Upgrading Windows Vista Home Basic to Vista Home Premium

Posted: 03-01-2007, 05:07 AM
I recently ordered a new laptop that comes with Windows Vista Home Basic and
I was wondering if it was fine to upgrade it to Windows Vista Home Premium.
Will this cause any trouble or problems? Anyone know?
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Re: Upgrading Windows Vista Home Basic to Vista Home Premium
Posted: 03-01-2007, 08:38 PM
Windows Anytime Upgrade: frequently asked questions
http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Win...41b981033.mspx

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"CalBears07" wrote:

I recently ordered a new laptop that comes with Windows Vista Home Basic and
I was wondering if it was fine to upgrade it to Windows Vista Home Premium.
Will this cause any trouble or problems? Anyone know?
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Rock
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Re: Upgrading Windows Vista Home Basic to Vista Home Premium
Posted: 03-01-2007, 09:16 PM
"CalBears07" <CalBears07@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote
>I recently ordered a new laptop that comes with Windows Vista Home Basic
>and
> I was wondering if it was fine to upgrade it to Windows Vista Home
> Premium.
> Will this cause any trouble or problems? Anyone know?
Know that there are some limitations in the license for the Anytime Upgrade.
It can only be moved once to a new system. You might want to look at
purchasing a retail Vista Home Premium upgrade instead of the Anytime
Upgrade.

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Re: Upgrading Windows Vista Home Basic to Vista Home Premium
Posted: 03-01-2007, 11:48 PM
The anytime upgrade is not available in Australia. I tried to do it but
Australia wasn't in the list of supported countries.

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Dweebs

Rock wrote:
> "CalBears07" <CalBears07@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote
>> I recently ordered a new laptop that comes with Windows Vista Home
>> Basic and
>> I was wondering if it was fine to upgrade it to Windows Vista Home
>> Premium.
>> Will this cause any trouble or problems? Anyone know?
>
> Know that there are some limitations in the license for the Anytime
> Upgrade. It can only be moved once to a new system. You might want to
> look at purchasing a retail Vista Home Premium upgrade instead of the
> Anytime Upgrade.
>
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Re: Upgrading Windows Vista Home Basic to Vista Home Premium
Posted: 03-02-2007, 12:07 AM
"Dweebs" <dweebken@yahoo.com> wrote
> The anytime upgrade is not available in Australia. I tried to do it but
> Australia wasn't in the list of supported countries.
> Rock wrote:
>> "CalBears07" <CalBears07@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote
>>> I recently ordered a new laptop that comes with Windows Vista Home
>>> Basic and
>>> I was wondering if it was fine to upgrade it to Windows Vista Home
>>> Premium.
>>> Will this cause any trouble or problems? Anyone know?
>>
>> Know that there are some limitations in the license for the Anytime
>> Upgrade. It can only be moved once to a new system. You might want to
>> look at purchasing a retail Vista Home Premium upgrade instead of the
>> Anytime Upgrade.
With the limitations in the AU license, I don't recommend it.

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Re: Upgrading Windows Vista Home Basic to Vista Home Premium
Posted: 03-02-2007, 06:50 PM
Thanks guys, I did not know they had those upgrades. I can purchase a copy
of the Vista Premium upgrade from school for around $70, so If I do that,
will that be as good as getting one of the "Anytime Upgrades"? I'm not
limited to an "Anytime Upgrade" right?

-CalBears07
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Re: Upgrading Windows Vista Home Basic to Vista Home Premium
Posted: 03-02-2007, 08:27 PM
"CalBears07" <CalBears07@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote
> Thanks guys, I did not know they had those upgrades. I can purchase a
> copy
> of the Vista Premium upgrade from school for around $70, so If I do that,
> will that be as good as getting one of the "Anytime Upgrades"? I'm not
> limited to an "Anytime Upgrade" right?
Yes it will work just the same, and it's better than the Anytime Upgrade,
which has certain restrictions, such as it can only be moved to a new system
once.

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Re: Upgrading Windows Vista Home Basic to Vista Home Premium
Posted: 03-02-2007, 11:04 PM
Thank you very much. Much appreciated.



"Rock" wrote:
> "CalBears07" <CalBears07@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote
> > Thanks guys, I did not know they had those upgrades. I can purchase a
> > copy
> > of the Vista Premium upgrade from school for around $70, so If I do that,
> > will that be as good as getting one of the "Anytime Upgrades"? I'm not
> > limited to an "Anytime Upgrade" right?
>
> Yes it will work just the same, and it's better than the Anytime Upgrade,
> which has certain restrictions, such as it can only be moved to a new system
> once.
>
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Re: Upgrading Windows Vista Home Basic to Vista Home Premium
Posted: 03-02-2007, 11:59 PM
if you are purchasing the academic version it is not uncommon as in the past to have some functionality disabled.
might check with the vista web site to make sure that everything you wish vista to do is useable in that version.

mikeyhsd@sport.rr.commikeyhsd@sport.rr.com

"CalBears07" <CalBears07@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:247D7430-5D6E-4096-8CEB-BF5109888B76@microsoft.com...
Thank you very much. Much appreciated.



"Rock" wrote:
> "CalBears07" <CalBears07@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote
> > Thanks guys, I did not know they had those upgrades. I can purchase a
> > copy
> > of the Vista Premium upgrade from school for around $70, so If I do that,
> > will that be as good as getting one of the "Anytime Upgrades"? I'm not
> > limited to an "Anytime Upgrade" right?
>
> Yes it will work just the same, and it's better than the Anytime Upgrade,
> which has certain restrictions, such as it can only be moved to a new system
> once.
>
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>
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