Vista Tutorial - Successfully UPGRADED Vista Ultimate 64-bit RC1 5728 to RC2 5744

Just completed UPGRADE of Vista Ultimate 64-bit RC1 5728 to RC2 5744 on my
two year old Compaq R3200Z (DP533AV) laptop with no errors reported or
immediately evident.

Begin upgrade to final reboot and presentation of RC2 5744 sign-on screen =
1 hour, 56 minutes.

Activation is complete and I used the same product key as for both Betas and
RC1 5600 and RC1 5728.

"troutman" wrote:

> Just completed UPGRADE of Vista Ultimate 64-bit RC1 5728 to RC2 5744 on my
> two year old Compaq R3200Z (DP533AV) laptop with no errors reported or
> immediately evident.
>
> Begin upgrade to final reboot and presentation of RC2 5744 sign-on screen =
> 1 hour, 56 minutes.
>
> Activation is complete and I used the same product key as for both Betas and
> RC1 5600 and RC1 5728.

Upgrades from Vista RC1 are valid.
Upgrades from Windows XP SP2 are encouraged.
Upgrades from any other build are not supported or recommended.
5728 to 5744 is not supported.
"troutman" <troutman@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Just completed UPGRADE of Vista Ultimate 64-bit RC1 5728 to RC2 5744 on my
> two year old Compaq R3200Z (DP533AV) laptop with no errors reported or
> immediately evident.
>
> Begin upgrade to final reboot and presentation of RC2 5744 sign-on screen
> =
> 1 hour, 56 minutes.
>
> Activation is complete and I used the same product key as for both Betas
> and
> RC1 5600 and RC1 5728.

> Upgrades from Vista RC1 are valid.
> Upgrades from Windows XP SP2 are encouraged.
> Upgrades from any other build are not supported or recommended.
> 5728 to 5744 is not supported.

How do you know this? Has this been officially posted?

Reggie,

From the 5744 FAQ.


Bill F.

"Reggie Burnett" <somebody@somewhere.com> wrote in message
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>> Upgrades from Vista RC1 are valid.
>> Upgrades from Windows XP SP2 are encouraged.
>> Upgrades from any other build are not supported or recommended.
>> 5728 to 5744 is not supported.
>
> How do you know this? Has this been officially posted?

Yes, it has been Posted in the Microsoft Connect Private Beta Newsgroups by
the Beta Program Manager.

"Reggie Burnett" <somebody@somewhere.com> wrote in message
news57E4DE7-26AC-4AB7-B513-8AA27EAD0386@microsoft.com...
>> Upgrades from Vista RC1 are valid.
>> Upgrades from Windows XP SP2 are encouraged.
>> Upgrades from any other build are not supported or recommended.
>> 5728 to 5744 is not supported.
>
> How do you know this? Has this been officially posted?

troutman wrote:
> Just completed UPGRADE of Vista Ultimate 64-bit RC1 5728 to RC2 5744 on my
> two year old Compaq R3200Z (DP533AV) laptop with no errors reported or
> immediately evident.
>
> Begin upgrade to final reboot and presentation of RC2 5744 sign-on screen =
> 1 hour, 56 minutes.
>
> Activation is complete and I used the same product key as for both Betas and
> RC1 5600 and RC1 5728.

Did this too. I was prepared to do clean install, but decided to try
upgrade in case it worked.

1 hour 45 minutes.

Even though this is not supported option, everything went without a
glitch and everything is working as far as I know.

> Reggie,
>
> From the 5744 FAQ.
>
>

Ahh, I missed it. Was this FAQ publicly posted?

> Yes, it has been Posted in the Microsoft Connect Private Beta Newsgroups
> by the Beta Program Manager.

Ok. My upgrade appeared to go ok but I want to "be certain" that I am
getting the true RC2 experience so I guess I'll do a clean install later
today.

By not supported, it means if you upgraded from 5728 to 5744 do not send in
any bug reports. This is not something the Vista Beta Team is interested in.
"Jeppe" <Jeppe@jee.com> wrote in message
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> troutman wrote:
>> Just completed UPGRADE of Vista Ultimate 64-bit RC1 5728 to RC2 5744 on
>> my two year old Compaq R3200Z (DP533AV) laptop with no errors reported or
>> immediately evident.
>>
>> Begin upgrade to final reboot and presentation of RC2 5744 sign-on screen
>> = 1 hour, 56 minutes.
>>
>> Activation is complete and I used the same product key as for both Betas
>> and RC1 5600 and RC1 5728.
>
> Did this too. I was prepared to do clean install, but decided to try
> upgrade in case it worked.
>
> 1 hour 45 minutes.
>
> Even though this is not supported option, everything went without a glitch
> and everything is working as far as I know.