Hi Jim,

Usually, an inplace upgrade preserves existing installed programs.

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Best of Luck,

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

"Jim103144" <Jim103144@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> In april when I was struggling, an Elevated MS tech who suggested I
> reformat
> my hard drive described the "In Place" clean install using my purchased
> Vista
> Ultimate Upgrade Dvd. I forgot. Just Read Paul Randall's description. But
> here's the thing: I'm half way through, didn't do Part II, the
> install/upgrade from Vista itself yet. So in the intervening 7 days of my
> temp. activation, I already installed a zillion programs on my new hard
> drive, on my original vista machine, spending much time and effort, having
> to
> call software people for new unlock codes etc.
>
> I should know this but don't : Will the new inplace upgrade that I do, if
> I
> go this route, wipe out the installations of these programs? Wil the
> programs
> themselves remain on the Vista drive (after I "upgrade" it), and if they
> remain, will they function without needing reinstallation?? The history
> behind this is in a previous post...
> Jim