vista evaluation period???roll back??

[rahul_u_know_me]

i am having a vista home basic on my lap. and i installed a sp from the digit dvd. But soon realized that it was a evaluation pack . now it shows that i have only 12 days to evaluate vista. what should i do now,,... how can i roll back to my previous vista or how can i remove this evaluation one.

[victor_rambo]

Something like(this is in XP) Control panel>Add/remove programs. Check the box that says 'Show updates' You will see the service pack as an update.

[Vishal Gupta]

Yep. Rohan is right. You can uninstall it to remove the timebomb.

Control Panel -> Programs & Features -> View installed updates

Here you should see an entry for Service pack for Windows Vista, uninstall it.

PS: The final version of SP1 has been released, so don't forget to install it after uninstalling the previous Beta/RC version. Final version doesnt contain timebomb.

[raksrules]

What would happen if the evaluation day reaches ? Is it like that the OS wont boot or like it will boot but will be giving nagging messages that the evaluation period is over ?

[rahul_u_know_me]

thanx a lot rohan n vishal.