Home Basic vs Home BasicN

[Lawrence]

I need to upgrade from Home Basic to Home Premium because certain software
and certain hardware will not work.

That alone is extraordinary.

So I go to the Windows Anytime Upgrade site and click to order the upgrade.I
get two choices, both for £58.03

1. Windows Anytime Upgrade-Home BasicN to Home Premium SP1

2. Windows Anytime Upgrade-Home Basic to Home Premium SP1

How am I supposed to know which one I should get? What is BasicN?????

So I got to Amazon and the only upgrade of a simiar price is 'Microsoft
Windows Vista Home Basic Edition (Upgrade) (PC) ' which I think is to upgrade
from XP to Home Basic.

Windows Anytime Upgrade Vista Home Basic to Vista Home Premium is about £80.

So now I'm even more confused. Why is it so much cheaper on the Windows
Anytime Upgrade site? Am I looking at the wrong software there?

So here I am with an OS that is a slow version of XP, seems to feature the
same bugs and impossible to upgrade without detailed knowledge of how MS have
packaged their products.

 

[Bill]

I need to upgrade from Home Basic to Home Premium because certain software
and certain hardware will not work.

That alone is extraordinary.

So I go to the Windows Anytime Upgrade site and click to order the upgrade.I
get two choices, both for £58.03

1. Windows Anytime Upgrade-Home BasicN to Home Premium SP1

2. Windows Anytime Upgrade-Home Basic to Home Premium SP1

How am I supposed to know which one I should get? What is BasicN?????

BasicN is a version of Vista that does not include features such as
Windows Media Player. Microsoft, if I remember correctly, was forced to
offer this version in some international markets, part of an anti-trust
settlement.

 

[Lawrence]

BasicN is a version of Vista that does not include features such as
Windows Media Player. Microsoft, if I remember correctly, was forced to
offer this version in some international markets, part of an anti-trust
settlement.

OK - thanks.

It would be helpful if they explained this on Windows Anytime Upgrade.

 

[Bob]

Windows Vista Home Basic N does not include Windows Media Player and related
technologies such as Windows Movie Maker.

 

[Mick Murphy]

Lawrence, upgrading from Basic to Home Premium will not make your unuseable
XP software and hardware work.
Vista is Vista.
Some software you can install in XP compatibility Mode; some hardware you
can get vista Drivers for, some you can't!

I would suggest that you make a new thread here(so it will be at the top),
stating what software and hardware you are having probs with.