Installing Vista Ultimate

Can I upgrade my existing Windows Vista Enterprise to Vista Ultimate or do I
have do a clean install?

Thank you,
Esc

You can use the upgrade option for x86 Business to x86 Ultimate from the
Business desktop. If you go from x86 Business to x64 Ultimate you will need
to do a custom install started with a dvd boot of the system.

"Escribirs" <escribirs@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:uIcj80bRHHA.412@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> Can I upgrade my existing Windows Vista Enterprise to Vista Ultimate or do
> I have do a clean install?
>
> Thank you,
> Esc

Why would you want to do that. I would do a clean install in that scenario

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"Escribirs" <escribirs@gmail.com> wrote in message news:uIcj80bRHHA.412@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> Can I upgrade my existing Windows Vista Enterprise to Vista Ultimate or do I
> have do a clean install?
>
> Thank you,
> Esc
>

Peter

No offence intended, but you & others are always
assuming that every-one has their original disc's to
do a re-install.

I for one would have to go through 35, yes 35 upgrades
to get my 'Accounting Software' back to where it is today !

Sometimes there is no other choice but to do an in place
upgrade.

regards & no offence intended.

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"Peter Foldes" wrote:

> Why would you want to do that. I would do a clean install in that scenario
>
> --
> Peter
>
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> "Escribirs" <escribirs@gmail.com> wrote in message news:uIcj80bRHHA.412@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> > Can I upgrade my existing Windows Vista Enterprise to Vista Ultimate or do I
> > have do a clean install?
> >
> > Thank you,
> > Esc
> >
>

"Peter Foldes" <okf22@hotmail.com> wrote

> Why would you want to do that. I would do a clean install in that scenario

"Escribirs" <escribirs@gmail.com> wrote

> Can I upgrade my existing Windows Vista Enterprise to Vista Ultimate or do
> I
> have do a clean install?

Why Peter?

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Rock [MVP - User/Shell]

Rock

I find and found in the past that doing a clean install of a OS is a much cleaner and much more advantageous . There is no dependencies on files that are the same ( i.e. *.dll) but with different versions. This is my personal opinion and I do feel strongly about this. Answered as per my onion. Just like some say it is better to bottom post and some say it is better to top post. Who is to say who is right.

Thanks Rock.

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"Rock" <rock@nospam.net> wrote in message news:ewZcv1cRHHA.4844@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> "Peter Foldes" <okf22@hotmail.com> wrote
>
>> Why would you want to do that. I would do a clean install in that scenario
>
> "Escribirs" <escribirs@gmail.com> wrote
>
>> Can I upgrade my existing Windows Vista Enterprise to Vista Ultimate or do
>> I
>> have do a clean install?
>
> Why Peter?
>
> --
> Rock [MVP - User/Shell]
>

LoneWolf

I just told the OP that I WOULD in his place do a clean install. The answer that I gave him\her was a Yes if he wanted
to Upgrade (did not tell him\her that it is not possible) but I myself would do a clean install . Let me ask you something. Why would somebody for example go through 35 Upgrades of the OS to get a Accounting Software back to the way it is supposed to be. What does Upgrading a OS that many times have to do with a Software that is not the OS.
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"LoneWolf" <LoneWolf@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:FDE78AE9-1E26-40C4-9DBE-188FAA96312B@microsoft.com...
> Peter
>
> No offence intended, but you & others are always
> assuming that every-one has their original disc's to
> do a re-install.
>
> I for one would have to go through 35, yes 35 upgrades
> to get my 'Accounting Software' back to where it is today !
>
> Sometimes there is no other choice but to do an in place
> upgrade.
>
> regards & no offence intended.
>
> '''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' '''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' ''''''''''
>
> "Peter Foldes" wrote:
>
>> Why would you want to do that. I would do a clean install in that scenario
>>
>> --
>> Peter
>>
>> Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others
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>>
>> "Escribirs" <escribirs@gmail.com> wrote in message news:uIcj80bRHHA.412@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>> > Can I upgrade my existing Windows Vista Enterprise to Vista Ultimate or do I
>> > have do a clean install?
>> >
>> > Thank you,
>> > Esc
>> >
>>

"Peter Foldes" wrote

Rock

> I find and found in the past that doing a clean install of a OS is a much
> cleaner and much more advantageous.
> There is no dependencies on files that are the same ( i.e. *.dll) but
> with different versions. This is my personal
> opinion and I do feel strongly about this. Answered as per my onion. Just
> like some say it is better to
> bottom post and some say it is better to top post. Who is to say who is
> right.

Thanks Rock.

"Rock" wrote > "Peter Foldes" <okf22@hotmail.com> wrote
>
>> Why would you want to do that. I would do a clean install in that
>> scenario
>
> "Escribirs" <escribirs@gmail.com> wrote
>
>> Can I upgrade my existing Windows Vista Enterprise to Vista Ultimate or
>> do
>> I
>> have do a clean install?
>
> Why Peter?

I understand what you are saying but this case has many elements suggesting
a high probability for success with the upgrade. The OP wants to migrate
from one version of Vista to another. If the installation is stable there
is no reason to expect the drivers present wouldn't work in Ultimate, same
with the apps. The Vista install is a clean install because vista is laid
down as an image, then the apps and data migrated. This seems to me to be
the kind of scenario that has a very high probability of success. I would
image the system first, and also run WET putting the data on an external
drive or DVD, then do the upgrade. If things didn't work out you can always
go back to a custom install and bring back the data through WET or restore
the image and be back where you started.

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Rock [MVP - User/Shell]

Peter

You know as well as I do that doing a clean install
does not carry your programs over with it.
A clean install means re-installing your programs.
I didn't mention doing 35 upgrades to the OS.

I suggested that a clean install would require
the applications (programs, not OS) to be re-installed.

If es was to do a clean install he/she would have to re-install
all of his/her programs.

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"Peter Foldes" wrote:

> LoneWolf
>
> I just told the OP that I WOULD in his place do a clean install. The answer that I gave him\her was a Yes if he wanted
> to Upgrade (did not tell him\her that it is not possible) but I myself would do a clean install . Let me ask you something. Why would somebody for example go through 35 Upgrades of the OS to get a Accounting Software back to the way it is supposed to be. What does Upgrading a OS that many times have to do with a Software that is not the OS.
> --
> Peter
>
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>
> "LoneWolf" <LoneWolf@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:FDE78AE9-1E26-40C4-9DBE-188FAA96312B@microsoft.com...
> > Peter
> >
> > No offence intended, but you & others are always
> > assuming that every-one has their original disc's to
> > do a re-install.
> >
> > I for one would have to go through 35, yes 35 upgrades
> > to get my 'Accounting Software' back to where it is today !
> >
> > Sometimes there is no other choice but to do an in place
> > upgrade.
> >
> > regards & no offence intended.
> >
> > '''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' '''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' ''''''''''
> >
> > "Peter Foldes" wrote:
> >
> >> Why would you want to do that. I would do a clean install in that scenario
> >>
> >> --
> >> Peter
> >>
> >> Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others
> >> Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged.
> >>
> >> "Escribirs" <escribirs@gmail.com> wrote in message news:uIcj80bRHHA.412@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> >> > Can I upgrade my existing Windows Vista Enterprise to Vista Ultimate or do I
> >> > have do a clean install?
> >> >
> >> > Thank you,
> >> > Esc
> >> >
> >>
>

>I for one would have to go through 35, yes 35 upgrades
>to get my 'Accounting Software' back to where it is today !

Sorry about that. But that is what I understood from the line that you posted
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"LoneWolf" <LoneWolf@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:41C40FC4-072D-4352-9DB7-72689F7F7E4E@microsoft.com...
> Peter
>
> You know as well as I do that doing a clean install
> does not carry your programs over with it.
> A clean install means re-installing your programs.
> I didn't mention doing 35 upgrades to the OS.
>
> I suggested that a clean install would require
> the applications (programs, not OS) to be re-installed.
>
> If es was to do a clean install he/she would have to re-install
> all of his/her programs.
>
> '''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' '''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' ''''''''''''
>
> "Peter Foldes" wrote:
>
>> LoneWolf
>>
>> I just told the OP that I WOULD in his place do a clean install. The answer that I gave him\her was a Yes if he wanted
>> to Upgrade (did not tell him\her that it is not possible) but I myself would do a clean install . Let me ask you something. Why would somebody for example go through 35 Upgrades of the OS to get a Accounting Software back to the way it is supposed to be. What does Upgrading a OS that many times have to do with a Software that is not the OS.
>> --
>> Peter
>>
>> Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others
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>>
>> "LoneWolf" <LoneWolf@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:FDE78AE9-1E26-40C4-9DBE-188FAA96312B@microsoft.com...
>> > Peter
>> >
>> > No offence intended, but you & others are always
>> > assuming that every-one has their original disc's to
>> > do a re-install.
>> >
>> > I for one would have to go through 35, yes 35 upgrades
>> > to get my 'Accounting Software' back to where it is today !
>> >
>> > Sometimes there is no other choice but to do an in place
>> > upgrade.
>> >
>> > regards & no offence intended.
>> >
>> > '''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' '''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' ''''''''''
>> >
>> > "Peter Foldes" wrote:
>> >
>> >> Why would you want to do that. I would do a clean install in that scenario
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> Peter
>> >>
>> >> Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others
>> >> Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged.
>> >>
>> >> "Escribirs" <escribirs@gmail.com> wrote in message news:uIcj80bRHHA.412@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>> >> > Can I upgrade my existing Windows Vista Enterprise to Vista Ultimate or do I
>> >> > have do a clean install?
>> >> >
>> >> > Thank you,
>> >> > Esc
>> >> >
>> >>
>>