Questions about the Vista Dvds

[Guest]

Since most vista dvds are supposed to be the same I was wondering about a few
things. Is it possible to do a full install from the vista upgrade media(not
taking about the install twice trick), but when you get to the part of the
install when it ask for a key you enter a full install serial key instead of
the upgrade one. Would this work? Would the full install media let you use an
upgrade key to do clean install? Has anyone done a bit for bit comparison of
the different vista dvds? I think that there is something different. I know
for sure that the enterprise version is different and so is the oem version.
I know with xp the different flavors had a few different files.

 

[Zim Babwe]

I think this is what you are looking for

http://www.instantvista.com/windows-vista-upgrade.html

 

[Dave B.]

If you enter a product key for a full version, your installing the full
version, not the upgrade.
There is no full install media, as you stated yourself, the full and upgrade
media are the same.

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[Guest]

I already know about this, I specifically stated I am not talking about the
install vista twice trick. I am looking to see if there are any different
files between the Retail Full, Retail Upgrade and OEM.

 

[Rock]

Since most vista dvds are supposed to be the same I was wondering about a
few
things. Is it possible to do a full install from the vista upgrade
media(not
taking about the install twice trick), but when you get to the part of the
install when it ask for a key you enter a full install serial key instead
of
the upgrade one. Would this work? Would the full install media let you use
an
upgrade key to do clean install? Has anyone done a bit for bit comparison
of
the different vista dvds? I think that there is something different. I
know
for sure that the enterprise version is different and so is the oem
version.
I know with xp the different flavors had a few different files.

With the exception of the volume license edition of Vista, all the retail
Vista DVDs are the same - upgrade and full are no different. The difference
is in the keys. The key is what unlocks the particular version and whether
it's upgrade or full.