Anytime Upgrade Question

[Guest]

Hello All,

I received a complimentary version of Vista Business from Microsoft through
the Power Together promotion. The problem is, of course the version of XP I
am currently using, Media Center, is the one and only that I can't upgrade to
the Business version. If I purchase the anytine upgrade to Ultimate, will I
able to able to install that as an Upgrade and not a clean install? I have
so much on my current hard drive that I'd rather just perform the upgrade.
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks for your time.

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

You can use Windows Anytime Upgrade only on a computer that's already
running Windows Vista. You can’t use Windows Anytime Upgrade to upgrade
a computer that's running an earlier version of Windows, such as Windows XP
Media Center Edition.

In your case, you'll need to purchase a conventional "retail upgrade version"
of either Vista Home Premium or Ultimate in order to perform an upgrade
from Windows XP Media Center Edition.

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows Shell/User

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Hello All,

I received a complimentary version of Vista Business from Microsoft through
the Power Together promotion. The problem is, of course the version of XP I
am currently using, Media Center, is the one and only that I can't upgrade to
the Business version. If I purchase the anytine upgrade to Ultimate, will I
able to able to install that as an Upgrade and not a clean install? I have
so much on my current hard drive that I'd rather just perform the upgrade.
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks for your time.

 

[peter]

You could conceivably install That copy of Vista Business on another
Partition of the HD.or a newly installed HD....this would create a dual boot
without loss of any programs.It would classify as a new install.
Upon booting you would have the option of which OS to start with.
If at a later time you feel confident with Vista Business we will discuss
how to remove that dual boot option and XP ME and just boot Vista.
peter

 

[Colin Barnhorst]

No.