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[Varche]

Hi

That is very helpful.

We aren't high end users with posh software suites. The fact that we are upgrading from old PC's to these fancy HP Duo core 3Ghz jobbies gives enough clues.

I have been using Vista for a few months and don't see any slowness. (3GB RAM) .

So If I want to do a clean install Vista Business on the other machine with its COA sticker and have peace of mind for mine(32bit), what Windows Disc do I actually need to buy (off Ebay or anywhere else) ?

[TheBoy]

Not hijacking, probably help Varche.....

The other mail clients...can you still use your existing e-mail address

Of course.

If you've set your Outlook up as POP3, by default this deletes mail off the server (it doesn't work too well if you set it not to delete), so any new mail client will not be able to see that mail you have downloaded. Which may be a problem if you need to keep some of the mail.

Windows Mail/Live Mail is very much like OE.

[TheBoy]

Hi

That is very helpful.

We aren't high end users with posh software suites. The fact that we are upgrading from old PC's to these fancy HP Duo core 3Ghz jobbies gives enough clues.

I have been using Vista for a few months and don't see any slowness. (3GB RAM) .

So If I want to do a clean install Vista Business on the other machine with its COA sticker and have peace of mind for mine(32bit), what Windows Disc do I actually need to buy (off Ebay or anywhere else) ?

P4 based machines I guess.

You may find, as I eluded to earlier, that the COA sticker's key has been disabled. This started happening towards the end of the XP era, but different manaufacturers implemented this at different times.

You *may* find there is a recovery partition on disks, if it hasn't been pissed around with - although it is quite an old PC, it may have been from the era that HP made you stick in DVDRs a day or so after starting it up for the first time. You need to look 


If you need to get a Vista disk - not legally available on its own - as I suspect the COA key is disabled, I think you may have to buy a full one , which isn't really worth doing (looking in region of £70+).  Being P4, I wouldn't like to say if Win 7 (same price) would run well on it...  ...I have a couple of Dell P4's piled up here that I need to take to the dump, I suppose I could try it if they have enough memory in.

Either way, if you use a generic disk, you will still have fun and games with drivers, not to mention all the updates (lots in 6 years ). I hope your internet is good


What is the spec of the "new" machines - CPU and RAM. Also the precise model number.  Once I have these, I may be able to advise the best course of action.

[TheBoy]

Varche - do they have any OS on them at all?

[Varche]

Varche - do they have any OS on them at all?

HP dc5800 microtowers. core duo 2.66 Ghz 3Gb Ram. Sata 240 GB HDD. * running Vista currently (purchased S/H already loaded with COA on PC case).

HP dc5800 micro tower  core duo 3.00 Ghz 4Gb Ram SATA HDD. No operating system but has COA on PC case apparently

* Can't see a recovery partition on that drive but maybe that is just me!

The old PC's were P4's and are now dead. I have saved the IDE HDD's and have a USB caddy to make them useable.

How can you tell if a COA has been disabled? Is there a list somewhere for us humans?