Anytime Upgrade Question

[Guest]

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.


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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows Shell/User

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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.

 

[Dustin Harper]

No, with the Anytime Upgrade you need to have the Vista OS already
installed.

Other options are either buying a new version of Windows (an upgrade
version) or backup all your stuff and do a clean install.