Vista - Windows Vista Installation

I am trying to upgrade from Windows ME to Windows Vista. I can't download the
upgrade advisor nor can I get the Windows Vista (Home Basic Edition) to start
up. What do I need to do?

Hi

A) You can't upgrade from WinME to Vista, it's not a supported path. You'd
have to do a clean installation.

B) The upgrade advisor will not run under WinME, so downloading it will not
help.

C) A WinME era machine is unlikely to have sufficient hardware
specifications to run Vista. Please provide these along with the make and
model, and the motherboard or system manufacturer.

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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

"cantgetright30" <cantgetright30@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:5C8CE614-0B13-497F-B206-962F94E400B4@microsoft.com...
>I am trying to upgrade from Windows ME to Windows Vista. I can't download
>the
> upgrade advisor nor can I get the Windows Vista (Home Basic Edition) to
> start
> up. What do I need to do?

WindowsME is also not a qualifying OS, so you will have to purchase a FULL
version of whatever edition of Vista you want.

"Rick Rogers" <rick@mvps.org> wrote in message
news:uDPd8pMzHHA.1212@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> Hi
>
> A) You can't upgrade from WinME to Vista, it's not a supported path. You'd
> have to do a clean installation.
>
> B) The upgrade advisor will not run under WinME, so downloading it will
> not help.
>
> C) A WinME era machine is unlikely to have sufficient hardware
> specifications to run Vista. Please provide these along with the make and
> model, and the motherboard or system manufacturer.
>
> --
> 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
>
> "cantgetright30" <cantgetright30@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
> message news:5C8CE614-0B13-497F-B206-962F94E400B4@microsoft.com...
>>I am trying to upgrade from Windows ME to Windows Vista. I can't download
>>the
>> upgrade advisor nor can I get the Windows Vista (Home Basic Edition) to
>> start
>> up. What do I need to do?
>