Okay let's be clear, I'm not interested in pirating or breaking any licensing terms.

I have 2 PCs, a desktop and laptop, both currently running xp media centre. Purchased my laptop in January and I've submitted, but am still waiting for my vista express upgrade.

It was always my intention to upgrade the laptop first, since that's just an entertainment PC.

Anyway, I received a complementary copy of vista home premium upgrade from Microsoft today (long story basically I moaned that my desktop was purchased just before the express upgrade started, with a big dose of my disability/special equipment!).