You do not deactivate Vista, Or Windows XP, or Windows 2000 etc.
You delete the partition that the O/S is installed upon and don't use the
O/S on that computer again.
When you install Vista on a different computer you will be asked to
activate. You will likely have to make that phone call to do so.
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Regards,
Richard Urban MVP
Microsoft Windows Shell/User
Oh, OK. See the problem is, I have a triple-boot system (Windows XP
Pro, Ubuntu Linux, and Windows Vista RC1). And Windows Vista is about
to expire on June 2007, so I need to remove it. When I boot up my
computer, I see the GRUB bootloader (for Linux). It gives me the
option of booting Ubuntu or going into the Windows Boot Manager. When
I go into the boot manager, the Vista bootloader boots up and gives me
the choice of an Earlier version of Windows (XP) or Windows Vista. I
have 5 partitions. 2 linux partitions and 3 Windows (NTFS) partitions.
The 2 linux partitions are the main Ubuntu partition and the "linux-
swap" partition. The 3 Windows partitions are C, E and F. C is my
Windows XP partition, E is my Windows Vista partition, and F is my
Docments partition (where all my documents are kept). What I need to
do is remove Windows Vista and its bootloader and then merge the E
partition into the F partition. How do I do this?
