I have an OEM Vista Business on a Thinkpad from Lenovo. All is legal.
I have an Upgrade Vista CD to Vista Home Basic that I purchased. All is
legal.
My Lenovo Vista Business came with all the usual bloatware that I feel is
causing problems.
I want to install a new Vista Business OS without ANY the bloat... pure
Vista.
The Restore CDs etc programs will only get me back to Factory specs...
bloatware included.
My Question:
Can I use the Vista Home Basic upgrade CD to get my Vista Business
installed ( I have read all versions of Vista are on the CDs)
and then get the telephone authorization approved based on my OEM data?
I have an OEM Vista Business on a Thinkpad from Lenovo. All is legal.
I have an Upgrade Vista CD to Vista Home Basic that I purchased. All is
legal.
My Lenovo Vista Business came with all the usual bloatware that I feel is
causing problems.
I want to install a new Vista Business OS without ANY the bloat... pure
Vista.
The Restore CDs etc programs will only get me back to Factory specs...
bloatware included.
My Question:
Can I use the Vista Home Basic upgrade CD to get my Vista Business
installed ( I have read all versions of Vista are on the CDs)
and then get the telephone authorization approved based on my OEM data?
Tell what you think is causing problems, and somebody here will try to help
you out..
"John" <me@myhome.net> wrote in message
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>I have an OEM Vista Business on a Thinkpad from Lenovo. All is legal.
> I have an Upgrade Vista CD to Vista Home Basic that I purchased. All is
> legal.
>
> My Lenovo Vista Business came with all the usual bloatware that I feel is
> causing problems.
>
> I want to install a new Vista Business OS without ANY the bloat... pure
> Vista.
>
> The Restore CDs etc programs will only get me back to Factory specs...
> bloatware included.
>
> My Question:
>
> Can I use the Vista Home Basic upgrade CD to get my Vista Business
> installed ( I have read all versions of Vista are on the CDs)
> and then get the telephone authorization approved based on my OEM data?
>
>
John wrote:
> I have an OEM Vista Business on a Thinkpad from Lenovo. All is legal.
> I have an Upgrade Vista CD to Vista Home Basic that I purchased. All is
> legal.
>
> My Lenovo Vista Business came with all the usual bloatware that I feel is
> causing problems.
>
> I want to install a new Vista Business OS without ANY the bloat... pure
> Vista.
>
> The Restore CDs etc programs will only get me back to Factory specs...
> bloatware included.
>
> My Question:
>
> Can I use the Vista Home Basic upgrade CD to get my Vista Business
> installed ( I have read all versions of Vista are on the CDs)
> and then get the telephone authorization approved based on my OEM data?
>
>
"John" <me@myhome.net> wrote in message
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> My Lenovo Vista Business came with all the usual bloatware that I
> feel is causing problems.
>
> I want to install a new Vista Business OS without ANY the bloat...
> pure Vista.
There isn't any bloatware that come on Thinkpads, unless Lenovo have changed
things. You should uninstall any anti-virus programs and trial
applications, but there are several things that you should definitely
reinstall after you clean install Vista, otherwise your Thinkpad will not
work properly.
Make sure you have the chipset drivers first of all. You never mentioned
what model, so I cannot show you a link.
After that, if you install System Update 3, you should get most of the
things you need with that.
Essentials:
chipset, sound, network, wireless, etc drivers
trackpoint/trackpad drivers and web navigation key drivers
ACPI Power Management driver
Power Manager software
ThinkVantage Access Connections
On-screen dispay driver
Optional:
Thinkpad Configuration
Easy Eject
Full Screen Magnifier
Keyboard Customiser
Presentation Director
etc..
> Can I use the Vista Home Basic upgrade CD to get my Vista Business
> installed ( I have read all versions of Vista are on the CDs)
> and then get the telephone authorization approved based on my OEM
> data?
If you can clone your hard drive using TrueImage first, there is no harm in
trying.
Thank you all for your thoughts and comments. The 'bloatware' is all Lenovo
helper apps plus the garbage software companies paid Lenovo to install...
Office 2007, Norton.... need I say more.
Were all this 'bloatware' fully tested, I would not be attempting what I am.
But many issues I have had disappear if I uninstall some of the 'bloatware'.
Coincidence... you may say so, but I'm tired of blaming Vista for what could
be bad software from another source. So if I install a new, Vista only,
version, then I can honestly see if Vista is broken.
"John" <me@myhome.net> wrote in message
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>I have an OEM Vista Business on a Thinkpad from Lenovo. All is legal.
> I have an Upgrade Vista CD to Vista Home Basic that I purchased. All is
> legal.
>
> My Lenovo Vista Business came with all the usual bloatware that I feel is
> causing problems.
>
> I want to install a new Vista Business OS without ANY the bloat... pure
> Vista.
>
> The Restore CDs etc programs will only get me back to Factory specs...
> bloatware included.
>
> My Question:
>
> Can I use the Vista Home Basic upgrade CD to get my Vista Business
> installed ( I have read all versions of Vista are on the CDs)
> and then get the telephone authorization approved based on my OEM data?
>
>
Carey is correct in that the retail disk won't accept usage of the OEM
product key. Not so much legal as technical. Install the OEM recovery
product, and then immediately uninstall all the added programs. Your
thinkpad will require proprietary drivers not in the retail disk, and to
support the hardware correctly you need Lenovo's proprietary (OEM) version
of Vista installed.
"John" <me@myhome.net> wrote in message
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> Thank you all for your thoughts and comments. The 'bloatware' is all
> Lenovo helper apps plus the garbage software companies paid Lenovo to
> install... Office 2007, Norton.... need I say more.
>
> Were all this 'bloatware' fully tested, I would not be attempting what I
> am. But many issues I have had disappear if I uninstall some of the
> 'bloatware'. Coincidence... you may say so, but I'm tired of blaming Vista
> for what could be bad software from another source. So if I install a
> new, Vista only, version, then I can honestly see if Vista is broken.
>
>
> "John" <me@myhome.net> wrote in message
> news:u3ZgvWtBIHA.3564@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>I have an OEM Vista Business on a Thinkpad from Lenovo. All is legal.
>> I have an Upgrade Vista CD to Vista Home Basic that I purchased. All is
>> legal.
>>
>> My Lenovo Vista Business came with all the usual bloatware that I feel is
>> causing problems.
>>
>> I want to install a new Vista Business OS without ANY the bloat... pure
>> Vista.
>>
>> The Restore CDs etc programs will only get me back to Factory specs...
>> bloatware included.
>>
>> My Question:
>>
>> Can I use the Vista Home Basic upgrade CD to get my Vista Business
>> installed ( I have read all versions of Vista are on the CDs)
>> and then get the telephone authorization approved based on my OEM data?
>>
>>
>
>
All of these things can be removed. Go to 'Programs and Features' in Control
Panel to uninstall them. You will then have Vista Business as if it had been
installed from a genuine Vista Business DVD.
"John" <me@myhome.net> wrote in message
news:eryMNAuBIHA.4160@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> Thank you all for your thoughts and comments. The 'bloatware' is all
> Lenovo helper apps plus the garbage software companies paid Lenovo to
> install... Office 2007, Norton.... need I say more.
>
> Were all this 'bloatware' fully tested, I would not be attempting what I
> am. But many issues I have had disappear if I uninstall some of the
> 'bloatware'. Coincidence... you may say so, but I'm tired of blaming Vista
> for what could be bad software from another source. So if I install a
> new, Vista only, version, then I can honestly see if Vista is broken.
>
>
> "John" <me@myhome.net> wrote in message
> news:u3ZgvWtBIHA.3564@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>I have an OEM Vista Business on a Thinkpad from Lenovo. All is legal.
>> I have an Upgrade Vista CD to Vista Home Basic that I purchased. All is
>> legal.
>>
>> My Lenovo Vista Business came with all the usual bloatware that I feel is
>> causing problems.
>>
>> I want to install a new Vista Business OS without ANY the bloat... pure
>> Vista.
>>
>> The Restore CDs etc programs will only get me back to Factory specs...
>> bloatware included.
>>
>> My Question:
>>
>> Can I use the Vista Home Basic upgrade CD to get my Vista Business
>> installed ( I have read all versions of Vista are on the CDs)
>> and then get the telephone authorization approved based on my OEM data?
>>
>>
>
>
"Rick Rogers" <rick@mvps.org> wrote in message
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> Your
> thinkpad will require proprietary drivers not in the retail disk, and
> to support the hardware correctly you need Lenovo's proprietary (OEM)
> version of Vista installed.
They are all available at the Thinkpad download centre, just like they are
for all other laptop makes.
"Mike Hall - MVP" <mikehall@mvps.com> wrote in message
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>
> All of these things can be removed. Go to 'Programs and Features' in
> Control Panel to uninstall them. You will then have Vista Business as
> if it had been installed from a genuine Vista Business DVD.
Not really, as Vista has no package management system. There will be the
usual shrapnel in Program Files, Windows folder, Users Application Data
(useful for reinstallation of programs) and, of course, the registry.
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