Re-installing

I have installed vista home premium but have now decided that i'd like to
reformat me C drive. If i re-format and install vista again, will i use my
2nd and final activation and not be able to reinstall it on another pc?

PRH3 wrote:
> I have installed vista home premium but have now decided that i'd like to
> reformat me C drive. If i re-format and install vista again, will i use my
> 2nd and final activation and not be able to reinstall it on another pc?

Got an extra soul to give to Ballmer?

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No, that's not how it works. You should be able to activate again and again
on the *same* hardware. And even if Internet activation doesn't go through
[but it probably will], you can always do a telephone activation. Tell the
operator that it's going on the very same machine and you will get the
numbers.

If you are using the Vista Home Premium 'upgrade' media (DVD or CD-ROMs)
instead of OEM or Full, have a look at this before clean installing:

[How to Clean Install Windows Vista with Upgrade Media]
http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase...rade_clean.asp

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"PRH3" <PRH3@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:5F41C1FA-7C2A-4B29-8E78-5714A8D198E1@microsoft.com...
> I have installed vista home premium but have now decided that i'd like
> to
> reformat me C drive. If i re-format and install vista again, will i use my
> 2nd and final activation and not be able to reinstall it on another pc?

In article <5F41C1FA-7C2A-4B29-8E78-5714A8D198E1@microsoft.com>,
PRH3 <PRH3@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> I have installed vista home premium but have now decided that i'd like to
> reformat me C drive. If i re-format and install vista again,

Not a problem. A clean install will need activation via the internet or
by making a phone call.

> will i use my
> 2nd and final activation and not be able to reinstall it on another pc?

This part of your question does not make sense. There are some
additional license options available with Vista but the basic consumer
license is still one license/ one computer.

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Sharon F
MVP - Windows Shell

You stupid vista blind sheep follower!
You like vista at least know what its about!

there is no 2 activation limit anymore!

they removed it when people outcried how stupid an idea it was

now lets outcry of all of vista! perhaps they will take it back..and fix it!

please take it back!!

"Saucy Lemon" <guidREMOVEsaucy@THIShotmail.com> wrote in message
news:%23X%23XXDGUHHA.1552@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> No, that's not how it works. You should be able to activate again and
> again on the *same* hardware. And even if Internet activation doesn't go
> through [but it probably will], you can always do a telephone activation.
> Tell the operator that it's going on the very same machine and you will
> get the numbers.
>
> If you are using the Vista Home Premium 'upgrade' media (DVD or CD-ROMs)
> instead of OEM or Full, have a look at this before clean installing:
>
> [How to Clean Install Windows Vista with Upgrade Media]
> http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase...rade_clean.asp
>
> --
>
> Saucy Lemon
> (For email, remove the caps in address)
>
>
>
> "PRH3" <PRH3@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:5F41C1FA-7C2A-4B29-8E78-5714A8D198E1@microsoft.com...
>> I have installed vista home premium but have now decided that i'd like
>> to
>> reformat me C drive. If i re-format and install vista again, will i use
>> my
>> 2nd and final activation and not be able to reinstall it on another pc?
>