Swapping over Licences and versions

Posted: 05-03-2007, 09:18 AM

rogers_m

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Hi, wonder if someone could help me please, here goes...

I have two computers, one running Vista Home Premium and one XP Home. The
Vista one was originally an XP Pro version and I purchased and re-installed
Vista. I have now just received Vista Business as part of an upgrade for the
PC which is currently running Vista. Therefore I want to;

1/ Change the PC running Vista Home to run Vista Business ( I guess I will
need to uninstall Home or can I upgrade? if so what do I do as far as the
licence?)

2/ Upgrade the XP Home version to run Vista Home Premium (and use the
licence from the other machine as that will have the Vista Business Licence
now)

Surely this is a relatively easy thing to do but my only worry is the way
the validation/licence will have to be de-registered and re-registered for
Vista Home Premium.

Hope someone can help

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Rick Rogers

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Re: Swapping over Licences and versions

Posted: 05-03-2007, 11:03 AM

Hi,

Install the Vista Home Premium upgrade to the existing XP Home system, you
will simply need to phone in activation. The Business Upgrade will need to
be a clean installation ('custom' if started from within the existing
installation), you can't directly upgrade to it from Home Premium.
Applications will need to be reinstalled on that machine.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
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My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

"rogers_m" <rogers_m@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:EB67D8C6-BA3A-432F-914D-22ACFD856303@microsoft.com...

> Hi, wonder if someone could help me please, here goes...
>
> I have two computers, one running Vista Home Premium and one XP Home. The
> Vista one was originally an XP Pro version and I purchased and
> re-installed
> Vista. I have now just received Vista Business as part of an upgrade for
> the
> PC which is currently running Vista. Therefore I want to;
>
> 1/ Change the PC running Vista Home to run Vista Business ( I guess I will
> need to uninstall Home or can I upgrade? if so what do I do as far as the
> licence?)
>
> 2/ Upgrade the XP Home version to run Vista Home Premium (and use the
> licence from the other machine as that will have the Vista Business
> Licence
> now)
>
> Surely this is a relatively easy thing to do but my only worry is the way
> the validation/licence will have to be de-registered and re-registered for
> Vista Home Premium.
>
> Hope someone can help

Dyawlak

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Re: Swapping over Licences and versions

Posted: 05-03-2007, 01:50 PM

From licencing view point, if you received Vista Bus. as an upgrade for
Vista Home - you might find some small print that says the Vista Home is no
longer licenced.
"rogers_m" <rogers_m@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:EB67D8C6-BA3A-432F-914D-22ACFD856303@microsoft.com...

> Hi, wonder if someone could help me please, here goes...
>
> I have two computers, one running Vista Home Premium and one XP Home. The
> Vista one was originally an XP Pro version and I purchased and
> re-installed
> Vista. I have now just received Vista Business as part of an upgrade for
> the
> PC which is currently running Vista. Therefore I want to;
>
> 1/ Change the PC running Vista Home to run Vista Business ( I guess I will
> need to uninstall Home or can I upgrade? if so what do I do as far as the
> licence?)
>
> 2/ Upgrade the XP Home version to run Vista Home Premium (and use the
> licence from the other machine as that will have the Vista Business
> Licence
> now)
>
> Surely this is a relatively easy thing to do but my only worry is the way
> the validation/licence will have to be de-registered and re-registered for
> Vista Home Premium.
>
> Hope someone can help

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