Licence wise, better get OEM if you're not going to change your PC in a long time. And heck, my friend who is using OEM have no problem really transferring his licence to a new PC when in practice you can't. A quick call to microsoft usually fixed it.

You're better off with an OEM license on a laptop. Cheaper plus laptop's don't get their insides changes often if at all.

Agree with you.

im using vista ultimate 64bit sp1.
recently my mobo fried, biostar tf7050-m2
and i just change it to abit sumtin mobo..

and with my past experience using xp, i would have to reformat may windows to use it again...
but yesterday, when i bootup my pc, its just work like normal, except i have to install afew driver here and there.

so my question is,
izzit safe using it without formatting?
would it be stable?
wut about the old driver?

you can uninstall old drivers through Device Manager or using 3rd party app like Driver Magician...

but could it cause any harm by leaving it there?

I'm not sure since I never change my mobo. But I do know that it eat your free spaces...

well, i dont mind a few mb

wanna ask
if my pc format totally all
then i install back vista and upgrade it can ma ?
cause if i install the cd the version of vista like old de
cause my fren say when u upgrade vista the vista they know u upgrade till latest if u is oldest version they detect and will black list the license key

pls ask ur friend to get his fact rit... if like wat he say then everytime i format i need to buy a new Vista...

by old i presume u mean Vista pre-SP1 (or Vista Gold to be correct)???

u juz need to update to SP1 and that's all...

SP1 is nothing big, really, it mainly contains all the hotfixes and patches released by MS since day 1 of Vista...

This post has been edited by astria: Oct 17 2008, 11:57 PM

It should be SP0 since SP1 never released on CD anymore...

What's Vista Gold? There's no "pre-SP1".

juz like XP Gold, Vista Gold is the very original Vista...

some ppl prefer to call pre-SP1 or SP0... juz a matter of preference...

the term SP0 is the same as Gold or RTM release, the first public final release of Vista. Pre-SP1 usually refer to beta of SP1, that't why ppl call it Pre-SP1...

I want to ask about ready boost.I have a 2GB pendrive which got some file around 150MB inside.So does it work running ready boost if got file at the thumbdrive ?
Using 1GB ddr1 ram.Any suggestion whether I should get a an extra 1GB ddr1 ram RM120 or not to buy since I have ready boost ?
1GB ram ddr1 vs 2GB thumbdrive readyboost ? difference ?

these sqmdata files can be delete?
it make my computer so messy....

This post has been edited by wen9x88: Oct 20 2008, 10:42 PM


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You should feel safe deleting those files as it comes from MSN and/or Windows Live Messenger...

just curious whether Vista currently stable with all drivers and XP software compatible?

yes and yes for me...

even good old Red Alert 1 runs fine on my Vista x64...

I need help creating a extended partition on Vista.How do I create an extended partition and a few logical drive on vista ?
I can't find anything when right click on the partition at computer management-> storage.
Everytime I create it just said new volume.