Installation of Vista Service Pack 1

Is it recommended to undertake a clean re-install of Vista prior to
installing Service Pack 1 ?

"Alarcin" <> wrote in message
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> Is it recommended to undertake a clean re-install of Vista prior to
> installing Service Pack 1 ?


God I hope not as I've installed/uninstalled/installed various builds of SP1
at least 4 times now.

In other words....NO

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Peter
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Triple Boot

Nope, it doesn't need to be at all.

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Dustin Harper

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"Peter" <> wrote in message
news:...
> "Alarcin" <> wrote in message
> news:B341F27C-11D6-4E01-8C8E-...
>> Is it recommended to undertake a clean re-install of Vista prior to
>> installing Service Pack 1 ?
>
>
> God I hope not as I've installed/uninstalled/installed various builds of
> SP1 at least 4 times now.
>
> In other words....NO
>
> --
> Peter
> Toronto, Canada
> XP Pro SP2/SP3 Beta/Vista Ultimate SP1 Beta
> Triple Boot
>

On Tue, 12 Feb 2008 08:57:03 -0800, Alarcin
<> wrote:

> Is it recommended to undertake a clean re-install of Vista prior to
> installing Service Pack 1 ?



No. There is no reason to do a clean reinstallation at all.



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Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience
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Alarcin wrote:
> Is it recommended to undertake a clean re-install of Vista prior to
> installing Service Pack 1 ?


No, of course not.

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