Vista Upgrade from XP-pro

[Rock]

Ken, you are not listening to the timc101. You are just spouting the MS
party line.

3 things to get clear
- there is NO clear warning that Premium is downgrade (and hence not
supported "upgrade"). As Timc101 said, you have to dig around for some
really fine print. MSFT is touting the Vista as the best thing ever - how
can that possibly be considered a downgrade?
- the functionality in Premium is in all cases greater than or equal to
Pro
except in very few areas that many home users do not use - like domains.
- all we want is our files and programs to work without having to spend
20+
hours reinstalling everything again. I don't think anyone is expecting
some
free "pro" functionality to leak into Home Premium. Please do not treat
us
like idiots in this respect.
This is totally stupid product decision. It is a "decision" because they
enabled it in Ultimate.

What fine print? Even the OP admitted it was his fault. It clearly states
when running the upgrade advisor in XP Pro that to go to VHP requires a
custom install. And on this page which is linked to on the Vista Home web
site is this chart which shows the upgrade paths. What more clear info
would you need?

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/windowsvista/buyorupgrade/upgradepaths.mspx

One has to accept some responsibility for using their head and being an
informed purchaser.

 

[Rock]

I don't agree. Rock wrote "do the custom installation of VHP,
"

Yeah, right. I have office suite, video editing software, publishing
software, home accounting software, kids games, and a 100 other
applications.
Why should I spend 20+ hours reinstalling software when the capability to
upgrade is there? - just disabled by some stupid policy decision(yes - the
basic install without the WET restore takes 20+ hours).

Please, you think you are the only one with a system with a lot of apps?
Cry me a river elsewhere.