From: "David B" 

You can play a couple of games and install without XP because there is a
hole in their new install methodology.

Simply put- do an install without the key, then an upgrade using the key.

"Frank Haber"  wrote in message
news:45c0e3c6$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> We've already heard about, and been dismayed about Vista's requirement for
> a useless, wheel-spinning reinstall of XP when you restore.
>
> Even the press isn't quite sure about whether you can take an OEM Vista
> DVD and do a clean-install restore, with or without begging a new key over
> the phone, from our handlers in Bangalore.
>
> -unwitting tool of Redmond

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