The wrong vista

Hi to all, i am new to all thing pc and bought a laptop from dell before xmas
with xp pro o/s and chose the upgrade to vista business when released. I now
think that i will miss the video/media content that is offered in the home
version of vista and need to know if i should down grade to home or upgrade
to ultimate, also how do i go about doing this little task, many thanks to
anyone who can point me in the right direction.

Windows Vista Upgrade Advisor
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/pro...deadvisor.mspx

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows Shell/User

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"swiddzzon" wrote:

Hi to all, i am new to all thing pc and bought a laptop from dell before xmas
with xp pro o/s and chose the upgrade to vista business when released. I now
think that i will miss the video/media content that is offered in the home
version of vista and need to know if i should down grade to home or upgrade
to ultimate, also how do i go about doing this little task, many thanks to
anyone who can point me in the right direction.

"swiddzzon" <swiddzzon@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Hi to all, i am new to all thing pc and bought a laptop from dell before
> xmas
> with xp pro o/s and chose the upgrade to vista business when released. I
> now
> think that i will miss the video/media content that is offered in the home
> version of vista and need to know if i should down grade to home or
> upgrade
> to ultimate, also how do i go about doing this little task, many thanks to
> anyone who can point me in the right direction.



If you are new to PCs you will not need the advanced networking stuff in
Business or Ultimate. You should most probably be fine with Home Premium,
as will most other people.

ss.

Ultimate. How can you go wrong if you have it all?

"swiddzzon" <swiddzzon@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news2938978-C46D-45AB-85B8-7DA2D6086208@microsoft.com...
> Hi to all, i am new to all thing pc and bought a laptop from dell before
> xmas
> with xp pro o/s and chose the upgrade to vista business when released. I
> now
> think that i will miss the video/media content that is offered in the home
> version of vista and need to know if i should down grade to home or
> upgrade
> to ultimate, also how do i go about doing this little task, many thanks to
> anyone who can point me in the right direction.

"Colin Barnhorst" <colinbarharst@msn.com> wrote in message
news:OzvYJe8QHHA.3412@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> Ultimate. How can you go wrong if you have it all?

You can waste money on features you'll never use.

Tom Lake

No offense to anyone, but the Windows Vista upgrade advisor does not seem to
be the tool for this particular OP situation. The Upgrade Advisor is a
relative tool as well, that I've found to be frequently dead wrong and full
of incorrect advice on multiple pcs of all types. I've been running Vista
builds since the delivery room of the Beta, and on many machines the upgrade
advisor said you needed this or that to run Vista which was simply what the
federal government would call an 18USC 1001 false statement if MSFT's VP and
general counsel Brad Smith made it to a government agent. I somehow think
Brad Smith is not involved in the nuts and bolts of the Upgrade Advisor--at
least from what I read in the NYT article on Ballmer yesterday,

The more I run the Upgrade Advisor on more pcs, the more ridiculously it
performs.

However you seemed to ask what editions of Vista offer what features and how
you can upgrde your Vista to include them, and the following refs should
help:

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/pro...radepaths.mspx

How to install Windows Vista (See upgrade section of this MSKB)
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/918884/en-us

http://www.dell.com/content/topics/g...cs=&l=en&s=dhs

CH






"swiddzzon" <swiddzzon@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news2938978-C46D-45AB-85B8-7DA2D6086208@microsoft.com...
> Hi to all, i am new to all thing pc and bought a laptop from dell before
> xmas
> with xp pro o/s and chose the upgrade to vista business when released. I
> now
> think that i will miss the video/media content that is offered in the home
> version of vista and need to know if i should down grade to home or
> upgrade
> to ultimate, also how do i go about doing this little task, many thanks to
> anyone who can point me in the right direction.

Swiddzzon--

I meant to add these links:

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/pro...s/default.mspx

Which Vista Edition is Right for You?
http://www.extremetech.com/article2/...2068718,00.asp

Good luck,

CH



"swiddzzon" <swiddzzon@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news2938978-C46D-45AB-85B8-7DA2D6086208@microsoft.com...
> Hi to all, i am new to all thing pc and bought a laptop from dell before
> xmas
> with xp pro o/s and chose the upgrade to vista business when released. I
> now
> think that i will miss the video/media content that is offered in the home
> version of vista and need to know if i should down grade to home or
> upgrade
> to ultimate, also how do i go about doing this little task, many thanks to
> anyone who can point me in the right direction.

"swiddzzon" <swiddzzon@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news2938978-C46D-45AB-85B8-7DA2D6086208@microsoft.com...
> Hi to all, i am new to all thing pc and bought a laptop from dell
> before xmas
> with xp pro o/s and chose the upgrade to vista business when
> released. I now
> think that i will miss the video/media content that is offered in
> the home
> version of vista and need to know if i should down grade to home or
> upgrade
> to ultimate, also how do i go about doing this little task, many
> thanks to
> anyone who can point me in the right direction.

Yes - if you require the Media Center capability then you chose the
wrong version and probably wanted Home Premium.
In which case contact Dell and plead your case with them since they
are the one you are buying the product through and the upgrade.

--

Mike Brannigan

I learned long ago that I grow into my software. If I only bought today
what I know how to use today I would still be writing with edlin.

"Tom Lake" <tlake@twcny.rr.com> wrote in message
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>
> "Colin Barnhorst" <colinbarharst@msn.com> wrote in message
> news:OzvYJe8QHHA.3412@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>> Ultimate. How can you go wrong if you have it all?
>
> You can waste money on features you'll never use.
>
> Tom Lake
>

In article <e0MEA4BRHHA.4916@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl>, colinbarharst@msn.com
(Colin Barnhorst) wrote:

> *From:* "Colin Barnhorst" <colinbarharst@msn.com>
> *Date:* Mon, 29 Jan 2007 20:23:04 -0700
>
> I learned long ago that I grow into my software. If I only bought
> today what I know how to use today I would still be writing with
> edlin.
>
How very true :-)

It applies to hardware too!

John

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