Vista - Windows Vista Business Upgrade.

How can I upgrade from a current installation of Windows Vista Business
(retail) to Windows Vista Utimate (retail)? I have the windows vista disk and
windows vista ultimate product key.

Thanks.

You can certainly do a clean install to Ultimate.

If your Ultimate is a different bit version from your current installation i.e. 64 as opposed to 32 - you have to do a clean install.

If it's the same bit version , I believe you can do an upgrade - in that case you could just have bought an upgrade license - should be able to use the dvd as it contains all editions, the product key determines which is installed -check here to make sure :

Compare editions: 64-bit editions of Windows Vista.

Microsoft Help and Support

Hope that helps

SIW2

Of course he can do an upgrade with the retail version! As long as it's the
same bit version.

"SIW2" <guest@xxxxxx-email.com> wrote in message
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I assume you mean you have the original dvd from when you installed the business edition, and an Ultimate license you bought from microsoft online ? If you have two full licenses, ( as opposed to just an upgrade license to Ultimate ) you are entitled to use them on two machines if you wish.

SIW2

I'm sorry I should have explained. When I put t he vista disk in the drive to
perform the upgrade I put in my Vista Ultimate product key and the upgrade
option is not available it is grayed out.

Note: they are the same bit version. 32.

"SIW2" wrote:

Hi,

Are you booting directly into the dvd from startup ?

Try starting up, going into you existing Vista installation, put the dvd in , wait 30 secs or so, it will run. If Autoplay pops up, select run setup - on the Install windows Menu, click Install Now

If that doesn't do it, let me know as there is another way.

SIW2

I do not want to perform a clean install of windows vista just a upgrade

"SIW2" wrote:

Ok , see my previous post I changed it for that - run it from within windows to get upgrade option.

Cheers
SIW2

The upgrade option is grayed out when I run it through windows.

"SIW2" wrote:

That is the normal way to do it. Do you recall seeing this message?



It is possible to copy Vista dvd onto your hard drive, open the folder, right click the setup.exe , run as admin,. then you should get upgrade option only, or at least I did. ( Put the dvd in , click Computer, right click the dvd drive , click copy, then click and paste on your Primary drive where Vista is installed - usually C - the contents of the dvd will copy in a couple of minutes)

Before doing, try starting Windows normally, put in the dvd , open it to view files, right click setup.exe, run as admin and when I did that, again I got only the upgrade option .

In either case , this is what it looks like




I assume you have made an external backup of your important documents and any drivers you may need - always wise when attempting any sort of install. ( I have done plenty and never needed to use the backups - but you never know.)

SIW2