"paula" <nospam@nospam.com> wrote in message
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>I am currently running Vista Ultimate 32 bit and I want to install Windows
>7 when it comes out.
> According to the upgrade advisor I have to purchase the same "Ultimate"
> version in order to just do an upgrade.
> It says that if I want to install a lower version, I will have to do a
> clean install.
> My question is, if I purchase the lower version (Win 7 Professional), do I
> have to purchase the full version and not the upgrade version?
> IOW, can I still do a clean install from the upgrade version?
> If I recall there was a just this work around when Vista was first
> released.
> Would this still hold true for Windows 7?
> TIA
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Whatever version of Vista you are running, you will need the comparable
Windows 7 version or higher in order to do an in place upgrade.


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