All 3000 Desktops, Notebooks, ThinkCentre, and ThinkPad systems running Microsoft Windows Vista Home Basic, Vista Home Premium, and Vista Business, configured with the Windows Anytime Upgrade(WAU) package.

Copy WAU Bits to a DVD before deleting them from the hard drive just in case you want to upgrade later.

1. Open a Command Prompt with Administrative Privileges:
   Click All programs then click Accessories, then right click on Command Prompt and Run as Administrator.
   Click on Continue message on the dialogue box with "Windows Need your permission to continue"
2. Change directory to the root of C Drive by typing CD \ from the "C:\>" prompt.
3. At the CMD prompt type attrib -r WAUUPGRD
4. Right click on Start then click Explorer. This will open the Explorer window.
5. Click at the Root of C - Drive
6. Right click on WAUUPGRD then click Send to then click DVD ROM drive. This will open the DVD ROM drive, insert a blank DVD.
7. Next Screen enter name for WAU DVD and click continue. This will start copying WAUUPGRD directory on DVD.
8. To use this DVD to perform WAU upgrade, run setup from the DVD. It is in WAUUPGRD directory

How to uninstall and delete WAU Bits from Preload.

1. Open a Command Prompt with Administrative Privileges:
   Click All programs then click Accessories, then right click on Command Prompt and Run as Administrator.
   Click on Continue message on the dialogue box with "Windows Need your permission to continue"
2. Change directory to the root of C Drive by typing CD \ from the "C:\>" prompt.
3. At the CMD prompt type attrib -r WAUUPGRD
4. Type RD /S /Q WAUUPGRD
   Warning: Make sure you type it in exactly as shown above. The RD command with the /S option will delete all directories and subdirectories contained within the directory specified. The /Q command turns off the prompt asking if you are sure you want to do this. Once you run this command, you can not undo it.
5. This will remove Windows Anytime Upgrade from the preload.