From: "Frank Haber" 

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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