Vista - Upgrading To Vista Question

I currently have xp professional installed. Can I legally purchase the
upgrade version
of vista home premium. I wish to do a clean install.

"Ryan Hayward" <blackclouds@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:%23KjLYvs7IHA.3736@xxxxxxOf course you can buy a copy of Vista. Now as to whether the computer you
want to put it on will run it, or run it well, is another matter.
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"Alex Clayton" <alexx1400@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:a4SdnXGY9ZPTCxfVnZ2dnUVZ_uidnZ2d@xxxxxxIts a duocore 4700, 2 gigs of ram and 8600GT card. New computer.

When you say I can buy a copy, does that mean I can legally buy the much
cheaper
upgrade version?
I don't want to fork out over 300 bucks for the standard version. I don't
need it as I can always get my
OS back with Acronis True Image in case of a disaster.

Nothing to do with legality. The amswer is No.
Xp Pro>Vista Home Premium is not an upgrade path
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Mick Murphy - Qld - Australia


"Ryan Hayward" wrote:

"Ryan Hayward" <blackclouds@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:%23KjLYvs7IHA.3736@xxxxxxBut why?

ss.

"Mick Murphy" <MickMurphy@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:1621657F-C3C3-4E76-88F0-164D97482C8D@xxxxxxActually it does works. Just installed the OS in the last couple of hours
along with some of my programs.
I had to choose custom and perform a clean install but thats what I wanted
to do anyway :-)

Installation was a breeze. The only minor problem I have is vista keeps
installing its own driver for my
onboard sound and it won't let me update to the proper driver from my
manufacturer. It does the job though!

Ryan Hayward wrote:As Mick already said i believe this is not an upgrade path, also I don't
think upgrading can be done with a clean install. The OS you are
upgrading needs to be installed and running. I'm not an advanced user of
windows by any means. i would advise you check first that the software
you intend to use is compatible with vista and that vista compatible
drivers are available for your hardware. I have found more than 50% of
the software i normally use under windows does not run under Vista,
though i've had no driver issues with my hardware or peripherals. I'm
sure the software will be upgraded in the near future to support Vista
but that may require re-purchase in some cases.

You can, as i did, buy an OEM copy of Vista at a reasonable price which
will allow you to do a clean install. Until i resized my vista partition
it has been stable and reliable. It did take some time to figure out how
to turn off some of the more irritating features and is slightly less
user configurable than XP. ATM my vista64 install is un-bootable so i'm
running XP32, i am not able to see any significant difference in speed,
if anything XP32 seems a little faster than Vista, but that's just an
impression not the result of any testing.

[This is being posted from CentOS Linux, I've been using Windows/Liux
dual boot systems for a very long time, both OS's have their advantages
and disadvantages hence the use of both. ]

Chipmunk

"Synapse Syndrome" <synapse@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:%23uiOUUu7IHA.616@xxxxxxI have vista installed on another computer and I love it!

Info for you to read.
XP Pro upgrade to Vista Home Premium is NOT an upgrade Path!
Not what you did, but what you asked!

http://www.microsoft.com/singapore/w...radepaths.mspx
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That was your original question.


Mick Murphy - Qld - Australia


"Ryan Hayward" wrote:

"Ryan Hayward" <blackclouds@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:OkpcY%23s7IHA.1196@xxxxxxAs you found, yes you can. If there is room to add another Gig of RAM it
will run better. Vista works fine, BUT it uses a hell of a lot more memory
than XP. 2 Gig is probably about the min. This one has 3 and it does run
great, other than the learning curve of getting used to a new OS. The
advantage you have is like you said you can always go back if you wish, but
after you get used to Vista it seems to work fine for me.
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