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Re: Vista Activation?
Thank you Gene Fitz for this excellent piece of info, and to you Julie for
raising the issue in the first place.
Just proves it pays to keep browsing these boards.
Best Regards,
"Gene Fitz" <GeneFitz@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:66C480C0-88B9-48C0-AC26-870A0D6EE74D@microsoft.com...
> Well, Julie, when you format your computer, you wipe out all the stored
> information on it. Thus, your computer is freshly loaded. At that point,
> it
> doesn't know whether you have activated or not..
> But here is a little secret for ya.
>
> 1. Get yourself a small hard drive, doesn't need to be more than about 20
> Gigs.
>
> 2. After you set Vista up and get it just how you like it, goto Start >
> All
> Programs > Accessories > System Tools > Backup Status and Configuration.
>
> 3. Choose the Complete PC Backup option.
>
> 4. When you are there, click the text that says "Create Backup Now." You
> will be prompted by a UAC message, Click to continue.
>
> When the window comes up, asking you where to place your new backup, point
> it to your extra (small) hard drive. then Click next.
>
> What this will do is back up your computer's configuration, EXACTLY as it
> sits, to a file on that hard drive that is protected, even from you.
> Moreover, it is saved as activated, so when you format and restore that
> back-up, it is already activated, drivers are already installed,
> anti-virus
> and everything is already running, you will have no problems.
>
> Now, to restore from that back-up, you put your Windows disk in, and
> instead
> of choosing to install, you want to choose the "fix" option. When the
> prompt
> comes up, you choose Complete PC Backup and restore from that backup.
>
> Something else that does, is enable you to play around a little. If you
> screw it up, you can always restore from that backup. And using this
> system,
> it will automatically format, re-install, and set everything up, exactly
> as
> it was when you created the backup. And this way only takes about 20
> minutes
> from disk insert to up and running happy vista.
>
> Hope this helps :-)
>
>
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