Brett
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Registered: 16th Dec 02
Location: Manchester
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Vista Ultimate will run just as well as Media Centre you say? hmm
Only problem is, I don't want to pay for vista legitimatly, thus meaning I won't be able to get updates from them 
Quite happy with mine as it is at the moment tbh, does the job perfectly.
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Reecemac
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Registered: 7th Jun 06
Location: Essex
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Remember the never ending 30-day trail on XP? Also works on Vista 
So far can't say Ultimate has ran worse than MCE, also remember Vista adapts better than Xp so if your computer isnt all that fast it will change things to run better.
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andy1868
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Registered: 22nd Jun 06
Location: Burscough, Lancashire
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careful with updater on vista, my boss did it with his laptop and Microsoft locked windows, i ended up formatting it with a company license 
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Brett
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Registered: 16th Dec 02
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quote:
Originally posted by andy1868
careful with updater on vista, my boss did it with his laptop and Microsoft locked windows, i ended up formatting it with a company license
This is what I mean. I used to have a dodgy corporate edition of XP and they blocked me from updates and little things wouldn't work like wireless.
Formatted and installed XP home which sorted it.
I'll jsut wait til I get an upgrade and get an OEM copy i think.
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andy1868
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Registered: 22nd Jun 06
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from what we saw, it didn't just block updates, it blocked windows altogether,unless thats what you meant . it wouldn't boot normally, only in safe mode 
[Edited on 20-02-2007 by andy1868]
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Reecemac
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Registered: 7th Jun 06
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With the 30-Day trial trick everything works fine though because it still thinks its on trial, wpa is fine as is the updates infact just installed one. Had Xp MCE like it for a good 6 months with no probs. Although ofcourse its always better to get it the OEM way
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Andrew
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Registered: 5th May 04
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I have Vista on a dual boot  I've got loads of work to do at the minute and want a reliable OS
All my Windows and Linux are student licences 
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