Easy, you can install the version of Vista you bought from the upgrade CD
without entering the CD key, hence getting a 30 day trail. After that you
can start the "upgrade" from within Vista itself, hence upgrading a
unactivated Vista trail to Vista, but this time enter the CD key and
activate. Its pretty simple, Vista does not check for Windows XP or 2000,
just for Windows. :I

"iceman" <xxxiceman77@email.it> skrev i meddelandet
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> Frankster ha usato la sua tastiera per scrivere :
>> The recommended upgrade path to maintain the same networking capabilities
>> of XP Pro is Biz or Ultimate. If you chose any of the Home products, you
>> will have to do a clean install (not an in-place upgrade). This may be
>> okay with your if you don't anticipate needing your machine to be a
>> member of a Windows Domain.
>>
>> http://www.microsoft.com/windows/pro...radepaths.mspx
>>
> The pc is not member of a domain. it actually is a stand alone pc.
> i read that vista's upgrade versions don't allow to do a clean-install,
> because they search for an already installed version of xp.
> so, how can i do a clean install in this case?
> thnx
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