Upgrade from Beta 2 (5384.4) to future builds?

Can you do in-place upgrade from Beta 2 to future RC and finally RTM builds,
or clean install required for each beta until RTM?

It is never a good idea to attempt to upgrade from
a beta version to the RTM.

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"Alex" wrote:

| Can you do in-place upgrade from Beta 2 to future RC and finally RTM builds,
| or clean install required for each beta until RTM?

Its possible that build to build upgrades of the beta will be supported in
the software, but the scenario is not supported or recommended since unknown
problems can take place that will make it complex to diagnose issues. No,
the RTM will not support upgrades from the betas/RCs.
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"Alex" <Alex@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Can you do in-place upgrade from Beta 2 to future RC and finally RTM
> builds,
> or clean install required for each beta until RTM?

Totally not recommended.

Running Vista Beta > Clean installation
Running XP > Upgrade
Running WS03 > Upgrade

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"Carey Frisch [MVP]" <cnfrisch@nospamgmail.com> wrote in message
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> It is never a good idea to attempt to upgrade from
> a beta version to the RTM.
>
> --
> Carey Frisch
> Microsoft MVP
> Windows - Shell/User
> Microsoft Community Newsgroups
> news://msnews.microsoft.com/
>
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>
> "Alex" wrote:
>
> | Can you do in-place upgrade from Beta 2 to future RC and finally RTM
> builds,
> | or clean install required for each beta until RTM?
>

> Running WS03 > Upgrade
You can't upgrade from a Server operating system to a client operating
system.
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"Zack Whittaker" <admin@zacknet.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Totally not recommended.
>
> Running Vista Beta > Clean installation
> Running XP > Upgrade
> Running WS03 > Upgrade
>
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> rights. All opinions expressed are those of myself unless stated so, and
> not
> of my employer, best friend, Ghandi, my mother or my cat. Glad we cleared
> that up!
>
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> "Carey Frisch [MVP]" <cnfrisch@nospamgmail.com> wrote in message
> news:utMbyN6fGHA.5104@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...

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