XP Pro to Vista Business Upgrade

[John Leonard - Sage]

Read a lot re the installation problems with most other combinations.

I can not find much about " my needs - XP Prof to Vista Business Upgrade".

Two questions:

1) Is there a procedure manual to assist with installation? - I already
purchased the Upgrade and have read the manual with it.
2) Any know problems - other than the standard "Upgrade Advisor Checks"

Any thought or recommendations?

 

[JimR]

Read a lot re the installation problems with most other combinations.

I can not find much about " my needs - XP Prof to Vista Business Upgrade".

Two questions:

1) Is there a procedure manual to assist with installation? - I already
purchased the Upgrade and have read the manual with it.
2) Any know problems - other than the standard "Upgrade Advisor Checks"

Any thought or recommendations?

Run the Vista Upgrade Advisor. Uninstall all software and hardware the
Advisor shows as incompatible.

Uninstall all peripherals ( printers, external drives etc.)
Uninstall antivirus, active antispyware, third party firewall if present.
There is a really thorough step by step guide published by John Barnett
here - http://vistasupport.mvps.org/install_windows_vista.htm

 

[John Leonard - Sage]

Thanks Jim

I need to look at "Un-install" - do you mean to deactivate Norton (and
others) or uninstall it/them?

 

[JimR]

Read a lot re the installation problems with most other combinations.

I can not find much about " my needs - XP Prof to Vista Business Upgrade".

Two questions:

1) Is there a procedure manual to assist with installation? - I already
purchased the Upgrade and have read the manual with it.
2) Any know problems - other than the standard "Upgrade Advisor Checks"

Any thought or recommendations?

Uninstall. Even though some av and firewalls support Vista, uninstalling
them first will minimize install problems and also ensure that the version
you install later will support Vista.

 

[John Leonard - Sage]

THANKS JIM

Uninstall. Even though some av and firewalls support Vista, uninstalling
them first will minimize install problems and also ensure that the version
you install later will support Vista.