Vista - Deactivate Windows Vista

I have an MSDN subscription and installed Windows Vista on my laptop.
However I recently got a new laptop and will be getting rid of the old one,
so I would like to deactivate the license on it so I can keep my licensing
clean.
I keep reading that Microsoft allows you to do this but I can't find
anything that will show me how to do it.
I found a reference in Windows Vista help that says you have to unintall
Vista, but I can't figure out how to do that either.

Any Ideas?

Mike Kannard wrote:
> I have an MSDN subscription and installed Windows Vista on my laptop.
> However I recently got a new laptop and will be getting rid of the old
> one, so I would like to deactivate the license on it so I can keep my
> licensing clean.
> I keep reading that Microsoft allows you to do this but I can't find
> anything that will show me how to do it.
> I found a reference in Windows Vista help that says you have to unintall
> Vista, but I can't figure out how to do that either.
>
> Any Ideas?

There is no deactivation, only new activation. To uninstall, simply format
the drive on the current laptop that has Vista installed. When you install
Vista on the new laptop, activate it over the internet. If activation
fails, choose to activate by phone instead. That should take less than five
minutes and you'll be done.
--
Tom Porterfield

There is no deactivation. Uninstalling Vista is accomplished by formatting
the drive. There is no uninstallation wizard.

"Mike Kannard" <Mike Kannard@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:217154D2-B3A1-45FD-A4E7-B0C474128ED6@microsoft.com...
>I have an MSDN subscription and installed Windows Vista on my laptop.
> However I recently got a new laptop and will be getting rid of the old
> one,
> so I would like to deactivate the license on it so I can keep my licensing
> clean.
> I keep reading that Microsoft allows you to do this but I can't find
> anything that will show me how to do it.
> I found a reference in Windows Vista help that says you have to unintall
> Vista, but I can't figure out how to do that either.
>
> Any Ideas?

Your MSDN Key should be good for up to 10 activations anyway.

"Mike Kannard" <Mike Kannard@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:217154D2-B3A1-45FD-A4E7-B0C474128ED6@microsoft.com...
>I have an MSDN subscription and installed Windows Vista on my laptop.
> However I recently got a new laptop and will be getting rid of the old
> one,
> so I would like to deactivate the license on it so I can keep my licensing
> clean.
> I keep reading that Microsoft allows you to do this but I can't find
> anything that will show me how to do it.
> I found a reference in Windows Vista help that says you have to unintall
> Vista, but I can't figure out how to do that either.
>
> Any Ideas?

LaRoux;109843 Wrote:
> Your MSDN Key should be good for up to 10 activations anyway.
>
> "Mike Kannard" <Mike Kannard@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
> message
> news:217154D2-B3A1-45FD-A4E7-B0C474128ED6@microsoft.com...
> >I have an MSDN subscription and installed Windows Vista on my laptop.
> > However I recently got a new laptop and will be getting rid of the
> old
> > one,
> > so I would like to deactivate the license on it so I can keep my
> licensing
> > clean.
> > I keep reading that Microsoft allows you to do this but I can't find
> > anything that will show me how to do it.
> > I found a reference in Windows Vista help that says you have to
> unintall
> > Vista, but I can't figure out how to do that either.
> >
> > Any Ideas?
Calling to activate is painless. Takes about 10 minutes.


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BSchwarz
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