Downgrade vista ultimate to home premium

[drewex]

HI all,
I have an laptop with windows vista ultimate which i used a cd to upgrade
from xp. I am buying a new computer with windows vista home premium. Im
planing to use Windows Easy Transfer Companion to transfer my apps, codes,
user settings and so on. I want to use the cd i have to upgrade the new
machine and downgrade the old one to vista premium thats coming with the new
laptop. Is this possible. Do i have to call any microsft line to do this.
Most importantly any charge? Thanks.

 

[drewex]

I forgot write that i am ok rebuilding the old machine but i really need to
copy my stuff to new machine and upgrade the new machine using the new
install cd. So I guess my main question is can i upgrade using the same cd
again.

 

[Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]]

I don't see a problem, just as long as you own an additional license for
Vista Ultimate to upgrade the Vista Home Premium installation.

 

[drewex]

Yea but the upgrade cd is already used on my old machine. wouldnt that cause
a problem in validation.

 

[gw]

HI all,
I have an laptop with windows vista ultimate which i used a cd to upgrade
from xp. I am buying a new computer with windows vista home premium. Im
planing to use Windows Easy Transfer Companion to transfer my apps, codes,
user settings and so on. I want to use the cd i have to upgrade the new
machine and downgrade the old one to vista premium thats coming with the
new
laptop. Is this possible. Do i have to call any microsft line to do this.
Most importantly any charge? Thanks.

You would be OK re-using your upgrade to Ultimate (as long as you un-install
it from your other machine first.) You will probably have to activate by
phone.

However, you can't use the Vista Home Premium from the new laptop on the old
laptop. First, laptops almost always use OEM SLP licenses, which are tied to
specific hardware on the laptop. They are not transferable to other
hardware. Second, if your Ultimate license is an upgrade (not full version),
it needs to be installed on top of a qualifying version of Windows. The
original Home Premium license on the new laptop becomes part of the Ultimate
Upgrade. You can't re-use the Home Premium license.

 

[alexB]

I don't think so because your first upgrade could have been screwed up and
it is not the MS intend to make your life miserable.

 

[Mick Murphy]

You can't see anything, you drunkard!

I don't see a problem, just as long as you own an additional license for
Vista Ultimate to upgrade the Vista Home Premium installation.
--
Andre
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http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!E8E5CC039D51E3DB!9709.entry

 

[Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]]

No, its the license that determines what can be installed, not the physical
media. The only different here is that your media is an upgrade, the thing
to take into consideration too is that you have a qualifying version of
Windows Vista already installed. Its not the amount of times you have used
the physical media.

 

[alexB]

Are you Mick one of the glorious Ubuntu crowd? Sort of a monolithic gang
aren't you? Working in tandem, giving people deliberately erroneous advice
and badmouthing people who advise them in good faith? Are you a Sub-Saharan
too or you are more of a native, West Coast liberal brand, sort of a
homegrown commie, a hater of capitalism which provides you with everything
from cradle to grave?

Are you one of the contributors to this remarkable website?
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/1

I want to warn other posters who want to try it to wash their hands after
clicking and run their antivirus without delay. It is also something people
with some sense of English language and its abusers may find not really
enjoyable but perhaps interesting.

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

HI all,
I have an laptop with windows vista ultimate which i used a cd to upgrade
from xp. I am buying a new computer with windows vista home premium. Im
planing to use Windows Easy Transfer Companion to transfer my apps, codes,
user settings and so on. I want to use the cd i have to upgrade the new
machine and downgrade the old one to vista premium thats coming with the new
laptop. Is this possible

No, there are three problems with putting Home Premium on the old
computer:

1. You couldn't literally downgrade from Ultimate to Home Premium
since downgrades are never supported. You would have to do a clean
installation.

2. The EULA for the copy of Vista that will come with your new
computer prohibits this. The copy of Vista Home Premium that comes
with your laptop is an OEM version, and OEM versions are permanently
tied by the EULA to the computer they come with. They can never
legally be sold or given away without the computer, or transferred to
another computer.

3. Most computers these days that come with preinstalled Windows have
their copy of Windows BIOS-locked to the particular computer. You
won't be able to use it on any other computer.

 

[drewex]

Thanks all, Good knowlage

I have one more question, I got iis and few ultimate(business) functions on
my old laptop, I was gonig to use Windows Easy Transfer Companion to transfer
over studio, office, codes in iis and so on. Well since the new laptop
initally doesnt have some freatures. would this be a problem. and what type
of transfer do you guys suggest to do, should i use Windows Easy Transfer
Companion or just do clean installs of everything. I really dont want to go
trough installing everything one by one.

 

[Here Today]

Thanks all, Good knowlage

I have one more question, I got iis and few ultimate(business) functions
on
my old laptop, I was gonig to use Windows Easy Transfer Companion to
transfer
over studio, office, codes in iis and so on. Well since the new laptop
initally doesnt have some freatures. would this be a problem. and what
type
of transfer do you guys suggest to do, should i use Windows Easy Transfer
Companion or just do clean installs of everything. I really dont want to
go
trough installing everything one by one.

Your new computer should have the same programs that you are transferring
settings over for. If you do not have Office on the new compter, what good
does transfering office settings do? Transfer moves files and program
settings, but does not reinstall programs on your new computer. Install
your programs first then transfer over settings for that program.

Mean Gene

 

[drewex]

Your confused about the program im talkin about.
here's a resource what that program does(at least what it says it does)
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/931696

Its not windows easy transfer its Windows Easy Transfer Companion (WETC)
and it transfers programs. but not sure if it works from vista to vista. its
looks like its for xp to vista. any one know if it works from vista ultimate
to vista ultimate or vista home premium.