OEM: Do I need to deactivate product key before clean install?

[KHE920]

I have an HP OEM laptop with Vista Home Premium 32 bit.

Do I need to deactivate the product key before doing a clean install of Vista Home Premium 64 bit?

Or, can I just enter in the key during the install and it will override the old activation?

 

[IntelTurtleFan]

No. When you reinstall your computer will be detected and it will ID the license. You can go ahead and preform the install without issue.

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

As long as you have the Key , perform a clean install.

No need to deactivate , it's the same computer.

 

[Saintarthur]

It it doesn't activate use the telephone link and it will deactivate for you when you reply to the "how many machines is this installed on?" question.
At least it does for me.