Vista - Upgrsde from Premium to Ultimate w/Ultimate Upgrade DVD?

Question: I have a PC with OEM Home Premium. I also have a brand new retail
Ultimate Upgrade DVD(received for Birthday). Can I use Ultimate Upgrade DVD
to upgrade my home/premium to ultimate?

Thanks,

Charlie

Yes.

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"Lumpydog" <Lumpydog@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Question: I have a PC with OEM Home Premium. I also have a brand new
> retail
> Ultimate Upgrade DVD(received for Birthday). Can I use Ultimate Upgrade
> DVD
> to upgrade my home/premium to ultimate?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Charlie
>

If you are in a country supported by the feature, you can use the "Anytime
Upgrade" from within Vista and your Home Premium media to upgrade to
Ultimate. The additional features will be added to your current
installation.

I believe this method is cheaper than buying the retail Upgrade box with the
downside being that you won't have the actual Ultimate box, just the anytime
upgrade key.

"Geo" <Geo@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Hi Ron,
>
> That is good news !
> I have a Home-Premium myself and I would like to upgrade to Ultimate as
> well.
>
> How do I do that ?
> Do I have to start a "completely new install" with the upgrade-dvd ?
>
> I'd be gratefull for some details about how to do this.
>
> Kind regards
> Geo
>
>
>
> "Ron K." wrote:
>
>> yes you have a valid license for the OEm version so you should have no
>> problem upgrading
>>
>> "Lumpydog" wrote:
>>
>> > Question: I have a PC with OEM Home Premium. I also have a brand new
>> > retail
>> > Ultimate Upgrade DVD(received for Birthday). Can I use Ultimate
>> > Upgrade DVD
>> > to upgrade my home/premium to ultimate?
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> >
>> > Charlie
>> >

My experience is that you cannot upgrade home premium. A full installation
might work but upgrade fails every time - at least on my brand new Dell
laptop.

"Lumpydog" wrote:

> Question: I have a PC with OEM Home Premium. I also have a brand new retail
> Ultimate Upgrade DVD(received for Birthday). Can I use Ultimate Upgrade DVD
> to upgrade my home/premium to ultimate?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Charlie
>

Worked fine here - Dell XPS410, came with Home Premium, upgraded to
Ultimate - not a hitch!


"Ray" <Ray@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> My experience is that you cannot upgrade home premium. A full
> installation
> might work but upgrade fails every time - at least on my brand new Dell
> laptop.
>
> "Lumpydog" wrote:
>
>> Question: I have a PC with OEM Home Premium. I also have a brand new
>> retail
>> Ultimate Upgrade DVD(received for Birthday). Can I use Ultimate Upgrade
>> DVD
>> to upgrade my home/premium to ultimate?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Charlie
>>

worked fine here, the DVd has all versions. you just need the key to unlock
the functions. HP machine here....
"Kris" <kris@lunarspells.com> wrote in message
news:83AC4A0E-4918-4BDE-A39B-0EC8CCF101DA@microsoft.com...
> Worked fine here - Dell XPS410, came with Home Premium, upgraded to
> Ultimate - not a hitch!
>
>
> "Ray" <Ray@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:A039D18D-DEB7-4265-87D1-493AA783ABF0@microsoft.com...
>> My experience is that you cannot upgrade home premium. A full
>> installation
>> might work but upgrade fails every time - at least on my brand new Dell
>> laptop.
>>
>> "Lumpydog" wrote:
>>
>>> Question: I have a PC with OEM Home Premium. I also have a brand new
>>> retail
>>> Ultimate Upgrade DVD(received for Birthday). Can I use Ultimate Upgrade
>>> DVD
>>> to upgrade my home/premium to ultimate?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Charlie
>>>
>