[billmex]

I bought two laptops for my grandaugthers and they use vista basic, i have a couple of questions. one do i need to ativate them or are they good to go forever? two, shuld i install vista sp1, and if i sholud can i download it and save to cd so i can install later, mymachine is win xp pro sp3 and is a desktop not a laptop. im tryig to get them too learn to use a pc for school etc.
Thanks for any reponse

[skinnywhiteboy]

#1 They should be activated already right out of the box. An easy way to check this would be to right click on "Computer" and select "Properties."

#2 Absolutely save SP1 to a disk for future installations if possible. And yes I would highly recommend installing it on those Vista machines that don't already have it.

[billmex]

Thanks for the quick response, i apreciate it