I have an old decrapified HP laptop that I need to replace. (Silly accident and smashed the LCD screen.) Thanks for the HP reminder warning!
It used to be, Best Buy would tell purchasers of new HP systems that their customer service desk would decrapify the new system for $60-$100. Best of luck... -- Richard D. McClary Systems Administrator, Information Technology Group ASPCA® 1717 S. Philo Rd, Ste 36 Urbana, IL 61802 richardmccl...@aspca.org P: 217-337-9761 C: 217-417-1182 F: 217-337-9761 www.aspca.org The information contained in this e-mail, and any attachments hereto, is from The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals® (ASPCA ®) and is intended only for use by the addressee(s) named herein and may contain legally privileged and/or confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, copying or use of the contents of this e-mail, and any attachments hereto, is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please immediately notify me by reply email and permanently delete the original and any copy of this e-mail and any printout thereof. Ben Scott <mailvor...@gmail.com> wrote on 08/19/2009 10:54:36 AM: > Hello all, > > Per management order, I just picked up a side-client. They just > bought an HP Pavilion desktop PC. It came with a Vista Home Premium > OEM license. HP pre-loads tons of shovelware that I'd rather not > have. It verges on coming pre-installed with malware. HP's restore > kit will only restore to "factory condition", i.e., shovelware. Even > if you order the discs from HP. I called HP, and their customer > support (quite craptacular, BTW) said I couldn't order just an OS > install disc. > > I'd like to just tell them "return the HP and buy a Dell" (even > Dell's home PCs come with a vanilla OS install CD), but they've > already tossed the box and everything. Sigh. I'd forgotten how much > I *don't* miss this aspect of SOHO IT. > > Does anyone know of some way to get a clean, vanilla, generic Vista > install on this? Short of buying a whole 'nother license, I mean. It > has the COA sticker with Product Key on the side of the chassis. Can > I use an OEM CD from a Dell with that Product Key? Is there a way > order generic Vista Home Premium OEM media from Microsoft? > > advTHANKSance > > -- Ben > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
