L leek42 New Member Apr 25, 2010 #1 I have an ungenuine copy of vista on my laptop.But i have found my original copy i got when i purchased my laptop.How do i uninstall the ungenuine copy? Can anyone help? My Computer System One
I have an ungenuine copy of vista on my laptop.But i have found my original copy i got when i purchased my laptop.How do i uninstall the ungenuine copy? Can anyone help?
Bare Foot Kid R.I.P. August 13th 2014 Apr 25, 2010 #2 Hello leek42, welcome to Vista Forums! You just do a clean install over the existing Vista, have a look at the tutorial at the link below. http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/117366-clean-install-full-version-vista.html?ltr=C My Computer System One Manufacturer/Model * BFK Customs * CPU Intel C2Q 9550 Yorkfield Motherboard ASUS P5Q Pro Memory 8GB Dominator 8500C5D Graphics card(s) XFX ATI 1GB 4870 XXX Sound Card Realtek HD 7-1 Monitor(s) Displays 1x 47" LCD HDMI & 2x 26" LCD HDMI Screen Resolution 1920x1080P & 1920x1200 Hard Drives 2x 500GB 7200RPM 32MB Cache WD Caviar Black PSU Corsair 620HX Case CM Cosmos RC-1000 Cooling Tuniq Tower 120, 2x 140mm and 3x 120mm case fans Mouse Razer Diamondback 3G Keyboard HP Enhansed Multimedia Internet Speed 18.6Mb/s Other Info My First Build ;)
Hello leek42, welcome to Vista Forums! You just do a clean install over the existing Vista, have a look at the tutorial at the link below. http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/117366-clean-install-full-version-vista.html?ltr=C
Ed Canuck Power User Apr 25, 2010 #3 You could try doing a System Repair Startup Repair - Vista Forums but I doubt it'll work. Short of doing a complete reinstall, I think your best bet is to contact Microsoft and see what they say. Ed My Computer System One Manufacturer/Model Home Grown Desktop CPU Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU 6600 @ 2.40GHz Motherboard ASUS P5B-E Memory 3006 MB Graphics card(s) NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS 512MB Sound Card Motherboard - SoundMax Monitor(s) Displays ViewSonic VX2235wm / Dell 17" Generic PnP Anolog Screen Resolution 1680 x 1050 x 4294967296 colors / 1024 x 768 Hard Drives 3 x ST3250620AS 250GB SATA IDE 1 x WDC WD1200JD-00GBB0 120 GB SATA IDE PSU Enerrmax 535W All-in-one SLI 20/24+6+ Case Antec Sonata Cooling Antec 12cm SmartCool Mouse Logitech MX100 Laser Keyboard Logitech LX710 Internet Speed Bell Canada DSL 12MBps (supposedly) Other Info 2 x HP Pavilion 9700v Laptops
You could try doing a System Repair Startup Repair - Vista Forums but I doubt it'll work. Short of doing a complete reinstall, I think your best bet is to contact Microsoft and see what they say. Ed