On my laptop with OEM Vista I had to activate it by clicking on Help and
Support, typing "activation" in the Search box, it opens a window with
options -- click on "Activate Windows on this computer" and another window
will tell you activation has been done.


Frogman


"Peter Frank" <peter_frankde@yahoo.de> wrote in message
news:uktou2l1117qh0fc77id221dt2npsagjn1@4ax.com...
> Hi,
>
> If a laptop has Windows Vista pre-installed, is there still any kind
> of activation required then (or is Windows Vista ready to use in this
> case)?
>
> Peter