Vista - Reinstall from Upgrade not an option

Hello,

I am tired of MS Vista (Ultimate 64bit) but I am unfortunately totally ingrained in this OS.

My issues are vast, and money spent is too much. What I would like to do is reinstall Vista. I had XP on my Dell PC (2y/o), I bought the Ultimate upgrade and installed the 64bit OS. About 6 to 8 months ago, things went sideways! Listed below are just a few issues:

• Flash Player won't work on IE 7
• Router has intermittent failure
• Home Network lost and internet connection lost
• Network card drivers drop and come back
• countless little oddities

I have tried countless uninstalls and "fixes" from various sites, to no avail.

What I thought I would do is reinstall the OS. However, when I run setup from the OS, and the system reboots, I muddle through the prompts. When I finally get to the Upgrade or Clean install option; I can only choose the Clean install function.

Clean install is just not an option for me.

Can anyone provide me with a solution?

Thank you.

You can only upgrade in Windows itself, and when that happens, I would check for spyware or virusses.

And a clean install is the best solution sometimes.

Hello JohnnyMac, welcome to Vista forums!

Have a look at the tutorial at the link below.

Repair Install For Vista

Keep us informed!





Later Ted