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Windows Forum / Windows Vista / General Topics / May 2008Upgrade Home basic to home premium
I understand this can be done online. The information says that I need the Anytime upgrade disk to complete the process. Is this so? Sorry to be stupid but need to know the steps involved. If I dont have an anytime upgrade disk, how do I get one? thanks Geoff You can go through the "Anytime Upgrade" program on your computer to see what you need. As I understand it if you do not have a disc that is labelled "Anytime Upgrade" you need to get that from your original manufacturer. It should be the Windows disc that came with your computer. Take a look at the grid at Microsoft's web site to see what you are missing with the "Home Basic" edition of Vista to see if it's worth it for you. -Phil > I understand this can be done online. The information says that I need the > Anytime upgrade disk to complete the process. Is this so? Sorry to be stupid [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Geoff The OEM never supplied these disks and profess not to know about them. I have the job of upgrading 7 Vista Home Basic PC's from various suppliers to Vista Ultimate as they need to be joined to a Server domain and I am snookered by this disc requirement. This must be a first - I am trying to give Microsoft money and they are making it difficult for me! Geoff > You can go through the "Anytime Upgrade" program on your computer to see > what [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] >> >> Geoff Retail install disks are also anytime upgrade disks if the logo is included, Windows Anytime Upgrade is present on the disc. The disc may have been included by the manufacturer with your computer at the time of purchase, or you can request a disc when you purchase the Windows Vista upgrade. You purchase and download a code. The software comes from the disk. > The OEM never supplied these disks and profess not to know about them. > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Geoff I now have the anytime upgrade disk and a valid key basic to ultimate. (Key and dvd purchased from an online retailer). I inserted the dvd, ran setup which went all the way through, didnt ask for a key, and left me with the original basic version. wtf?? what did I miss? Geoff > Retail install disks are also anytime upgrade disks if the logo is > included, Windows Anytime Upgrade is present on the disc. [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] >> >> Geoff 1. Open Windows Anytime Upgrade by clicking the Start button , clicking Control Panel, clicking System and Maintenance, and then clicking Windows Anytime Upgrade. 2. Follow the instructions on each page. When the upgrade is complete, you will have a new edition of Windows Vista running on your computer. To learn more about the new features that you just installed, read "What's new in Windows Vista" in the Welcome Center, which you'll see on your desktop, or search for "What's new" in Help and Support. For more information about Windows Anytime Upgrade, to compare and purchase editions of Windows Vista, and to get pricing information, go to Windows Anytime Upgrade online. >I now have the anytime upgrade disk and a valid key basic to ultimate. (Key >and dvd purchased from an online retailer). [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Geoff Thanks for that - its a little different from running setup from the dvd. Ill give it a try tomorrow... am a bit brain dead at the moment but as ever appreciate you taking the time to respond Geoff > 1. Open Windows Anytime Upgrade by clicking the Start button , clicking > Control Panel, clicking System and Maintenance, and then clicking Windows [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] >> >> Geoff Correction to my last post. Following these instructions just takes me to the buy online website. I have already purchased a valid upgrade key and DVD. Next? Geoff > Thanks for that - its a little different from running setup from the dvd. > Ill give it a try tomorrow... am a bit brain dead at the moment but as [quoted text clipped - 29 lines] >>> >>> Geoff > Correction to my last post. > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Geoff I think you better wait until you are less brain dead--> I know the feeling, after 3 pm I'm worthless. Which means I'm no good to you now. Anyway, stop being so needy. You should have downloaded software in your process. It is supposed to prepare and guide you through the upgrade for which you'll need the disk and the key you purchased. These instructions are all in the links I've given. Just read it all, be fresh and hopefully have a great holiday weekend. It can wait till Tuesday...hopefully. > 1. Open Windows Anytime Upgrade by clicking the Start button , clicking > Control Panel, clicking System and Maintenance, and then clicking [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > purchase editions of Windows Vista, and to get pricing information, go > to Windows Anytime Upgrade online. If Vista was a car (excluding the defunct Olds Vista) then expect to buy it and take it home for an upgrade. Like the Olds Vista, defunct. >>1. Open Windows Anytime Upgrade by clicking the Start button , clicking >>Control Panel, clicking System and Maintenance, and then clicking [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > If Vista was a car (excluding the defunct Olds Vista) then expect to buy > it and take it home for an upgrade. Like the Olds Vista, defunct. Are you speaking for all the idiots like you or just you? Frank >>> 1. Open Windows Anytime Upgrade by clicking the Start button , >>> clicking [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > Are you speaking for all the idiots like you or just you? > Frank Go look in the mirror and you will see the idiot he is speaking for. > You can go through the "Anytime Upgrade" program on your computer to see > what you need. As I understand it if you do not have a disc that is > labelled "Anytime Upgrade" you need to get that from your original > manufacturer. It should be the Windows disc that came with your > computer. The double dip. Would you buy a car that when you got home you realized you needed better tires? So why buy a crippled Vista PC knowing you need to replace it to a new version to run it? (Assuming it solves any issues). And you can't even try before you buy, but we know why. If most could try before they buy it would be Hasta La Vista baby. >> You can go through the "Anytime Upgrade" program on your computer to see >> what you need. As I understand it if you do not have a disc that is [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > try before you buy, but we know why. If most could try before they buy > it would be Hasta La Vista baby. I only got involved after they started to set the office up. I was asked to install a Server and part of my checks showed they had Vista Basic or Premium on their workstations. Domain join requires Business or Ultimate hence the upgrading nightmare I have been having. The upgrades are off the shelf from a reputable supplier, the keys are valid (I checked with Microsoft). Just the issue of not being able to get any workstation upgraded. Wish I had never been asked ... there must be easier ways to make money Geoff >> You can go through the "Anytime Upgrade" program on your computer to see >> what you need. As I understand it if you do not have a disc that is [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > try before you buy, but we know why. If most could try before they buy > it would be Hasta La Vista baby. Sorry Canuck! Our Computer Club's 24 computers that are running Vista are used daily by Club members to experience Vista. They then go out an buy! Buy new with the version that you want pre-installed by the manufacturer. They like the changes in the Explorers, the advances like the bread crumbs as one drills down in folders. They like it. |
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