Hallo,
Thanks for the reply.
The point is that a few months ago i performed a full reinstall but as far
as i remember i didn't do any reactivation towards Windows.
I could immediately download all updates again... (that is the reason of my
confusion).

regards
Huib
"Rick Rogers" <rick@mvps.org> schreef in bericht
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> Hi,
>
> I'm unclear as to what you are asking. To reinstall cleanly you would need
> to reinstall Vista, activate (probably by phone), then install SP1. You
> cannot slipstream the service pack into the original installation media.
> However, if you install Vista with the service pack integrated, you cannot
> uninstall the service pack later.
>
> --
> Best of Luck,
>
> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
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>
> "Huib" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>> Hi,
>> If i would decide to perform a full reinstallation + the SP1 DVD what is
>> than the procedure.
>>
>> 1.Installation via the recovery partion or original DVD + product code
>> introduction of course
>>
>> 2. Is a validation to Microsoft required? (nothing has been changed on
>> their
>> site)
>>
>> 3.Starting up the DVD with SP1....
>> Here i am confused because i was reading on the site where i copied the
>> full SP1 that first the original DVD has to be "activated" because not
>> doing in it would be impossible to remove the SP1?
>>
>> Regards
>> Huib
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