Vista Upgrade in Parallels - WORKS!


	Vista Upgrade in Parallels - WORKS!

davegrif

2-4-2007 3:49 PM

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vista, upgrade, parallels

davegrif says:

I found this hint on how to do the upgrade. It does require two (2) installs. The first time, UNCHECK the product key field and bypass anything that requests a key - confirm you have a valid key when asked. Then redo the upgrade within that VM.

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