Vista - Upgrading?

If i buy a Vista upgrade product I have to install it on a copy of XP. Later
on I can upgrade to a higher verison of Vista for more money. What if i don't
have my previous copy of XP to upgrade from. Cani pay a little more to get a
full copy like the upgrading to higher versions of Vista?

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"Sterile_D" <Sterile_D@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> If i buy a Vista upgrade product I have to install it on a copy of XP.
> Later
> on I can upgrade to a higher verison of Vista for more money. What if i
> don't
> have my previous copy of XP to upgrade from. Cani pay a little more to get
> a
> full copy like the upgrading to higher versions of Vista?

Yes you can upgrade anytime, and you will be upgrading vista actually, not
XP anymore

see this link
http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Win...93bb81033.mspx

Sterile_D wrote:
> If i buy a Vista upgrade product I have to install it on a copy of XP. Later
> on I can upgrade to a higher verison of Vista for more money. What if i don't
> have my previous copy of XP to upgrade from. Cani pay a little more to get a
> full copy like the upgrading to higher versions of Vista?

You can install the upgrade even without XP. Just install Vista without
putting in key, then install again over the top as upgrade and put key in.

Tom

On Wed, 20 Jun 2007 08:33:01 -0700, Sterile_D
<Sterile_D@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> If i buy a Vista upgrade product I have to install it on a copy of XP. Later
> on I can upgrade to a higher verison of Vista for more money. What if i don't
> have my previous copy of XP to upgrade from.


When you use an Upgrade copy, the license for the product you are
upgrading to and the product you are upgrading from get tied together.
You still have a single license, not two, and you are *not* free to
give away or sell the product you upgraded from. That's the reason the
Upgrade version costs less than a Full version.


> Cani pay a little more to get a
> full copy like the upgrading to higher versions of Vista?



I'm not sure I understand your question, but if you are asking whether
you can do an upgrade with a Full version, the answer is yes.

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Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User
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