over the years i have used microsoft i spent $$$$ and im still not happy i
have friends telling me to go linux as its free and more stable. im just
trying to get what i paid for, i don't want to have to buy a new disc as i
have 1 ready i don't whant to buy a new product key as i have 5 of them.
there must be a way to do this.

"Doug Smith" wrote:

> I agree. But I think it says "the software MAY...." The "may" refers
> to the software that is included in Ultimate. The problem being that
> your disk won't have the 64bit software on it, does it? As others have
> said, I guess that if you can get the right disk and your serial works,
> then probably give it a shot! Hell, I just popped out $140 for WinXP
> pro yesterday after finally giving up on Vista. As far as I'm
> concerned, MS owes me money & time for the technological mishap known as
> Vista. I'd try any method to get more out of MS after going through
> this debacle.
>
> cheers
>
>
> Riggs wrote:
> > Hi thanks for the replys.
> > the licence that i read from was the one which poped up when i first boot up
> > my computer the one i accepted so if i accept it dont that so an agreement
> > between me and microsoft, and if that is the case then i should be able to do
> > what it says in that licence i accepted.
> >
> > "Doug Smith" wrote:
> >
> >> No, you cannot upgrade from a 32bit oem to 64bit oem. I had several
> >> conversations with MS about this. The license terms you mention below
> >> refer to Vista Ultimate which gives you the ability to install any 32bit
> >> or 64bit version of Vista that you'd like as long as only 1 is installed
> >> at a time. Obviously this means that you can upgrade from 32bit premium
> >> oem to 64bit Ultimate.
> >>
> >> Riggs wrote:
> >>> Hi
> >>> I have got a new toshiba laptop with an AMD Turion64 x2 cpu and 2gb Ram
> >>> vista home Premium 32bit OEM.
> >>> I would like to know i can install a 64bit version of vista using using my
> >>> same product key i do understand i would have to unistall my 32bit version.
> >>>
> >>> MICROSOFT SOFTWARE LICENSE TERMS
> >>> c. Alternative Versions. The software may include more than one version,
> >>> such as 32-bit and
> >>> 64-bit. You may use only one version at one time.
> >>>
> >>>
>