Sorry, no offense, but

throw, not "through"

Having saved for over a year in order to buy a system with Vista, and thus support the "Poor Hard Working" developers, have now spent more time with [ BSOD's, Multiple POST Errors, Driver Conflicts, Poor correlation in default software paths of common manufactured programs, Poorly integrated services with interdependency irrelevances and conflicts, Data mining spy-ware posing as run-times,
resource hogging scripts, (and have fouind that alternate open-source 'Non-Installers" will do the same and better with a fraction of the resource requirements ),......

This results in having to do a number of re-installs.
But one only gets a "One Off" chance to make a clean "'Back Up Disc"'...You can talk yourself blue in the face, but the system builders will not supply a re-install OEM ( even though one is trying to do the right thing and buy legit, and thus support development....

So what are the options then that are left to those to whom several hundred dollars are NOT pocket change?????

Would you buy a car with a flash paint job, then fitted with square wheels, and other parts that do not work and have to be changed, fixed, modified, and all in all leave you without transport more time than with.

Then to get it fixed at an "Authorized' repair place they look at you with suspicion and then the thing is still as bad when you get it back.

So what are people left with...?????

The so called Cracks, and alternate activators just so that they CAN USE the thing that they worked so hard and saved so much for.

THE THING THAT DID NOT WORK IN THE FIRST PLACE !!!!!!

I have thrown away the fancy bit of "Genuine Pretty Holographic Round Plastic" called Vista.

XP though full of holes is the only OS I would use out of the WIN-platform, and to those that get themselves infected with mall-ware when using it...a tip...( keep you hands on the keyboard, pick your nose, pat the dog or cat, get a glass of water, go for a walk, ring a friend you haven't spoken to for a while......and stay away from the sites that make you fingers sticky... and you will not have to worry about malware or feel the need to go and buy the super secure :p os.

I prefer to use a computer, and not have to fix it all the time and am sick and tired of all the requests I get from those who are loosing sleep because they spend more time fighting with than enjoying what should be a relaxing pass-time alternative "Computing".

Now if you really want to avoid the wasted time... use your favorite search and get yourself Linux in a flavor that suites.

u think u only need vista ultimate as aoposed to home premium if u want them to monitor against hardware failure,buisness networking,remote desktop and protection from data loss.what thay dont tell you is theve stripped it of even the basic stuff like dreamscene"" and u have to upgarde to ultimate to enjoy any visual pleasure.conned again