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Old 05-27-2008   #1 (permalink)
Richard


 
 

3 OS's to upgrade to Vista Period

I tried to use my Vista Ultimate and bypassed the numbers and it would not
let me into the OS, says I have to have an OS to upgrade. Microsoft techies
said yes I have to install Win2000 then XP upgrade then Vista. Now I have to
wipe my partition clean using a third party software and install 3 OS's,
does that suck or what.



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Old 05-27-2008   #2 (permalink)
UnswoleLilDude


 
 

Re: 3 OS's to upgrade to Vista Period

You should have purchased a full license of Vista.

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"Richard" <aimill@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Quote:

>I tried to use my Vista Ultimate and bypassed the numbers and it would not
>let me into the OS, says I have to have an OS to upgrade. Microsoft techies
>said yes I have to install Win2000 then XP upgrade then Vista. Now I have
>to wipe my partition clean using a third party software and install 3 OS's,
>does that suck or what.
>
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Old 05-27-2008   #3 (permalink)
Nonny


 
 

Re: 3 OS's to upgrade to Vista Period

On Tue, 27 May 2008 12:55:19 -0700, "Richard" <aimill@xxxxxx> wrote:
Quote:

>I tried to use my Vista Ultimate and bypassed the numbers and it would not
>let me into the OS, says I have to have an OS to upgrade. Microsoft techies
>said yes I have to install Win2000 then XP upgrade then Vista. Now I have to
>wipe my partition clean using a third party software and install 3 OS's,
>does that suck or what.
Do do what you have to do. Wasting time here whining won't make it
happen any faster.
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Old 05-27-2008   #4 (permalink)
David B.


 
 

Re: 3 OS's to upgrade to Vista Period

A Google search will reveal an unsupported method of installing the Vista
upgrade on a clean hard drive, or you can install the XP upgrade first, it
will ask you to provide your Win2k disk during installation to verify, no
need to actually install 2k before hand.

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"Richard" <aimill@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:FGZ_j.101$RD5.80@xxxxxx
Quote:

>I tried to use my Vista Ultimate and bypassed the numbers and it would not
>let me into the OS, says I have to have an OS to upgrade. Microsoft techies
>said yes I have to install Win2000 then XP upgrade then Vista. Now I have
>to wipe my partition clean using a third party software and install 3 OS's,
>does that suck or what.
>
My System SpecsSystem Spec
Old 05-27-2008   #5 (permalink)
Clear Windows


 
 

Re: 3 OS's to upgrade to Vista Period

good idea.. please send him the extra money via paypal and he will go
upgrade to the full version



"UnswoleLilDude" <webmaster@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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> You should have purchased a full license of Vista.
>
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> Help and how-to guides that help you get the most out of your PC.
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> "Richard" <aimill@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:FGZ_j.101$RD5.80@xxxxxx
Quote:

>>I tried to use my Vista Ultimate and bypassed the numbers and it would not
>>let me into the OS, says I have to have an OS to upgrade. Microsoft
>>techies said yes I have to install Win2000 then XP upgrade then Vista. Now
>>I have to wipe my partition clean using a third party software and install
>>3 OS's, does that suck or what.
>>
>
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Old 05-27-2008   #6 (permalink)
Richard


 
 

Re: 3 OS's to upgrade to Vista Period

Quote:

>I tried to use my Vista Ultimate and bypassed the numbers and it would not
> let me into the OS, says I have to have an OS to upgrade. Microsoft
> techies said yes I have to install Win2000 then XP upgrade then Vista. Now
> I have to wipe my partition clean using a third party software and install
> 3 OS's, does that suck or what.
I went into safe mode and re-installed and it worked
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