Vista Ultimate to Home

[Henry Hicks]

Okay, this is probably going to sound stupid but I have to ask.

I was given Vista Ultimate a few weeks ago but my Laptop can only handle
Home, is there anyway I can set it to install a chopped Ultimate or the Home
version?

Thanks in advance

 

[Rick Rogers]

Hi,

It's not the disk, it's the product key that determines which version gets
installed. Overhead for Home Premium and Ultimate are pretty much the same,
so if your laptop can't handle one it's unlikely that it will handle the
other.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

 

[Henry Hicks]

Thanks for the reply, I used the upgrade advisor to determine if it would
run, I said that Home premium would run all features but due to memory and
video that Ultimate would not. I know it's the Key that determines which is
installed but I only have the Ultimate key.

Thanks
Henry

 

[Henry Hicks]

Oh, and sorry for the delay in getting back to you, my wife took over my
computer and I had to beg her to let me have it back.

 

[Henry Hicks]

Edit last, "It said for I said"

Thanks for the reply, I used the upgrade advisor to determine if it would
run, I said that Home premium would run all features but due to memory and
video that Ultimate would not. I know it's the Key that determines which
is installed but I only have the Ultimate key.

Thanks
Henry

 

[Gary Mount]

Just don't install the parts of Ultimate that the laptop can't handle. For
example you need a minimum amount of video ram to run the Ultimate Extra
called Dream Scene, which gives you a video as your desktop background. I
stopped using that anyway on my Vista Ultimate.

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

Okay, this is probably going to sound stupid but I have to ask.

I was given Vista Ultimate a few weeks ago but my Laptop can only handle
Home,

No way is that correct. Please explain why you think that's so.

 

[Rick Rogers]

Am thinking that an advisor was run that "recommended" Home Premium as
opposed to Ultimate.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

Am thinking that an advisor was run that "recommended" Home Premium as
opposed to Ultimate.

Yes, I suppose that's very likely.