I purchased a Dell Dimension E-521 with Vista Home Premium preinstalled by
Dell. I then bought a retail Vista Ultimate upgrade and installed it with no
problems. I don't recall if I did an in place upgrade or a clean install but
the license key was accepted by Microsoft as genuine.

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"Peter Foldes" <okf22********.com> wrote in message
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> I doubt it very much since it sounds like you have an OEM version. You
> cannot use a Retail Upgrade. You need to contact the OEM manufacturer of
> your computer for the exact info.
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> "David" <not@home> wrote in message
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>> "Mike Hall - MVP" <mikehall@mvps.org> wrote in message
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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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>> Just to add another question here for you Mike,
>> I'm currently running Vista Home Premium on a system which came with
>> Vista pre-installed...
>> Are the upgrade options still the same for this set-up?
>>
>> thanks for your time,
>> dAVE
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