Lesson 2: Installing Windows Vista

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Microsoft recommends that if you are unsure of what to choose, you should select Public Loca-

tion. Making a selection here completes the installation.

Figure 1-10

Selecting a computer’s location

Quick Check

1. How long do you have after installation to activate Windows?

2. You have purchased Windows Vista Ultimate but have accidentally installed

Windows Vista Home Premium. What step should you take to remedy the problem?

Quick Check Answers

1. You have 30 days to activate Windows after installing it.

2. Perform an upgrade to Vista Ultimate.

Dual Booting

Dual booting is the process by which you select an operating system to run during boot. When

a computer is configured to dual boot, each operating system is installed on a separate volume.

Those volumes can be separate partitions on the same hard disk drive or separate partitions

on separate hard disk drives. Although virtual machines are making dual booting less popular,

there are several reasons to dual boot. These include:

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Your organization requires you to run either Windows 2000 or Windows XP but has

asked you to also test Windows Vista.

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You are a developer who wants to switch between multiple operating systems, such as

Windows Server 2003 and Windows Vista.