xp pro oem vista upgrade

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o7ns said:
Is it true you can't upgrade a xp pro oem to Vista ? o7ns
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No, it's not true. It doesn't matter if XP is OEM or retail, either is a
qualifying OS for using an upgrade version of Vista.

There are Vista newsgroups. Here is a list of them.

microsoft.public.windows.vista.administration_accounts_password
microsoft.public.windows.vista.file_management
microsoft.public.windows.vista.games
microsoft.public.windows.vista.general
microsoft.public.windows.vista.hardware_assessment
microsoft.public.windows.vista.hardware_devices
microsoft.public.windows.vista.installation_setup
microsoft.public.windows.vista.mail
microsoft.public.windows.vista.music_pictures_video
microsoft.public.windows.vista.networking_sharing
microsoft.public.windows.vista.performance_maintenance
microsoft.public.windows.vista.print_fax_scan
microsoft.public.windows.vista.security
 
Here is the upgrade matrix:

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

There is no distinction between OEM and retail versions in the list.

Note that Vista Home Premium can't be installed as an upgrade over XP Pro.
However, an upgrade copy of Home Premium can be used to do a clean install
on a machine that has XP Pro on it. (A clean install is supposed to be more
robust, anyway. I've only installed Vista once: Home Premium on an XP Home
machine. I ended up reinstalling Vista as a clean install, due to some
problems with the upgrade install.)


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