jhoelz wrote:
[color=blue]
> I purchased Windows Vista Ultimate Upgrade yesterday in loaded it
> just fine on my machine that was running a validated version of XP
> Pro using a clean install. Everything went fine as I poked and
> tweaked with some of my other software installs. After loading all of
> my stuff, even that I did not want just for testing purposes I
> decided to do another clean install of the OS to wipe out any of the
> junk I did not want.
>
> I installed the DVD, fired up the machine and booted from the DVD.
> Went through the installation process, a clean install, entered the
> key and formated my drive. THats all the farther you can go, I get
> the "To use the product key you entered, start the installation on a
> computer that is running a genuine version of Windows".
>
> So no I need to reinstall XP Pro, do the updates to get the WGA
> installed and then re-install Vista.
>
> If this is right this is total garbage, everytime I want to do a
> clean install I need to install the previous OS first? As someone who
> works in the tech industry I iften need to install other 3rd party
> software for testing and review. In the past when it bunged up my
> machine I would just do a clean install, insert my previous verison
> of windows and go on my way.[/color]

And a gvery good reason why anyone using an upgrade should image his
old partition first. A couple of clicks and 20 minutes or less later
you'll have your old partition back exactly as it was.

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Paul-B