Upgrading Windows Vista Home Basic to Vista Home Premium

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Guest

I recently ordered a new laptop that comes with Windows Vista Home Basic and
I was wondering if it was fine to upgrade it to Windows Vista Home Premium.
Will this cause any trouble or problems? Anyone know?
 
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Carey Frisch [MVP]

Windows Anytime Upgrade: frequently asked questions
http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Windows/en-US/Help/37070041-1b90-4433-be0c-ab2855841b981033.mspx

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I recently ordered a new laptop that comes with Windows Vista Home Basic and
I was wondering if it was fine to upgrade it to Windows Vista Home Premium.
Will this cause any trouble or problems? Anyone know?
 
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Rock

CalBears07 said:
I recently ordered a new laptop that comes with Windows Vista Home Basic
and
I was wondering if it was fine to upgrade it to Windows Vista Home
Premium.
Will this cause any trouble or problems? Anyone know?

Know that there are some limitations in the license for the Anytime Upgrade.
It can only be moved once to a new system. You might want to look at
purchasing a retail Vista Home Premium upgrade instead of the Anytime
Upgrade.
 
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Dweebs

The anytime upgrade is not available in Australia. I tried to do it but
Australia wasn't in the list of supported countries.

Regards,
Dweebs
 
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Rock

Dweebs said:
The anytime upgrade is not available in Australia. I tried to do it but
Australia wasn't in the list of supported countries.

With the limitations in the AU license, I don't recommend it.
 
G

Guest

Thanks guys, I did not know they had those upgrades. I can purchase a copy
of the Vista Premium upgrade from school for around $70, so If I do that,
will that be as good as getting one of the "Anytime Upgrades"? I'm not
limited to an "Anytime Upgrade" right?

-CalBears07
 
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Rock

CalBears07 said:
Thanks guys, I did not know they had those upgrades. I can purchase a
copy
of the Vista Premium upgrade from school for around $70, so If I do that,
will that be as good as getting one of the "Anytime Upgrades"? I'm not
limited to an "Anytime Upgrade" right?

Yes it will work just the same, and it's better than the Anytime Upgrade,
which has certain restrictions, such as it can only be moved to a new system
once.
 
G

Guest

Thank you very much. Much appreciated.



Rock said:
Yes it will work just the same, and it's better than the Anytime Upgrade,
which has certain restrictions, such as it can only be moved to a new system
once.
 
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mikeyhsd

if you are purchasing the academic version it is not uncommon as in the past to have some functionality disabled.
might check with the vista web site to make sure that everything you wish vista to do is useable in that version.

(e-mail address removed)@sport.rr.com

Thank you very much. Much appreciated.
 

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