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Old 04-23-2008   #1 (permalink)
Dave


 
 

windows vista anytime upgrade

purchased ultimate upgrade disk that came as sp1, but sp1 has not downloaded
thru windows update and disk will not install as upgrade. I do not want to
lose all data with clean install.
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dc26

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Old 04-24-2008   #2 (permalink)
Mike Brannigan


 
 

Re: windows vista anytime upgrade



"Dave" <Dave@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:AA345C7E-3AEA-4546-AA6A-BF494F42F895@xxxxxx
Quote:

> purchased ultimate upgrade disk that came as sp1, but sp1 has not
> downloaded
> thru windows update and disk will not install as upgrade. I do not want
> to
> lose all data with clean install.
> --
> dc26
Then download the SP1 yourself and apply it.

for x86 (32-bit)
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...DisplayLang=en
or for x64 (64-bit)
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...DisplayLang=en
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Mike Brannigan

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Old 04-24-2008   #3 (permalink)
Rick Rogers


 
 

Re: windows vista anytime upgrade

Hi,

What are you trying to upgrade?

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

"Dave" <Dave@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:AA345C7E-3AEA-4546-AA6A-BF494F42F895@xxxxxx
Quote:

> purchased ultimate upgrade disk that came as sp1, but sp1 has not
> downloaded
> thru windows update and disk will not install as upgrade. I do not want
> to
> lose all data with clean install.
> --
> dc26
My System SpecsSystem Spec
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