user accounts disappear after upgrading to business

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savesheep

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I had Vista Home Basic installed on this computer, and I recently upgraded it to Vista Business. Now its like a totally new installation..how do i recover accounts from the home basic?

Thanks!
 

My Computer

System One

  • CPU
    C2D E8600 @ 3.3GHz
    Motherboard
    nForce SLI 680i
    Memory
    G Skill DDR2 1066 4x2GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    Dual XFX FeForce 8500 GT 512MB SLI
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Some Dell LCD
    Screen Resolution
    1280x1024
    Hard Drives
    Western Digital 600GB
    Maxtor 500GB
    PSU
    Thermaltake Toughpower XT 850W SLI
    Case
    Antec Nine Hundred
    Cooling
    ARCTIC COOLING Freezer 7 Pro
    Keyboard
    Microsoft Wireless Keyboard 1000
    Mouse
    Microsoft Wireless Notebook Optical Mouse 3000
    Internet Speed
    DSL

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    * BFK Customs *
    CPU
    Intel C2Q 9550 Yorkfield
    Motherboard
    ASUS P5Q Pro
    Memory
    8GB Dominator 8500C5D
    Graphics Card(s)
    XFX ATI 1GB 4870 XXX
    Sound Card
    Realtek HD 7-1
    Monitor(s) Displays
    1x 47" LCD HDMI & 2x 26" LCD HDMI
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1080P & 1920x1200
    Hard Drives
    2x 500GB 7200RPM 32MB Cache WD Caviar Black
    PSU
    Corsair 620HX
    Case
    CM Cosmos RC-1000
    Cooling
    Tuniq Tower 120, 2x 140mm and 3x 120mm case fans
    Keyboard
    HP Enhansed Multimedia
    Mouse
    Razer Diamondback 3G
    Internet Speed
    18.6Mb/s
    Other Info
    My First Build ;)
No, he means he performed an upgrade but it seems to have instead performed a clean install...

Are you *sure* 100% you upgraded?
 

My Computers

System One System Two

  • Operating System
    Windows 10 Pro X64 Insider Preview (Skip Ahead) latest build
    Manufacturer/Model
    The Beast Model V (homebrew)
    CPU
    Intel Core i7 965 EE @ 3.6 GHz
    Motherboard
    eVGA X58 Classified 3 (141-GT-E770-A1)
    Memory
    3 * Mushkin 998981 Redline Enhanced triple channel DDR3 4 GB CL7 DDR3 1600 MHz (PC3-12800)
    Graphics Card(s)
    eVGA GeForce GTX 970 SSC ACX 2.0 (04G-P4-3979-KB)
    Sound Card
    Realtek HD Audio (onboard)
    Monitor(s) Displays
    2 * Lenovo LT2323pwA Widescreeen
    Screen Resolution
    2 * 1920 x 1080
    Hard Drives
    SanDisk Ultra SDSSDHII-960G-G25 960 GB SATA III SSD (System)
    Crucial MX100 CT256MX100SSD1 256GB SATA III SSD (User Tree)
    2 * Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 ST31000528AS 1TB 7200 RPM SATA II Mech. HD
    Seagate ST1500DL001-9VT15L Barracuda 7200.12 1.5 TB S
    PSU
    Thermaltake Black Widow TX TR2 850W 80+ Bronze Semi-Mod ATX
    Case
    ThermalTake Level 10 GT (Black)
    Cooling
    Corsair H100 (CPU, dual 140 mm fans on radiator) + Air (2 *
    Keyboard
    Logitech G15 (gen 2)
    Mouse
    Logitech MX Master (shared)
    Internet Speed
    AT&T Lightspeed Gigabit duplex
  • Operating System
    Sabayon Linux (current, weekly updates, 5.1.x kernel)
    Manufacturer/Model
    Lenovo ThinkPad E545
    CPU
    AMD A6-5350M APU
    Motherboard
    Lenovo
    Memory
    8 GB
    Graphics card(s)
    Radeon HD (Embedded)
    Sound Card
    Conextant 20671 SmartAudio HD
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Lenovo 15" Matte
    Screen Resolution
    1680 * 1050
    Hard Drives
    INTEL Cherryvill 520 Series SSDSC2CW180A 180 GB SSD
    PSU
    Lenovo
    Case
    Lenovo
    Cooling
    Lenovo
    Mouse
    Logitech MX Master (shared) | Synaptics TouchPad
    Keyboard
    Lenovo
    Internet Speed
    AT&T LightSpeed Gigabit Duplex
Yes. I figured out what to do also, partly thanks to Bare Foot Kid. I figured I'd have to do this sort of creating a new username, and re-adding the info back into that account..but I was hoping there would be a way to register the old usernames with the new vista, and then activate them using net user so i didn't have to go through all this. It was pretty crappy of microsoft to make you do all this work for the upgrade. I would assume most people would just be lost and start over?

thanks guys
 

My Computer

System One

  • CPU
    C2D E8600 @ 3.3GHz
    Motherboard
    nForce SLI 680i
    Memory
    G Skill DDR2 1066 4x2GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    Dual XFX FeForce 8500 GT 512MB SLI
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Some Dell LCD
    Screen Resolution
    1280x1024
    Hard Drives
    Western Digital 600GB
    Maxtor 500GB
    PSU
    Thermaltake Toughpower XT 850W SLI
    Case
    Antec Nine Hundred
    Cooling
    ARCTIC COOLING Freezer 7 Pro
    Keyboard
    Microsoft Wireless Keyboard 1000
    Mouse
    Microsoft Wireless Notebook Optical Mouse 3000
    Internet Speed
    DSL
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