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I currently have an HP machine that had XP Pro originally on it but was Vista
Compatible. When Vista came out, HP sent me an HP Express Upgrade to Premium
Disk. I installed it ok.
Now I want to upgrade to Ultimate which HP said is fine. But I don't have
the Anytime Upgrade DVD from MS. I purchased the upgrade key through the
online Anytime upgrade function and am at a hold state till the dvd gets
here. But who knows how long that will take.
Question: Is there anyway of knowing that when HP's Express disk upgraded me
to Vista Prem if it also included the files for Ultimate? Can or should I try
doing the install without the DVD? I don't want to render my puter useless in
case it definitely needs the DVD and I end up with nada.
Or is there some some files on my system that tells me if Ultimate is on the
system and can be upgraded or is there a little program that will tell me
this?
I asked HP (they are dense) if the Express disk had Ultimate on there and
they said no even though while exploring the disk, I saw references to
Ultimate.
Any advice would be appreciated. It's a boring, crappy, rainy day here and
it would be a good day for me to do this if possible. ;-)
Compatible. When Vista came out, HP sent me an HP Express Upgrade to Premium
Disk. I installed it ok.
Now I want to upgrade to Ultimate which HP said is fine. But I don't have
the Anytime Upgrade DVD from MS. I purchased the upgrade key through the
online Anytime upgrade function and am at a hold state till the dvd gets
here. But who knows how long that will take.
Question: Is there anyway of knowing that when HP's Express disk upgraded me
to Vista Prem if it also included the files for Ultimate? Can or should I try
doing the install without the DVD? I don't want to render my puter useless in
case it definitely needs the DVD and I end up with nada.
Or is there some some files on my system that tells me if Ultimate is on the
system and can be upgraded or is there a little program that will tell me
this?
I asked HP (they are dense) if the Express disk had Ultimate on there and
they said no even though while exploring the disk, I saw references to
Ultimate.
Any advice would be appreciated. It's a boring, crappy, rainy day here and
it would be a good day for me to do this if possible. ;-)