RC1 over pre RC1?

[M. Trussell]

Does anyone know if we can load RC1 over pre RC1?

Thanks

M. Trussell

 

[Guest]

quick answer

if you have the beta 2, make sure youve ran all the updates first then you
can simply do the upgrade or a clean install of the RC1.

i did the upgrade as its easier and kept all my programs etc etc

 

[Guest]

Does anyone know if we can load RC1 over pre RC1?

No, this scenario is not allowed.
And anyway a fresh install is always recommended

 

[Guest]

my apologies

*copies and pasted from email*

Important Information about Windows Vista RC1 . We remind you that RC1 is
pre-release software and you should not run this on production or
mission-critical PCs. Support will be limited to newsgroups, and you may have
to do a clean install to move from this release to the final release of
Windows Vista.

.. You may upgrade an existing installation of Windows Vista Beta 2 or
Windows XP to this release. However you will have to do a clean install if
you want to get back to a previous configuration.

.. Before upgrading from Beta 2 to RC1, please install any Critical Updates
from Windows Update for Beta 2. Go to Start, All Programs, Windows Update,
and click the "Check for Updates" button.

 

[Colin Barnhorst]

MS is not recommending a clean install.

No, this scenario is not allowed.
And anyway a fresh install is always recommended

 

[Doug]

Contrary to my usual clean installs, I upgraded Pre-RC1 5536 to RC1 5600,
just to see if I could, with no problems at all, took 2 hours and 12
minutes.

Doug

 

[Mario Rosario]

Yap! I upgraded from pre-rc1 to rc1, no noticeable problems.