Colin Barnhorst wrote:[color=blue]
> You cannot use an upgrade edition to flatten the system and start all
> over. You need XP to be installed and activated before running Vista
> Setup. You do not need updates after SP2. Only a full edition of Vista
> can install Vista the way you are trying to do. Vista does not verigy XP
> via a shiny media chedk. Sorry.[/color]

Colin, have you seen this -
[url]http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=5932[/url]
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Tom Porterfield