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Windows Forum / Windows Vista / Setup and Deployment / April 2007installation
I own a copy of XP home. I am in the process of building a new pc and want to transfer the operating system rights from my old pc and will remove it from the hard drive. Is there any other way of installing Vista home premimum on the new machine without going through a install of my XP home operating system? Can I get a clean install? Hi mp2-- Essentially yes. Here's what you can do: Vista Hands On #4: Clean install with an upgrade key by Ed Bott http://blogs.zdnet.com/Bott/?p=196 Windows Vista Inside Out http://www.edbott.com/weblog/?p=1591 Additional Articles on using the "workaround": Workaround Discovered For "Clean Install" With Vista Upgrade DVDs Microsoft Confirms Vista Upgrade Limitations (Updated with Workaround) http://www.dailytech.com/Workaround+Discovered+For+Clean+Install+With+Vista+Upgr ade+DVDs/article5932.htm Paul Thurrott / January 29, 2007 http://www.windowsitpro.com/mobile/pda/Article.cfm?ArticleID=95011&News=1 MSFT Ignores Vista Upgrade Loophole http://www.mstalkonline.com/microsoft-ignores-vista-upgrade-loophole/ Good luck, CH >I own a copy of XP home. I am in the process of building a new pc and want > to transfer the operating system rights from my old pc and will remove it [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Can I get a clean install? When you use an existing operating as a base for installing an upgrade version of a new operating system, the old O/S is subsumed into the new O/S. In other words, you would not be able (under the EULA) to continue to use Windows XP on the old computer. If you want Vista on the new computer and Windows XP on the old computer you would need a full install version of Vista for the new computer. Yeah! I know there are ways around this but I do not delve into these.  SignatureRegards, Richard Urban Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User (For email, remove the obvious from my address) Quote from George Ankner: If you knew as much as you think you know, You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew! >I own a copy of XP home. I am in the process of building a new pc and want > to transfer the operating system rights from my old pc and will remove it [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Can I get a clean install? |
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