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Windows Forum / Windows Vista / Administration / January 2008Fresh system
I have run Windows XP professional for awhile now and then upgraded to Vista Premium. Encountering lots of problems in terms of networking (that previously existed) between my two laptops (both with vista) and some other issues. There are also a number of "dead" links in areas like user account controls and that sort of thing....any ways my main question is this.... Can I wipe my hard drive and put a new fresh install of Vista Premium only using the "Upgrade" disc that I bought or does it rely on the previous version I had..? Jafans See the following website. Vista Hands On #4: Clean install with an upgrade key: http://blogs.zdnet.com/Bott/?p=196  SignatureRonnie Vernon Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User >I have run Windows XP professional for awhile now and then upgraded to >Vista [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > using the "Upgrade" disc that I bought or does it rely on the previous > version I had..? Hi Jafans, You can only upgrade Win XP Pro to Vista Business, Ultimate or Enterprise (if you have a suitable licence). All other versions of Vista need to be clean-installed. If you follow the instructions in my post 'Clean Install Windows Vista Using Upgrade Media' in the newsgroup 'Windows Vista Installation and Setup', (dated 9/21/2007), you should be able to solve your problem. In actual fact, regardless of the version of Vista that you have I would recommend a clean install as opposed to an upgrade install. Dwarf http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/en-us/default.aspx?&lang=en&cr=U S&guid=&sloc=en-us&dg=microsoft.public.windows.vista.installation_setup&p=1&tid= c2e2a2bd-c0ed-4c78-ae89-5eb74dcf2be7&mid=c2e2a2bd-c0ed-4c78-ae89-5eb74dcf2be7 > I have run Windows XP professional for awhile now and then upgraded to Vista > Premium. Encountering lots of problems in terms of networking (that [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > using the "Upgrade" disc that I bought or does it rely on the previous > version I had..? |
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