Vista Home Basic Imaging

My school has 20 Vista Home Basic Dell computers.  We have used for about a year and would now have a standard installation, config and the office.  Can I use a product like Acronis, Ghost, fog, or Clonzilla to get a standard image for these computers?  When I asked other forums, I'm mixing response.  Some say that you can not image Vista Home Basic... It is only the company o / s that can be photographed.  Is this correct?

Business, that's what you get Volume licensing for.

http://www.Microsoft.com/licensing/software-assurance/FAQ.aspx

Read the info on the above Web site.

http://www.Acronis.com.au/homecomputing/products/TrueImage/?source=au_google&ad=Norton&c=4705667248&k=Acronis%20true%20image&gclid=COOI29qi4qICFQ1gbwodmiLbyQ

And check with Acronis to what you want to do...

See you soon.

Mick Murphy - Microsoft partner

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    Where to download a bootable Windows Vista (Home Basic) .iso image:

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    Tom Ferguson

    PS

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    Good luck! Lorien - a - MCSE/MCSA/network + / A +.

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    PC login now

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    MS advice on the conduct of clean install.

    http://www.theeldergeekvista.com/vista_clean_installation.htm

    A tutorial on the use of a clean install

    http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/winvista_install_03.asp

    Super Guide Windows Vista Installation

    After installation > go to the website of the manufacturer of your computer/notebook > drivers and downloads Section > key in your model number > get latest Vista drivers for it > download/install them.

    Save all data, because it will be lost during a clean installation.

    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

    http://support.Microsoft.com/default.aspx/KB/326246

    'How to replace Microsoft software or hardware, order service packs and upgrades, and replace product manuals'

    See you soon.

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    buzgun wrote:

    Ehh. The other side to this is that, when you try to maximize the efficiency of an audio production on the fly system, a huge amount of overhead of operating system is not desirable.

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    HTH

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