Re: Is Windows XP (32bit) upgrade to Vista (64bit) now possible with SP1 ?

"brianwarming" <brianwarming.37fvg1@no-mx.forums.net> wrote in message
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>
> In the change log for SP1 Microsoft writes :
>
> "Improves OS deployment by enabling 64-bit versions of Windows Vista to
> be installed from a 32-bit OS. This will allow IT professionals to
> maintain just a single WinPE image."
>
> Doesn't that mean we can finally upgrade from XP (32bit) to Vista
> (64bit) and from Vista (32bit) to Vista (64bit) using an install DVD
> with SP1 integrated ?
>
> Brian
>


No. That simply means installation....to another partition
32 ==>64 bit upgrade is not possible.

The DVD itself contains different images however...so the same DVD can be
used for installing x86 or x64