Re: upgrading xp to vista premium question

Hi Gary Tsang:
Sorry....I knew it was a dumb question! I'm about to change another pc
over to Vista and it tempts me to use the upgrade version and do a clean
install but I don't want to later be stuck re-installing XP MCE2005 from the
back up disks I made for my Gateway pc and then update it, validate it, all
before I can re-install from Vista Upgrade version. Then when I'm done, I
won't have a good clean, smooth running pc anyway LOL! Guess I'll have to
wait til my budget allows another retail version.......darn it.

xiowan..........in tucson

"Gary Tsang" wrote:

I suppose anything is possible, but I don't know the answer to that.

Sorry.

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Gary Tsang
http://www.gtsang.com

Microsoft MVP - Windows Media Center
http://www.microsoft.com/mvp



"xiowan" <xiowan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi Gary Tsang:
This is probably a dumb question. If someone does a clean install
using
an upgrade license as has often been described in this newsgroup is there
a
chance that Microsoft will later discover this and view it as a violation
of
the license and somehow invalidate the operating system, thus requiring a
re-installation of XP and install of Vista within XP?

xiowan..........in tucson

"Gary Tsang" wrote:

You can do an upgrade as per xiowan's post, but I'd highly recommend
doing a
clean install.
In the end, you will avoid many problems that most people have faced
while
doing upgrades (it might require more up-front time, but you'll gain that
time back by avoiding issues that would otherwise come from the upgrade
process).

--
Gary Tsang
http://www.gtsang.com

Microsoft MVP - Windows Media Center
http://www.microsoft.com/mvp



"doomey" <doomey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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If I was to upgrade to vista from a standard xp pc, to premiuml, would
I
need
anything else to make it work?
I ask this because I am trying (unsucesfuly) to upgrade from xp to
vista
premium.

Do I need to have an exsisting media centre pc to upgrade to premium?
If so the upgrade advisor does not pic up on this when you ask if you
cna
run other versions.
My advisor does indeed advise basic, but then offers premium if you
compare.

Sadly having paid for premium, I need to work out a way to make it
work,
or
take a hit and lose out by selling it at a considerable loss no doubt
:(

ANy help with my question would be most apreciated.






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