The version you are upgrading is newer than the one you're upgrading from...

I have a machine with Vista Home Basic sp2. I'm gonna give it to my grand
daughter for Christmas and decided that I wanted to give it to her with Home
Premium.

My son had a copy of Vista Home Premium that he bought way back when it
first came out -- before any service pack releases -- for a custom build
that has long since been parted out.

I tried to use that disk to upgrade from but it grays out the upgrade option
because the version of Windows that I am trying to upgrade is newer than the
one I am upgrading from. Since Home Premium is super to Home Basic I assume
that the error is coming from the service pack difference.

Is there a way to get around this?

Thanks in advance,

Howard
Redmond, WA

"Howard Woodard" <woodard@msn.com> wrote in message
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> I have a machine with Vista Home Basic sp2. I'm gonna give it to my grand
> daughter for Christmas and decided that I wanted to give it to her with
> Home Premium.
>
> My son had a copy of Vista Home Premium that he bought way back when it
> first came out -- before any service pack releases -- for a custom build
> that has long since been parted out.
>
> I tried to use that disk to upgrade from but it grays out the upgrade
> option because the version of Windows that I am trying to upgrade is newer
> than the one I am upgrading from. Since Home Premium is super to Home
> Basic I assume that the error is coming from the service pack difference.
>
> Is there a way to get around this?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Howard
> Redmond, WA

Clean install?

In message <2B3666F0-C74E-443F-ABCB-F247395E2A05@microsoft.com> "Howard
Woodard" <woodard@msn.com> was claimed to have wrote:

>I have a machine with Vista Home Basic sp2. I'm gonna give it to my grand
>daughter for Christmas and decided that I wanted to give it to her with Home
>Premium.
>
>My son had a copy of Vista Home Premium that he bought way back when it
>first came out -- before any service pack releases -- for a custom build
>that has long since been parted out.
>
>I tried to use that disk to upgrade from but it grays out the upgrade option
>because the version of Windows that I am trying to upgrade is newer than the
>one I am upgrading from. Since Home Premium is super to Home Basic I assume
>that the error is coming from the service pack difference.
>
>Is there a way to get around this?

Only by reinstalling from scratch, otherwise, no.

Thanks for the responses Dave and Gregg. I knew that I could do a fresh
install -- I just was hoping that I wouldn't have to do it.

I wonder why no one has come up with a Vista equivalent to the XP utility
that lets you build a install disk from your current installation that
includes all of your updates.

Thanks again and have a great Holiday Season.

Howard
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"Dave Warren" <dave-usenet@djwcomputers.com> wrote in message
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> In message <2B3666F0-C74E-443F-ABCB-F247395E2A05@microsoft.com> "Howard
> Woodard" <woodard@msn.com> was claimed to have wrote:
>
>>I have a machine with Vista Home Basic sp2. I'm gonna give it to my grand
>>daughter for Christmas and decided that I wanted to give it to her with
>>Home
>>Premium.
>>
>>My son had a copy of Vista Home Premium that he bought way back when it
>>first came out -- before any service pack releases -- for a custom build
>>that has long since been parted out.
>>
>>I tried to use that disk to upgrade from but it grays out the upgrade
>>option
>>because the version of Windows that I am trying to upgrade is newer than
>>the
>>one I am upgrading from. Since Home Premium is super to Home Basic I
>>assume
>>that the error is coming from the service pack difference.
>>
>>Is there a way to get around this?
>
> Only by reinstalling from scratch, otherwise, no.

Installing SP2 "promotes" Vista basic - which accounts for the message
you are getting. Uninstall SP2 via Control Panel - install Premium
version and reinstall SP2.

Terrific!

Thanks Al.

Howard
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"Al" <ajrjdr@comcast.net> wrote in message
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> Installing SP2 "promotes" Vista basic - which accounts for the message
> you are getting. Uninstall SP2 via Control Panel - install Premium
> version and reinstall SP2.