Hi Brian

Yeah, me too. I prefer to clean install for any major update, like a service
pack.

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Ronnie Vernon
Microsoft MVP
Windows Desktop Experience


"Brian W" <brian.wescombeSODOFF@ntlSPAMworld.com> wrote in message
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> "Ronnie Vernon MVP" <rv@invalid.org> wrote in message
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>> Brian
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>> It's not necessary to use the full Vista with SP1 package. The SP1 update
>> will include a tool that removes anything replaced or orphaned by the SP1
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> Fair enough, I'd still rather clean install though. I've always done the
> same with each XP service pack.
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>> Ronnie Vernon
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>> Windows Desktop Experience
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>> "Brian W" <brian.wescombeSODOFF@ntlSPAMworld.com> wrote in message
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>>> Managed to get hold of the MSDN Vista SP1 integrated DVD image (thanks
>>> to BitTorrent!). So my plan is to do a complete clean install, complete
>>> with SP1.
>>> Always perferable to using the SP1 update package IMO, as it clears out
>>> all the updates and saves disk space.
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