Vista - Home Premium over XP Pro?

Hello,
I have a product key for Home Premium. My husbands laptop has XP PRO on it.
It is my understanding that one cannot do and *Upgrade* from XP Pro to Home
Premium and a clean install is necessary. Is that correct? Any way around
that if so? Thanks.

Only Vista Business or Vista Ultimate can perform an
upgrade over an existing Windows XP Professional
installation. Vista Home Premium edition would require
a "clean install".

Q. Any way around that if so?

A. No.

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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows Shell/User

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"Peggy" wrote:

Hello,
I have a product key for Home Premium. My husbands laptop has XP PRO on it.
It is my understanding that one cannot do and *Upgrade* from XP Pro to Home
Premium and a clean install is necessary. Is that correct? Any way around
that if so? Thanks.

Hello Peggy,

I would first confirm the hardware in the laptop before installing Vista. Vista is an excellent OS, but needs lots of top end hardware to run smoothly.

You can visit this Microsoft website that will evaluate your computer for a Vista upgrade:

Windows Vista: Upgrade Advisor

And if the computer meets the recommended specifications, you would be advised to backup any important data first, then do a clean install. I've heard that a clean install is preferred over an upgrade from many sources.

I hope this helps.

The only time you cannot perform an "upgrade" install is if you try to upgrade from a 32-Bit OS like XP to Vista x64. You didn't mention which you have, so I'm assuming that you have Vista Home Premium 32-Bit.

If this is the case, the yes, you can upgrade from XP Pro to Vista H.P. But the are some rather important rules that must be adhered to first:

1. Backup ALL important data (My Document, e-mails, contacts, etc) before you proceed with either an upgrade or clean install.
2. Contact the laptop manufacturer (their website is the best option) and verify that you can get Vista-certified drivers for all the devices of the computer. This must be done regardless of whether you do an upgrade install, or a clean install.
3. For whatever external devices you have (printers, scanner, 3G modems, etc), you should also verify first that each has Vista certified drivers available for download.
4. Make a list of all the key software that you and your husband use every day one the laptop, and verify with those manufacturers if the programs will work unchanged, or require some form of updates first. Office 2003 is one such program.

You might want to download and install the Windows Vista Upgrade Advisor to help with this task. Just remember that it serves as a guideline only, and it's results highlight where you may have problems. It's results are best used together with a manual check at each relevant manufacturer of hardware and software, as I've explained above.

Download details: Windows Vista Upgrade Advisor

Installation choices for Windows XP Professional Editions

Upgrade:

If you have Windows XP Professional installed, you can upgrade
to the following versions of Windows Vista:

..Windows Vista Business
..Windows Vista Ultimate

Ref: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/932616


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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows Shell/User

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"dzomlija" wrote:

The only time you cannot perform an "upgrade" install is if you try to
upgrade from a 32-Bit OS like XP to Vista x64. You didn't mention which
you have, so I'm assuming that you have Vista Home Premium 32-Bit.

If this is the case, the yes, you can upgrade from XP Pro to Vista H.P.
But the are some rather important rules that must be adhered to first:

- *Backup ALL important data (My Document, e-mails, contacts, etc)
before you proceed with either an upgrade or clean install.*
- Contact the laptop manufacturer (their website is the best option)
and verify that you can get Vista-certified drivers for all the
devices of the computer. This must be done regardless of whether you
do an upgrade install, or a clean install.
- For whatever external devices you have (printers, scanner, 3G
modems, etc), you should also verify first that each has Vista
certified drivers available for download.
- Make a list of all the key software that you and your husband use
every day one the laptop, and verify with those manufacturers if the
programs will work unchanged, or require some form of updates first.
Office 2003 is one such program.You might want to download and install the Windows Vista Upgrade Advisor
to help with this task. Just remember that it serves as a guideline
only, and it's results highlight where you -may- have problems. It's
results are best used together with a manual check at each relevant
manufacturer of hardware and software, as I've explained above.

'Download details: Windows Vista Upgrade Advisor'
(http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...DisplayLang=en)


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dzomlija

Thanks for the great tips everyone!
Will do!
Peggy

"Carey Frisch [MVP]" <cnfrisch@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Thanks dzomlija, but I am curious about what you mean about Office 2003
which is what he indeed does have. Are there issues with Office 2003? I
did previously run the Advisor and it didn't state any problems with it.
Have you experienced differently?
Thanks again.
Peggy

"dzomlija" <dzomlija.369rh3@xxxxxx-mx.forums.net> wrote in message
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Outlook 2003 has some minor compatibility issues with Vista. The rest of the Office 2003 suite (Word, Excel, etc) works just great. I can't really give many specifics, because I only used Office 2003 for about 2 weeks or so after changing to Vista. I went for Office 2007.

That was over a year ago...

OK
thank you very much for your reply.
Peggy

"dzomlija" <dzomlija.369tk1@xxxxxx-mx.forums.net> wrote in message
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On Fri, 14 Mar 2008 10:40:16 -0500, dzomlija
<dzomlija.369rh3@xxxxxx-mx.forums.net> wrote:

Sorry, this is *not* correct. The 32-bit to 64-bit issue is only one
of several invalid upgrade paths. Upgrading from a Professional
operating system version to a Home one (such as XP Professional to
Vista Home Premium) is not supported.

Similarly, a generation earlier, one could not upgrade from Windows
2000 Professional to XP Home.

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Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience
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