Vista - Anytime Upgrade

I currently use Vista Home Premium on a desktop and Vista Business on a
laptop. I am thinking of purchasing an anytime upgrades to take both to Vista
Ultimate. The versions I use now are currently both OEM. Now if I purchase
the upgrade will I get a Vista Ultimate OEM key or is it a retail key so if
one of my PCs die I can use the new key so avoid the OEM issues. And if I
have to reinstall the PCs that I currently have OEM versions installed on do
I have to install the version on the DVD first and then do the upgrade or
when I install just install and use the new key?

Q. "Now if I purchase the upgrade will I get a Vista Ultimate OEM key
or is it a retail key so if one of my PCs die I can use the new key so
avoid the OEM issues."

A. You would get a retail product key. And yes, you would have to reinstall
the original OEM version of Vista before using the Anytime Upgrade DVD.


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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows - Shell/User

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"salesguy" <mudshuvel@suscom.net> wrote in message news:54CD35BE-6CA4-4CB5-9DC0-1FF8B7BAEC13@microsoft.com...
I currently use Vista Home Premium on a desktop and Vista Business on a
laptop. I am thinking of purchasing an anytime upgrades to take both to Vista
Ultimate. The versions I use now are currently both OEM. Now if I purchase
the upgrade will I get a Vista Ultimate OEM key or is it a retail key so if
one of my PCs die I can use the new key so avoid the OEM issues. And if I
have to reinstall the PCs that I currently have OEM versions installed on do
I have to install the version on the DVD first and then do the upgrade or
when I install just install and use the new key?

Word of caution here.
If you need to re-install, you must first install the original OEM version
which is limited to a particular machine.
Once installed, you run the upgrade installation. (Yep, install twice.)



"salesguy" <mudshuvel@suscom.net> wrote in message
news:54CD35BE-6CA4-4CB5-9DC0-1FF8B7BAEC13@microsoft.com...
>I currently use Vista Home Premium on a desktop and Vista Business on a
> laptop. I am thinking of purchasing an anytime upgrades to take both to
> Vista
> Ultimate. The versions I use now are currently both OEM. Now if I
> purchase
> the upgrade will I get a Vista Ultimate OEM key or is it a retail key so
> if
> one of my PCs die I can use the new key so avoid the OEM issues. And if I
> have to reinstall the PCs that I currently have OEM versions installed on
> do
> I have to install the version on the DVD first and then do the upgrade or
> when I install just install and use the new key?