Two Installations of Vista

[Derek]

Hi,
I recently tried to upgrade from Vista Basic to Vista Premium but the
activation key didn't work. So I recovered Vista Basic from the windows.old
file but there is still a corrupt version of Vista Premium on my hard disk.
Does anyone know how to remove it?

 

[philo]

Hi,
I recently tried to upgrade from Vista Basic to Vista Premium but the
activation key didn't work. So I recovered Vista Basic from the windows.old
file but there is still a corrupt version of Vista Premium on my hard disk.
Does anyone know how to remove it?

Just delete the folder it's in

 

[AJR]

Regarding "...still a corrupt version of Vista Premium ...." - in what way
corrupt? You state the activation key "did not work". When - when you tried
to activate the installation or when entering it as the product key at
installation?

 

[Rick Rogers]

Hi,

Take ownership of the folders and delete them. To take ownership, right
click a folder and select properties. On the security tab click advanced,
and go to the Owner tab and click the button to edit/change it to your
account. Enable the line to propagate to folders and subcontainers, then
click apply. It may take a few minutes to work through. You should then be
able to close up the folder properties and delete it.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

 

[Derek]

I tried to delete the folder but it says "You need permission to preform this
action".

 

[Derek]

I can't log into Vista Premium. It said that it was missing files and was
corrupt. regarding the product key, I typed it in and it said it was invalid
I tried several times to make sure I typed it in correctly but it didn't
work. I did this after installation. I just want to remove Premium.

 

[Derek]

I did as you said I changed it to the administrator account, which is mine,
but it still said i needed permission.

 

[Rick Rogers]

Hi,

No, not the administrator account. Use your account. And make sure that
these are actually the HP files.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

 

[Derek]

There are only two accounts to chose from, one with my name and the
adminisrator account. with either of these as the owner I am still unable to
delete the folder. I am a little confused. The account I log into every day
says that I'm the administrator

 

[Rick Rogers]

Hi,

What is the name of the folder you are trying to delete?

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

There are only two accounts to chose from, one with my name and the
adminisrator account. with either of these as the owner I am still unable
to
delete the folder. I am a little confused. The account I log into every
day
says that I'm the administrator