Windows Vista upgrade versions require that the qualifying product be
installed on the machine before you can accomplish the upgrade. There are
work arounds the by pass this though. You cannot upgrade from Windows 2000,
please not, you cannot upgrade to Vista x64 either, which requires a clean
installation.
As for Office 2007, you should be able to use your Office 2000 OEM disk as a
qualifying product when asked during setup, Microsoft has not put any
limitations in that area based on my experience.
Upgrade paths for Windows Vista:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/pro...radepaths.mspx
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Andre
Blog:
http://adacosta.spaces.live.com
My Vista Quickstart Guide:
http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog...3DB!9709.entry
"Space Cadet" <SpaceCadet@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Dear all,
>
> The Windows Vista site suggests there's an upgrade price if I'm moving up
> from Windows 2K Professional. My Recovery Disks are from way back in the
> year
> 2000, and came with a ThinkPad. But of course my ThinkPad isn't going to
> run
> Vista -- it'll be a new machine, possibly barebones.
>
> I want both 64-bit and 32-bit, so I'm going to buy this retail.
>
> The question is: Can I now buy RETAIL Vista at the UPGRADE price? Or is MS
> going to stick me with the full retail price?
>
> Is there any kind of warning when I buy the upgrade that it can only be
> installed on the original machine?
>
> Finally, this 'upgrade' question applies to my MS Office 2000 Professional
> Edition CDs. I can't imagine they are identified as OEM, since they aren't
> recovery disks.
>
> Thanks for the help and best wishes.