Re: Ultimate will not install over my Home Premium

"Jim" <Jim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:1FBBCEB8-2E4C-474E-9DEF-F54621390A69@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
I have a full version of Home Premium and have been running it for a year or
more.
I bought Vista Ultimate upgrade. However when I try and install and upgrade
to Premium I get a message saying...

You need a newer version of this software to upgrade.

I am running Vista SP1. It offers to do a clean install, which I do not want.

What does Ultimate want?? It is so vague.

If it is an upgrade it certainly does not need a clean install.

Any help on this?

Jim




If you are running Vista SP1, and the version of Vista on the DVD is pre-SP1, it will not upgrade the system. If you have installed SP1 as an update to your system, you can uninstall it, run the upgrade and then re-apply SP1..



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