Downside of Vista-upgrade vs full version

[WGD]

Pls, what is the downside of installing Vista-Premium Upgrade over
installing a 'full' (from scratch) version?

Wayne

 

[Tom]

Pls, what is the downside of installing Vista-Premium Upgrade over
installing a 'full' (from scratch) version?

Wayne

When you say "from scratch", I take it as a totally clean installation? If
so, there is no difference, you get the same as the full install, and it is
considerably cheaper. The only downsides to the upgrade version(s) are, you
have to have a compatible Windows OS already installed, it cannot be done
from a formatted disk, where one would use their previous OS as proof, as
you could in XP.

 

[JP]

Actually you can do a clean install of Vista Upgrade.
You have to do a clean install of Vista, then do an upgrade install
of Vista on top of the clean install. Basically, installing Vista twice.
Pain in the butt, but it can be done.

Instructions:

http://windowssecrets.com/comp/070201#story1

 

[Chris]

Actually you can do a clean install of Vista Upgrade.
You have to do a clean install of Vista, then do an upgrade install
of Vista on top of the clean install. Basically, installing Vista twice.
Pain in the butt, but it can be done.

Instructions:

http://windowssecrets.com/comp/070201#story1

Pain in the butt, but much less so than having to install XP first. You
would not have to use your upgrade XP disk to do it this way, but you
really should own XP (and agree not to use it once Vista is installed)
if you want to stay OK with the EULA.

 

[Guest]

Visit other OS version threads and you will see that a full install is always
better than upgrading.

Historically FULL VS UPGRADE

upgraded windows suffer weird error messages or had attachment or file
conversion problems. So many to name. But with Vista hopefully they
got rid of this bugs.

 

[Diamontina Cocktail]

When you say "from scratch", I take it as a totally clean installation? If
so, there is no difference, you get the same as the full install, and it
is considerably cheaper. The only downsides to the upgrade version(s) are,
you have to have a compatible Windows OS already installed, it cannot be
done from a formatted disk, where one would use their previous OS as
proof, as you could in XP.

I had XPSP2 Pro and upgraded to Vista Business without the problems you
mention.

 

[Diamontina Cocktail]

Visit other OS version threads and you will see that a full install is
always
better than upgrading.

Historically FULL VS UPGRADE

That has been the case in the past but it appears not to be the case
upgrading to Vista. So far, the drivers of 3rd party manufacturers and also
Outlook 2002 were my biggest problems. I went to Outlook 2007 and am really
pleased with it. An amazingly good upgrade that solved those problems. Still
waiting for D-Link to release a driver for the DBT-122 that is OK with Vista
though. System Properties say it is there but the Bluetooth icon in Control
Panel says it isnt.