Bryce

Hey I have a Dell Inspiron 1520, it is about 1 month old. It came with Vista
Basic (OEM), I have used it for a little bit now. Vista is ok, I dont like
how much of a resource hog it is though. And recently I tried installing some
software that I used to use on windows xp however it did not work properly. I
have decided I want to go back to windows xp, but I would like to keep vista
for later use on the same laptop. This would not be a problem except I have
already activated it. So my question is, is there a way to "un-activate"
vista. So I will have the ability to reinstall it later.

The matter is further complicated with the fact that it only has 1 gb of
ram, and I would like to upgrade it to 2gb. But if I do this I am afraid that
I will effect the hash that is used to activate windows. If I wasn't
upgrading the ram it would prolly be easy.

Please advise.

"Mark" wrote:

> If it is not an OEM version, use the phone method to activate and talk to a
> real person.
> The phone number should be displayed during the activation process.
>
> "Z-Tech Enterprises" <Z-Tech Enterprises @discussions.microsoft.com> wrote
> in message news:CBD7132F-6B21-426C-B08D-D29A946C606F@microsoft.com...
> >i put windows vista on one of my laptops but a tookit off and went back to
> >xp
> > but then i installed itt on another laptop and it said the product key was
> > already in use and i bought home premium at best buy
>
>