Hi Mate,
To use Home Premium would require a clean install with a full version to a
formatted disk, or a clean install of XP Home and then an upgrade (note that
you cannot do a clean install with an upgrad disk without installing XP Home
first, the upgrade must be started from within an existing, qualifying OS).
The eval copy of Vista Ultimate could only possibly be upgraded to the full
release version of Ultimate, and that's not truely an upgrade, but rather an
overwrite with newer code. The prerelease Vista software does not qualify
for use of an upgrade disk.
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Best of Luck,
Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help -
www.rickrogers.org
"Mate" <shipmate@circassia.com> wrote in message
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> My PC - an HP Pavilion t3355uk - came with XP Home edition installed,
> for some obscure reason, I then upgraded to XP Pro, then loaded an
> Evaluation copy ( 5600 ) of Vista Ultimate. All works well.
>
> Come release of Vista, do I purchase the upgrade edition of Home
> Premium, my choice at the moment-referring to Home Premium, not the
> upgrade, or do I purchase the full edition, & do a clean new install ?
>
>
> mate
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> Mate
> Shipmate@circassia.com