"Carey Frisch" <cnfrisch@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:eMiO2vPcJHA.3948@xxxxxx
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> "smackajack" <smackajack.3aaa84b@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:smackajack.3aaa84b@xxxxxx Quote:
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>> I finally trashed my old pc, built many years ago, then built a new
>> one
>> and want to install Vista Home Premium. Having purchased a full
>> version
>> of Windows 2000 back then, I purchased an upgrade version of Vista.
>> Now
>> the problem... To upgrade to Vista I am supposed to do that while
>> running windows 2000, my new system will not support 2000. I tried
>> installing 2000 but it wouldn't install.
>>
>> What do I do, what do I do?
>>
> What you do is return your upgrade edition of Windows Vista
> and purchase a "full version" of Windows Vista and perform
> a "clean install".
> Why should he do that? He owns a full version of Windows 2000 and an
upgrade version of Vista. Windows 2000 qualifies him for that upgrade
(see
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/win...c-options.aspx)
he just needs to do a clean install as indicated in other posts.
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Zaphod
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