Vista HP 64 to Vista Ultimate 64 - HELP

Hey Everyone, Need some Assistance! I have just purchased the HP m9250F, which comes pre-loaded with Vist HP 64-Bit. I have purchased the Vista Ultimate Upgrade Retail Version.. I have completed ALL updates available for Vista HP. When I tried to Upgrade HP to Ultimate, it would NOT allow me to Upgrade, only to Clean (Not sure if thats the name) install, Upgrade disabled. It suggested that I use a more up to date version and than retry the Upgrade. Not positive if those are the exact words, but 90% correct. What doesn't make sense is that ALL of the updates have been completed and none are pending.So, whats up and how do I fix it? Really don;t want to do a Clean Install, only because I don't know what will or won't work if it done.Awaiting HELP! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Joey

Hi Joey,

Did you run the Ultimate DVD installation from within the current HP Vista? It will need to be ran from within the old Vista for a upgrade.


If you decide to go ahead and do a clean install with your upgrade version of Ultimate, then you will need to follow the procedure in this tutorial to do so. It's just a little more involved than a full Vista version.

Clean Install From Upgrade Vista

Hope this helps you,
Shawn

Hey Shawn,

My PC came with Vista HP 64-bit (With SP1). Last night I did all of the upgrades for Vista HP. My Retail version of Ultimate is not SP1. YES I did run the Upgrade from the Vista HP SP1 Desktop.

Could the SP1 be an issue?

Joey

I would say yes. The SP1 changes the version number of Vista to a newer one than even the better version of Ultimate. You will need to uninstall the SP1 or do a clean install of Ultimate. I would recommend a clean install. It will be easier and less likely to have problems.

Bite the bullet.....just do the clean install, upgrades are never a good idea.

OK, so if I do the Clean Upgrade, how do I go about reaquiring the programs that came with this PC?

Joey,

You may not be able to use them again unless you have a option to just install those programs from the HP Recovery partition (F10 during bootup).


If not, you might take a look at these free programs to see if you like these better:

Free Software List for Vista

Shawn

Found out the PROBLEM and a SOLUTION:

PROBLEM: SP1! The new PC came preloaded with Vista HP SP1 (NO D/L). My retail version of Vista Ultimate doesn't have SP1 (Made before SP1 time).

SOLUTION: Go to Windows Vista Alternate Media and place your order for Vista Ultimate SP1! Only pay for S&H..

And that takes care of that! Thanks to Colin over at Windows Vista Community: Discussion Groups

Joey

That would work too.

Thank you for the feedback Joey. I'm glad to hear you found a solution that will work for you.

Shawn

Look for this folder C:\SWSETUP. Read the (cvs file, I think) in each folder to find out what each item is. I'm not on Vista at present time.