Upgrade or clean install

I am currently running Vista Ultimate (RC release 1) on one of my computers.
It is the only OS on this computer. Do I need to do a clean istall or an
upgrade? My suspiscion is a Clean Install.

RC1 isn't an upgrade option for the Vista Upgrade disk. It's better to do
the clean install, although with the full version disk, it will allow the
upgrade.

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Dustin Harper
dharper@vistarip.com
http://www.vistarip.com

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"Mary Mc" <MaryMc@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:618EBC24-428A-473E-9F7A-31B2725E7628@microsoft.com...
>I am currently running Vista Ultimate (RC release 1) on one of my
>computers.
> It is the only OS on this computer. Do I need to do a clean istall or an
> upgrade? My suspiscion is a Clean Install.

Thank you for the help dustin.

"Dustin Harper" wrote:

> RC1 isn't an upgrade option for the Vista Upgrade disk. It's better to do
> the clean install, although with the full version disk, it will allow the
> upgrade.
>
> --
> Dustin Harper
> dharper@vistarip.com
> http://www.vistarip.com
>
> --
> "Mary Mc" <MaryMc@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:618EBC24-428A-473E-9F7A-31B2725E7628@microsoft.com...
> >I am currently running Vista Ultimate (RC release 1) on one of my
> >computers.
> > It is the only OS on this computer. Do I need to do a clean istall or an
> > upgrade? My suspiscion is a Clean Install.
>

Mary--

My advice is not to upgrade from a Beta (RC1) that was released September 1,
2006 to an RTM that was released November 8, 2007. You have a much greater
chance of stability by either upgrading from a legacy OS, or better still
doing a full install.

CH

"Mary Mc" <MaryMc@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:618EBC24-428A-473E-9F7A-31B2725E7628@microsoft.com...
>I am currently running Vista Ultimate (RC release 1) on one of my
>computers.
> It is the only OS on this computer. Do I need to do a clean istall or an
> upgrade? My suspiscion is a Clean Install.

November 8, 2007?
"Chad Harris" <vistaneedsmuchowork.net> wrote in message
news:OznLMOiTHHA.3592@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> Mary--
>
> My advice is not to upgrade from a Beta (RC1) that was released September
> 1, 2006 to an RTM that was released November 8, 2007. You have a much
> greater chance of stability by either upgrading from a legacy OS, or
> better still doing a full install.
>
> CH
>
> "Mary Mc" <MaryMc@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:618EBC24-428A-473E-9F7A-31B2725E7628@microsoft.com...
>>I am currently running Vista Ultimate (RC release 1) on one of my
>>computers.
>> It is the only OS on this computer. Do I need to do a clean istall or an
>> upgrade? My suspiscion is a Clean Install.
>

I will follow your advice and do a full clean install of Vista on this
computer.
I do have another question though. I love it so far, but, I have one little
problem. I do believe it has to do with power. The computer I refer to is a
laptop, and on inital boot my screen will nearly go white,then it recovers,
and anytime I try to run on battery I have the same issue. As long as it
remains plugged in to AC power, no problems.


"Chad Harris" wrote:

> Mary--
>
> My advice is not to upgrade from a Beta (RC1) that was released September 1,
> 2006 to an RTM that was released November 8, 2007. You have a much greater
> chance of stability by either upgrading from a legacy OS, or better still
> doing a full install.
>
> CH
>
> "Mary Mc" <MaryMc@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:618EBC24-428A-473E-9F7A-31B2725E7628@microsoft.com...
> >I am currently running Vista Ultimate (RC release 1) on one of my
> >computers.
> > It is the only OS on this computer. Do I need to do a clean istall or an
> > upgrade? My suspiscion is a Clean Install.
>
>