Is Vista SP1 and other Vista updates necessary before upgrading to Windows 7?

Is Vista SP1 necessary or recommandable before upgrading to Windows 7?
Many people these days is upgrading from Windows Vista preinstalled on the
PC to Windows 7. In case of a complete recovery it's necessary to reinstall
Windows Vista and then upgrade to Windows 7 (if you have bought an upgrade
and not a complete Windows 7 version).

Yesterday I did a complete recovery and did a reinstallation of Vista
Premium.
After installation of Windows Vista I have so far done approximately 100
Windows Vista updates and is now continuing with SP1.

I have a Windows7 upgrade and plan to upgrade Windows Vista to Windows 7.
Could I had saved time upgrading directly from Windows Vista in the original
edition without all the other updates before upgrading to Windows 7, or was,
and is it correct to take this detour?

Hi, MAT.

All that is required to qualify for the upgrade is to have a qualifying
system installed and activated. It is not necessary that the qualifying
system be up to date - or even bootable.

RC
--
R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX
rc@grandecom.net
Microsoft Windows MVP
Windows Live Mail 2009 (14.0.8089.0726) in Win7 Ultimate x64

"MAT" <non-exit@non-exit.com> wrote in message
news:9DA3F161-8CB4-4A9B-BCBC-B21806BDBB66@microsoft.com...
> Is Vista SP1 necessary or recommandable before upgrading to Windows 7?
> Many people these days is upgrading from Windows Vista preinstalled on the
> PC to Windows 7. In case of a complete recovery it's necessary to
> reinstall Windows Vista and then upgrade to Windows 7 (if you have bought
> an upgrade and not a complete Windows 7 version).
>
> Yesterday I did a complete recovery and did a reinstallation of Vista
> Premium.
> After installation of Windows Vista I have so far done approximately 100
> Windows Vista updates and is now continuing with SP1.
>
> I have a Windows7 upgrade and plan to upgrade Windows Vista to Windows 7.
> Could I had saved time upgrading directly from Windows Vista in the
> original edition without all the other updates before upgrading to Windows
> 7, or was, and is it correct to take this detour?

You do not have to have it activated.

"R. C. White" <rc@grandecom.net> wrote in message
news:en9ZlB$ZKHA.2164@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> Hi, MAT.
>
> All that is required to qualify for the upgrade is to have a qualifying
> system installed and activated. It is not necessary that the qualifying
> system be up to date - or even bootable.
>
> RC
> --
> R. C. White, CPA
> San Marcos, TX
> rc@grandecom.net
> Microsoft Windows MVP
> Windows Live Mail 2009 (14.0.8089.0726) in Win7 Ultimate x64
>
> "MAT" <non-exit@non-exit.com> wrote in message
> news:9DA3F161-8CB4-4A9B-BCBC-B21806BDBB66@microsoft.com...
>> Is Vista SP1 necessary or recommandable before upgrading to Windows 7?
>> Many people these days is upgrading from Windows Vista preinstalled on
>> the PC to Windows 7. In case of a complete recovery it's necessary to
>> reinstall Windows Vista and then upgrade to Windows 7 (if you have bought
>> an upgrade and not a complete Windows 7 version).
>>
>> Yesterday I did a complete recovery and did a reinstallation of Vista
>> Premium.
>> After installation of Windows Vista I have so far done approximately 100
>> Windows Vista updates and is now continuing with SP1.
>>
>> I have a Windows7 upgrade and plan to upgrade Windows Vista to Windows 7.
>> Could I had saved time upgrading directly from Windows Vista in the
>> original edition without all the other updates before upgrading to
>> Windows 7, or was, and is it correct to take this detour?
>

No you don't

"Gary Mount" <gary_mount@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:A02AA91C-DD4B-4C86-8983-17636FCA3057@microsoft.com...
> You do not have to have it activated.
>
> "R. C. White" <rc@grandecom.net> wrote in message
> news:en9ZlB$ZKHA.2164@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>> Hi, MAT.
>>
>> All that is required to qualify for the upgrade is to have a qualifying
>> system installed and activated. It is not necessary that the qualifying
>> system be up to date - or even bootable.
>>
>> RC
>> --
>> R. C. White, CPA
>> San Marcos, TX
>> rc@grandecom.net
>> Microsoft Windows MVP
>> Windows Live Mail 2009 (14.0.8089.0726) in Win7 Ultimate x64
>>
>> "MAT" <non-exit@non-exit.com> wrote in message
>> news:9DA3F161-8CB4-4A9B-BCBC-B21806BDBB66@microsoft.com...
>>> Is Vista SP1 necessary or recommandable before upgrading to Windows 7?
>>> Many people these days is upgrading from Windows Vista preinstalled on
>>> the PC to Windows 7. In case of a complete recovery it's necessary to
>>> reinstall Windows Vista and then upgrade to Windows 7 (if you have
>>> bought an upgrade and not a complete Windows 7 version).
>>>
>>> Yesterday I did a complete recovery and did a reinstallation of Vista
>>> Premium.
>>> After installation of Windows Vista I have so far done approximately 100
>>> Windows Vista updates and is now continuing with SP1.
>>>
>>> I have a Windows7 upgrade and plan to upgrade Windows Vista to Windows
>>> 7.
>>> Could I had saved time upgrading directly from Windows Vista in the
>>> original edition without all the other updates before upgrading to
>>> Windows 7, or was, and is it correct to take this detour?
>>

Hi, Curious - and Gary.

Thanks for the correction.

RC
--
R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX
rc@grandecom.net
Microsoft Windows MVP
Windows Live Mail 2009 (14.0.8089.0726) in Win7 Ultimate x64

"Curious" <nobody@nspam.com> wrote in message
news:ePA5flFaKHA.1652@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> No you don't
>
> "Gary Mount" <gary_mount@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:A02AA91C-DD4B-4C86-8983-17636FCA3057@microsoft.com...
>> You do not have to have it activated.
>>
>> "R. C. White" <rc@grandecom.net> wrote in message
>> news:en9ZlB$ZKHA.2164@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>> Hi, MAT.
>>>
>>> All that is required to qualify for the upgrade is to have a qualifying
>>> system installed and activated. It is not necessary that the qualifying
>>> system be up to date - or even bootable.
>>>
>>> RC
>>> --
>>> R. C. White, CPA
>>> San Marcos, TX
>>> rc@grandecom.net
>>> Microsoft Windows MVP
>>> Windows Live Mail 2009 (14.0.8089.0726) in Win7 Ultimate x64
>>>
>>> "MAT" <non-exit@non-exit.com> wrote in message
>>> news:9DA3F161-8CB4-4A9B-BCBC-B21806BDBB66@microsoft.com...
>>>> Is Vista SP1 necessary or recommandable before upgrading to Windows 7?
>>>> Many people these days is upgrading from Windows Vista preinstalled on
>>>> the PC to Windows 7. In case of a complete recovery it's necessary to
>>>> reinstall Windows Vista and then upgrade to Windows 7 (if you have
>>>> bought an upgrade and not a complete Windows 7 version).
>>>>
>>>> Yesterday I did a complete recovery and did a reinstallation of Vista
>>>> Premium.
>>>> After installation of Windows Vista I have so far done approximately
>>>> 100 Windows Vista updates and is now continuing with SP1.
>>>>
>>>> I have a Windows7 upgrade and plan to upgrade Windows Vista to Windows
>>>> 7.
>>>> Could I had saved time upgrading directly from Windows Vista in the
>>>> original edition without all the other updates before upgrading to
>>>> Windows 7, or was, and is it correct to take this detour?
>>>

Thanks!
Using a laptop with pre-installed Windows Vista and upgrading to Windows 7.
Next time a complete recovery is necessary I'll save a lot of time going
directly from recovery to Windows 7 upgrade, Besides I plan to make an
image backup. Know it's not the right palce to ask, however many is
upgrading these days needing a complete backup before upgrade to Windows 7.
Any pro/cons Norton Ghost 15.0 http://www.symantec.com/norton/ghost versus
Acronis 2010 http://www.acronis.com/homecomputing...cts/trueimage/ ?