Upgrade XP Pro to Vista Premium


	Upgrade XP Pro to Vista Premium

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7-1-2008 9:49 PM

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/94f4f377-53f2-4655-8f3d-76143447f7cc/DA14AEBD-E1C8-4546-963E-F170DC3E008E/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://windowsitpro.com/article/articleid/95011/microsoft-confirms-vista-upgrade-limitations-updated-with-workaround.html" href="http://windowsitpro.com/article/articleid/95011/microsoft-confirms-vista-upgrade-limitations-updated-with-workaround.html" style="font-size: 11px;">windowsitpro.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://windowsitpro.com/article/articleid/95011/microsoft-confirms-vista-upgrade-limitations-updated-with-workaround.html"><P><STRONG>UPDATE: </STRONG>I haven't tested this yet, as I don't have Vista Upgrade media to test, but I'm told that Microsoft's internal documentation does explain how to clean install Vista using an Upgrade version. It appears to be more of a workaround than a true clean install, however. Here's what it says.</P><P>1. Boot with the Windows Vista Upgrade DVD.</P><P>2. Click "Install Now."</P><P>3. Do not enter a Product Key When prompted. </P><P>4. When prompted, select the Vista product edition that you do have.</P><P>6. Install Vista normally.</P><P><DIV>7. Once the install is complete, restart the DVD-based Setup from within Windows Vista. Perform an in-place upgrade.</DIV> <BR />8. Enter your Product Key when prompted.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://windowsitpro.com/article/articleid/95011/microsoft-confirms-vista-upgrade-limitations-updated-with-workaround.html"><DIV>Why not make a backup image of Windows XP with a program like Acronis True Image 10.0? Its Vista compatible. If you have to reinstall Vista just load the Windows XP image on your drive, it takes about 2 minutes, and then reinstall Vista over Windows XP.</DIV></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/DA14AEBD-E1C8-4546-963E-F170DC3E008E/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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