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    Dell Inspiron E1505 - First Day Advice

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by majid23, Dec 4, 2006.

  1. majid23

    majid23 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hey Everyone...I have some questions and thought I'd ask them all in one post...Here goes.

    I'm getting Vista Home Premium from Dell in Feb/Mar 07...Right now, I have Vista RTM (legally) and want to install it on my laptop which comes this week. If I install the Home Premium version of Vista right now (which lasts til June or so), when I get the upgrade package from Dell in Feb/Mar, can I use that serial number so that I don't have to reinstall Vista again at that time?

    When I install it, what should I do before putting the DVD in?...I've installed it before as a partition, but I don't want 2 operating systems, just Vista.

    If I go back to MCE, will it be as easy as inserting the MCE CD?

    Also, from other threads, from what I have read, if I install Vista, the MediaDirect button will still work, right?

    I'm going to be using the Dell Angel TV Tuner...Will that also work fine?

    Thanks for the feedback...

    PS, more questions to follow...lol
     
    majid23, Dec 4, 2006
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