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Which Version of Vista Should You Buy?
Let’s assume you studied the different versions from Home Basic through to Ultimate, and decided that Home Premium is right for you. Now you have the choice should you buy the full version, an upgrade or an OEM version.
The cheapest prices I could find in Sweden (and believe me they varied a lot) were as follows:

Vista Home Premium Full Version – 2850 sek or about 405 usd.
Vista Home Premium Upgrade – 1950 sek or about 277 usd.
Vista Home Premium OEM – 1135 sek or about 161 usd.

So what’s the difference?

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One of the better upgrades in Windows Vista is the ability to see the file name of a running process through the Task Manager.

How many times have you seen a process in Task Manager but couldn’t figure out what it was and what caused it to run?

This function isn’t turned on by default, but is simple enough to do.

Read about how to enable it by clicking here.

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Do you need to do a “clean install” of Windows Vista using an upgrade version of the software to your formatted or unformatted hard drive. Alan gives a great tip to help you do this.

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After installing Windows, you have a 30-day trial period to either activate the product or let it lose some functionality. You can activate XP or Vista by allowing the software to contact Microsoft’s servers via your Internet connection. Or, if you’re paranoid about an automated session of this kind, you can call a phone number in various countries to receive a code to enter on your keyboard.

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