Upgrading to Vista

[Jimmy Hsu]

I am using WIn XP Svc 2. I like to upgrade to Win Vista. Can I just instal
Vista over WinXP? I dont want to go through the pain of uninstalling Win
XP, reformat my Hard disk to install Vista. Finally, do I have to go thru'
the whole Activation procedure after installing Vista? Thank you

 

[db]

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/windowsvista/buyorupgrade/upgradeadvisor.mspx
I am using WIn XP Svc 2. I like to upgrade to Win Vista. Can I just instal
Vista over WinXP? I dont want to go through the pain of uninstalling Win
XP, reformat my Hard disk to install Vista. Finally, do I have to go thru'
the whole Activation procedure after installing Vista? Thank you

 

[Tom Porterfield]

I am using WIn XP Svc 2. I like to upgrade to Win Vista. Can I just
instal Vista over WinXP? I dont want to go through the pain of
uninstalling Win XP, reformat my Hard disk to install Vista. Finally,
do I have to go thru' the whole Activation procedure after installing
Vista? Thank you

As an FYI, there are Vista specific newsgroups on this server at
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windows.vista.general.

To answer your question, you can install the retail version of Vista as an
upgrade over XP. Once Vista is installed it does need to be Activated.

 

[Tim Slattery]

I am using WIn XP Svc 2. I like to upgrade to Win Vista. Can I just instal
Vista over WinXP?

Of course, that's what the upgrade versions are for.

Finally, do I have to go thru'
the whole Activation procedure after installing Vista?

Yes, it'll have to be activated. But that happens over your internet
connection in just a few seconds.

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

I am using WIn XP Svc 2. I like to upgrade to Win Vista. Can I just
instal Vista over WinXP? I dont want to go through the pain of
uninstalling Win XP, reformat my Hard disk to install Vista. Finally, do
I have to go thru' the whole Activation procedure after
installing Vista? Thank you

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