Windows Vista Weblog

Save £95 per Windows Vista Copy

by Milo on February 24th, 2007

PCAdvisor has this nice trick to save £95 off your Windows Vista license.

In an excerpt:

Here’s how the ‘clean install’ trick works:

-Boot with the Windows Vista upgrade DVD and begin the full installation process.
-Do not enter the product key when prompted, but continue on.
-Choose to do a clean install of Vista, that is, fully wiping your hard drive.
-After you’re done, boot into the still-unactivated copy of Vista.
-Run Windows Vista setup again, from inside Vista.
-Select upgrade, and enter your upgrade key.
-Install Vista a second time.

Continue reading here.

Share This

Related Stories

Activate Windows Vista to Prevent Blackout
Tips & Tricks: Copying the path of a filename
Still Knocking on the First Beta of Vista SP1
Save the Children After Hurricane Katrina
Critical review of Vista

POSTED IN: Windows Vista