On Mon, 9 Jun 2008 09:52:01 -0700, planetearth
<planetearth@xxxxxx> wrote:
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>Hmmm...now I'm a bit confused.
>First, I just found out the CD my friend has is a Vista Business *Upgrade*
>CD. I thought he had the FULL version CD, but he only has the UPGRADE CD.
>However, from what I thought I understood here, Vista Business is not an
>upgrade option from Vista Home Premium, because of some of the software on
>Home Premium.
>(I'm trying not to confuse "license" with "software", but if he has the CD,
>they're pretty much one and the same. He didn't just buy a license to
>upgrade--he bought the upgrade software CD itself.)
>So, can he *upgrade* Vista Home Premium to Vista Business?
Nope. Has to be a clean install.
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>If he *can't* upgrade and decides to buy the FULL version (for a clean
>install), what happens to the *license* for the copy of Vista Home Premium
>that came with the new Dell laptop? I'm assuming it would no longer be used
>(unless someone restored the laptop from a restore CD made before wiping the
>drive).
The Premium license dies (it can only be used on that computer).
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>Thanks again for all your help--I'm just trying to get this straight so I
>can tell him.
>
>Steve
>
>
>"Colin Barnhorst" wrote:
> Quote:
>> Don't confuse upgrading the software with upgrading the license. Upgrading
>> the license means buying an upgrade edition of Vista and using it to replace
>> the existing Windows with the upgrade edition. That can be done to replace
>> Vista Home Premium with Vista Business but you still cannot upgrade the
>> software (keep your apps and files in place). Upgrading between Vista Home
>> editions and Vista Business is one of those cases where you have to do a
>> custom installation. However, that doesn't matter since your copy of Vista
>> Business is a standard license rather than an upgrade.
>>
>> "planetearth" <planetearth@xxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:3A7A8CA4-AF6A-4C06-8270-309345B15146@xxxxxx Quote:
>> > Thanks, Jerry.
>> > According to MS, "Microsoft Works 6.0–10 [and] Microsoft Works suite
>> > 2000–2006 or later" are qualifying products for upgrade to Office Standard
>> > 2007.
>> > I wouldn't have thought so either, and I was going to ask in another
>> > newsgroup, just to be sure.
>> >
>> > Steve
>> >
>> > "jerryw4386" wrote:
>> >
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> "planetearth" wrote:
>> >>
>> >> > My friend got an excellent deal on the FULL Vista Business CD when
>> >> > CompUSA
>> >> > was going out of sale. Since then, he bought a new Dell laptop with
>> >> > Vista
>> >> > Home Premium on it, and just wants to *upgrade* to Vista Business.
>> >> > He does NOT want to wipe Home Premium to replace it with Business,
>> >> > since the
>> >> > laptop has all the drivers and MS Works (which he wants to upgrade to
>> >> > Office
>> >> > Standard 2007 using the "upgrade" version).
>> >> > Can he use the full version of Vista Business to just upgrade Vista
>> >> > Home
>> >> > premium? As I recall, this wasn't always an option with older versions
>> >> > of
>> >> > Windows: if you had the "full" version on CD, you couldn't upgrade from
>> >> > it;
>> >> > you could only wipe and replace.
>> >> > Thanks!
>> >> >
>> >> > Steve
>> >> Hi
>> >> That would be a downgrade you can not downgrade from Home Premium to
>> >> Business .
>> >> Home Permium has to be upgraded to Ultimate !!
>> >> If you want Business you have to clean install it .
>> >> To confirm this put the Business DVD in while you are in windows Premium
>> >> and
>> >> try to install it you will see the upgrade option is grad out .
>> >> Upgrade path is Premium to Ultimate
>> >> Business to Ultimate
>> >> Home Basic can be upgraded to Business or Premium or Ultimate .
>> >> Do a web search you will see .
>> >> {And i do not think MSWorks is a valid upgrade path to Office 2007
>> >> with a {upgrade disk}
>> >> I think it has to be something like Office 2000 or 2003
>> >> i do not know this for a fact}
>> >> Other people may have there ideas on this part !!
>> >> Good Luck
>>