Vista - Home Premiun License will not allow upgrade from XP PRO SR2

Have Ultimate installed and satisfactorly working. Purchases an additional
License from Microsofts Vista license site(Maxium the site allowed was the
Home Premium. it refuses to allow an upgrade install from XP PRO SR 2 and I
fins d it rediculious to have to do a "custom install" and have to reinstall
10 GIG of programs,.
Anyone with any suggestions besides I am out of luck.

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/pro...radepaths.mspx

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"Henry Sherwood" <HenrySherwood@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:AE7320FE-E2B3-40E0-B542-629AE261221A@microsoft.com...
> Have Ultimate installed and satisfactorly working. Purchases an additional
> License from Microsofts Vista license site(Maxium the site allowed was the
> Home Premium. it refuses to allow an upgrade install from XP PRO SR 2 and
> I
> fins d it rediculious to have to do a "custom install" and have to
> reinstall
> 10 GIG of programs,.
> Anyone with any suggestions besides I am out of luck.
>
>

Henry Sherwood wrote:
> Have Ultimate installed and satisfactorly working. Purchases an additional
> License from Microsofts Vista license site(Maxium the site allowed was the
> Home Premium. it refuses to allow an upgrade install from XP PRO SR 2 and I
> fins d it rediculious to have to do a "custom install" and have to reinstall
> 10 GIG of programs,.
> Anyone with any suggestions besides I am out of luck.
>
>


Why's it "ridiculous?" Could you upgrade Win2K *Professional* to
WinXP *Home*? Of course not! Transitioning from a
*business/professional* version of an OS to a *home* consumer version
has always been a downgrade, and I don't know of any operating system
that supports downgrades. Do you?


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Well I should have looked closewr and did not, so it is my problem, but
Microsoft was kind enough to give me a refund. Hoerver the cost for an
additional Ultimate license which is available is $359.
OH WELL to much for the moment.

Thank You to Mr. Urban for his response.

"Bruce Chambers" wrote:

> Henry Sherwood wrote:
> > Have Ultimate installed and satisfactorly working. Purchases an additional
> > License from Microsofts Vista license site(Maxium the site allowed was the
> > Home Premium. it refuses to allow an upgrade install from XP PRO SR 2 and I
> > fins d it rediculious to have to do a "custom install" and have to reinstall
> > 10 GIG of programs,.
> > Anyone with any suggestions besides I am out of luck.
> >
> >
>
>
> Why's it "ridiculous?" Could you upgrade Win2K *Professional* to
> WinXP *Home*? Of course not! Transitioning from a
> *business/professional* version of an OS to a *home* consumer version
> has always been a downgrade, and I don't know of any operating system
> that supports downgrades. Do you?
>
>
> --
>
> Bruce Chambers
>
> Help us help you:
> http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
> http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
>
> They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
> safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. -Benjamin Franklin
>
> Many people would rather die than think; in fact, most do. -Bertrand Russell
>

only $359 that's not bad price

have you seen the prices in the uk, that figure of $359 is translated into
£359 and not at the actually exchange rate, that's why in the uk it's not
doing as well as ms thought it would

and who would pay that in the uk, especially as preimum is £200


"Henry Sherwood" wrote:

> Well I should have looked closewr and did not, so it is my problem, but
> Microsoft was kind enough to give me a refund. Hoerver the cost for an
> additional Ultimate license which is available is $359.
> OH WELL to much for the moment.
>
> Thank You to Mr. Urban for his response.
>
> "Bruce Chambers" wrote:
>
> > Henry Sherwood wrote:
> > > Have Ultimate installed and satisfactorly working. Purchases an additional
> > > License from Microsofts Vista license site(Maxium the site allowed was the
> > > Home Premium. it refuses to allow an upgrade install from XP PRO SR 2 and I
> > > fins d it rediculious to have to do a "custom install" and have to reinstall
> > > 10 GIG of programs,.
> > > Anyone with any suggestions besides I am out of luck.
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> > Why's it "ridiculous?" Could you upgrade Win2K *Professional* to
> > WinXP *Home*? Of course not! Transitioning from a
> > *business/professional* version of an OS to a *home* consumer version
> > has always been a downgrade, and I don't know of any operating system
> > that supports downgrades. Do you?
> >
> >
> > --
> >
> > Bruce Chambers
> >
> > Help us help you:
> > http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
> > http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
> >
> > They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
> > safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. -Benjamin Franklin
> >
> > Many people would rather die than think; in fact, most do. -Bertrand Russell
> >