Re: Action Pack Vista Upgrade Question

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I installed on a new partition, moved data, then planned on wiping the
old partition, but just left it as a dual boot machine.

On Apr 25, 4:38 pm, Joe <j...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Richard K wrote:
OK, I like most others are not overjoyed with my Vista Upgrade that comes in
my MS Action Pack since I want to do a "clean" install. I remember someone
posting a workaround for this to get a clean upgrade but I don't remember the
steps.

BTW, if Microsoft is listening, this is a pretty stupid way to handle MS
Partners.

Thanks!

Install clean but don't enter the key and don't register. Then upgrade
install.

Though I've found a Vista install is about twenty minutes slower than
XP, so a clean XP followed by a Vista upgrade may well be quicker.


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