Upgrade from Premium to Business

I have a new laptop with Home Premium installed. If I upgrade to Business,
will the media center and photo options that came with Premium remain...or
will they be wiped out by installing the Business upgrade version?

I don't think you can upgrade from Home Premium to Business without a clean
install. You can upgrade to Ultimate from Home Premium.....
"tomrv8" <tomrv8@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:9F155112-072E-4794-9D73-3BD4F69D521B@microsoft.com...
>I have a new laptop with Home Premium installed. If I upgrade to Business,
> will the media center and photo options that came with Premium remain...or
> will they be wiped out by installing the Business upgrade version?

"tomrv8" <tomrv8@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote

>I have a new laptop with Home Premium installed. If I upgrade to Business,
> will the media center and photo options that came with Premium remain...or
> will they be wiped out by installing the Business upgrade version?


You can't do an upgrade in place from VHP to Business. Only a custom
install though you can use a Business upgrade version to do it. You will
get with Business only those features that come with Business.

The upgrade in place path for VHP is to Vista Ultimate.

--
Rock [MS-MVP User/Shell]

In article <9F155112-072E-4794-9D73-3BD4F69D521B@microsoft.com>, tomrv8
says...
> I have a new laptop with Home Premium installed. If I upgrade to Business,
> will the media center and photo options that came with Premium remain...or
> will they be wiped out by installing the Business upgrade version?
>
THey'll be wiped. Stick with Home unless you need to join a Domain.
THere's little of value in it for the average Joe.

--
Conor

Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright
until you hear them speak.........

Thanks Conor, that's the info I was looking for...I do indeed need to join a
Domain at my office. Guess I'll have to pony up for Ultimate...

"Conor" wrote:

> In article <9F155112-072E-4794-9D73-3BD4F69D521B@microsoft.com>, tomrv8
> says...
> > I have a new laptop with Home Premium installed. If I upgrade to Business,
> > will the media center and photo options that came with Premium remain...or
> > will they be wiped out by installing the Business upgrade version?
> >
> THey'll be wiped. Stick with Home unless you need to join a Domain.
> THere's little of value in it for the average Joe.
>
> --
> Conor
>
> Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright
> until you hear them speak.........
>

[WildGenie]

Upgrade from Vista Business to Vista Premium