Upgrading to Vista

I am using WIn XP Svc 2. I like to upgrade to Win Vista. Can I just instal
Vista over WinXP? I dont want to go through the pain of uninstalling Win
XP, reformat my Hard disk to install Vista. Finally, do I have to go thru'
the whole Activation procedure after installing Vista? Thank you


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