In message <uCh#dD0OHHA.3668@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl> "Colin Barnhorst"
<colinbarharst@msn.com> wrote:

>2. Yes, you would start with Business again. MS recommends strongly that
>you make an image backup of your system with it just the way you want it and
>restore from that rather than reinstalling and reactivating a chain of
>editions. I suggest you make two image backups, one for Business as a
>fallback base system and one for Ultimate as your final base system before
>further apps are added.

Makes sense, activation call centers can't be cheap.

In fairness, for your average end user this probably makes sense.
Personally, I've usually changed enough hardware that a clean install
makes more sense.

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