Upgrading To Vista Question

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Classic example of STUPID Microsoft strong arm marketing to get prior
customers to "over" upgrade.

Classic example of you opening with an insult (as usual).

I was in the same situation, I also have XP Pro. I too wished to
upgrade to XP Home Premium. Why? Because it had features more useful
to me than the business version which I ended up switching to.

The point that always zooms over the goofy fanboy crowd is prior to
Vista then were only two choices, the more common home version and the
pro version.

"Fanboy's' didn't know that? You're that stupid?

Now with four choices you are forced to get what you

don't want.

Really? Another stupid ignorant statement from you. Keep it up...this is
getting good!

Worse, you end up losing features you did want. Business

version doesn't include the popular video features I actually wanted.

So you bought it anyway? OMG! Where you that drunk on that day?

What is further annoying is if the business version is a "higher" up
the totem pole version...

It's a "business version".

then why does it exclude features that the home

premium version has? Simple answer, to try to force you into the most
expensive Ultimate version. Well, I didn't bite.

Yeah! Brilliant! You got what you paid for and deserve cause you proly
didn't bother to read the label, or go to the MS website did you?
Oh, I forgot, it's all MS's fault.
There is something really wrong with you mr gotemeyer.
Get some help and stop whining.

 

[Kicking Albright]

Ringmaster wrote:

<snipped>

We are all tired of you and this stupid fanboy BS of yours Albright.
What is wrong with you?

 

[Mick Murphy]

Ryan, have not tried it on older OSs.
Normally, the hardware would not be enough to run Vista.
I do know that you can not put an upgrade disk in W2K and do an upgrade.
It does have to be a clean install!
Never tried a clean install in W2K with an upgrade disk.

Mick Murphy - Qld - Australia

 

[Mrs. Ringmaster]

Classic example of STUPID Microsoft strong arm marketing to get prior
customers to "over" upgrade.

I was in the same situation, I also have XP Pro. I too wished to
upgrade to XP Home Premium. Why? Because it had features more useful
to me than the business version which I ended up switching to.

The point that always zooms over the goofy fanboy crowd is prior to
Vista then were only two choices, the more common home version and the
pro version. Now with four choices you are forced to get what you
don't want. Worse, you end up losing features you did want. Business
version doesn't include the popular video features I actually wanted.
What is further annoying is if the business version is a "higher" up
the totem pole version then why does it exclude features that the home
premium version has? Simple answer, to try to force you into the most
expensive Ultimate version. Well, I didn't bite.

Actually, Mr. Ringmaster wrote Santa Claus a letter last year
and asked for Vista Ultimate for Christmas. Santa Claus did
not give him anything last year because Ringmaster was naughty
and not nice!

 

[Colin Barnhorst]

My apologies for the misunderstanding.
Out of curiosity, would a clean install on an upgrade copy also work with
people who have
windows me or 98SE?

Unlike previous versions of Windows a Vista upgrade product key does not
check any shiny media for compliance. It looks on the computer for an
existing Windows instead. In your case it would find XP. Windows ME and 98
do not qualify for upgrade to Vista and Vista upgrade Setup cannot even run
from an ME or 98 desktop. Since there is no shiny media check like XP
upgrade editions use, any ME or 98 cds you have are totally useless with
regards to upgrading to Vista.

Start Vista Setup from the XP desktop and choose Custom install if you wish
to do a "clean install." After the installation you can remove the
windows.old files. All installations of Vista are clean installations of
the OS so there is no need to do a classic clean install.

 

[Ryan Hayward]

Certainly. However you can not use it to upgrade from XP Professional,
only from XP Home.




You can not do that either. Unlike with XP, Vista upgrade disks don't
do clean installations.

Strangely enough, you were wrong.
Also http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20060730-7384.html

"Note that the requirement for clean installs does not mean that the user is
required to purchase a full version of the operating system. XP Pro, XP Pro
x64 and Windows 2000 users will still be able to purchase the "upgrade
edition" of any version of Vista. They just won't be able to upgrade with
their existing files and settings in place."

 

[Nonny]

Strangely enough, you were wrong.

Colin needs to conduct a seminar for all the MVPs to bring them up to
date on EULAs and OEM vs Retail discs, and what can and cannot be done
with either.

FAST.

 

[Rich]

Childishness snipped ....


Go work for a liberal politicial, they absolutely love logic like yours.


Rich, offering career choices

 

[Richard Urban]

You misread the question and therefore gave the wrong answer.

Any version of Vista can be used to upgrade [move to the newer operating
system] Windows XP Professional. Some "require" a clean install (Vista HOME
Basic and Vista Premium). Others allow both a clean install OR an "in place"
upgrade (Business or Ultimate).

The O/P wants to perform a CLEAN install of Vista Premium over Windows XP
Professional (NOT an in-place upgrade). He can most certainly do that, both
legally and technically.

--

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP
Windows Desktop Experience

 

[Richard Urban]

I misread the question and gave the wrong answer.

--

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP
Windows Desktop Experience

You misread the question and therefore gave the wrong answer.

Any version of Vista can be used to upgrade [move to the newer operating
system] Windows XP Professional. Some "require" a clean install (Vista
HOME Basic and Vista Premium). Others allow both a clean install OR an "in
place" upgrade (Business or Ultimate).

The O/P wants to perform a CLEAN install of Vista Premium over Windows XP
Professional (NOT an in-place upgrade). He can most certainly do that,
both legally and technically.

--

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP
Windows Desktop Experience

 

[Synapse Syndrome]

I misread the question and gave the wrong answer.

LOL

ss.

 

[Karl Snooks]

Ryan,
Clean-install the Vista upgrade version on any hard drive, with no prior
XP or W2K installation — or even a CD — required.

http://www.windowssecrets.com/comp/070201#story1


karl