Vista Problem

[Guest]

My wife bought me a copy of the Vista Home Premium Upgrade in March and all
went well until last week when I had a software issue with another programme
which caused me to have to re-install Vista. All went well but yesterday I
got a message that "if I did not validate my copy of Vista in the next 14
days that it would close. I tride to input the validation code but it states
that this code is for an upgrade and not for a a clean install (I didnt think
I had done a clean install nor could I with the copy I had which is an
upgrade?). I spoke to Microsoft Support and they say that I should of
installed my earlier copy of XP before re-stalling my Vista upgrade? This
seems a bit long winded surely there is an easier method? Thanks in advance
for your help.

 

[Mac]

I'm afraid you have two options -

1. Reinstall XP, upgrade to Vista.
2. Shout at your wife.

I'd go for option 1 ;-)

Good luck with whatever you choose...

 

[Guest]

I have read that it is possible to do a clean install (do not enter license
key and do not activate), then do an upgrade install (enter license key),
then activate.

 

[Rock]

My wife bought me a copy of the Vista Home Premium Upgrade in March and
all
went well until last week when I had a software issue with another
programme
which caused me to have to re-install Vista. All went well but yesterday
I
got a message that "if I did not validate my copy of Vista in the next 14
days that it would close. I tride to input the validation code but it
states
that this code is for an upgrade and not for a a clean install (I didnt
think
I had done a clean install nor could I with the copy I had which is an
upgrade?). I spoke to Microsoft Support and they say that I should of
installed my earlier copy of XP before re-stalling my Vista upgrade? This
seems a bit long winded surely there is an easier method? Thanks in
advance
for your help.

Yes the Vista upgrade is designed to be installed from the desktop of the
installed qualifying OS. So you'll need to reinstall XP then install the
Vista upgrade.

There is a work around to allow a clean install of the upgrade without the
qualifying OS. It involves a double install method, first installing
without the Vista product key, then doing an upgrade on that. Here is a
link for info on this.

http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=5932