Hello,
If you have installed Vista with slipstreamed Beta Sp1, you should be able
to upgrade if you have RTM Windows Vista integrated ( slipstreamed) media.
You should be able to go from Beta SP1 Windows Vista to RTM SP1
integrated(Slipstreamed) Windows Vista.
Thanks,
Darrell Gorter[MSFT]
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights
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| >Subject: Re: VISTA SP1 Evaluation Copy Upgrade
| >Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2008 10:27:56 -0600
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| >Since you have installed Vista at service pack level one already, there
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| >no uninstallation possible because there are no pre-SP1 files to roll
back
| >to. You must reinstall Windows.
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| >| >> Greetings?
| >>
| >> Is there a similar procedure for those of us that installed Vista
Ultimate
| >> with SP1 (RC1) slipstreamed? The provided procedure will not sork for
us
| >> since SP1 was included in the original install bits.
| >>
| >> Thanks in advance for any assistance or guidance you can provide!
| >>
| >> -Dennis Nichol
| >>
| >> "Carey Frisch [MVP]" wrote:
| >>
| >>> Uninstall Vista Service Pack 1 Beta
| >>>
http://vistasupport.mvps.org/uninstall_sp1_beta.htm
| >>>
| >>> Learn how to install Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1)
| >>>
http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/windows/en-us/Help/133c8953-c9cd-4fa5-8883-
03e91bb6f2021033.mspx
| >>>
| >>> Windows Vista Service Pack 1 Standalone (KB936330)
| >>>
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=b0c7136d-5ebb-413b-
89c9-cb3d06d12674&DisplayLang=en
| >>>
| >>>
| >>> --
| >>> Carey Frisch
| >>> Microsoft MVP
| >>> Windows Desktop Experience -
| >>> Windows Vista Enthusiast
| >>>
| >>> ---------------------------------------------------------------
| >>>
| >>> | >>> On a previously registered copy of VISTA Ultimate, I installed an
| >>> evaluation
| >>> copy of Windows SP1. In the bottom right part of my screen, it
states:
| >>> "Windows VISTA (TM)Evaluation Copy Build 6001." Now, many months
later,
| >>> I
| >>> have begun getting balloons that my evaluation copy is about to
expire,
| >>> and I
| >>> need to install any version of Windows VISTA. I REALLY do not want
to do
| >>> a
| >>> clean install, or loose any data or programs. Can anyone please tell
me
| >>> what
| >>> the procedure is?
| >>>
| >>> Many thanks,
| >>> MoonHowler
| >>>
| >
| >
