This is called a *major* goof on Microsoft's part.

The ability to do this has a lot of implications.

-Michael

"Rob" <Rob@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> I'm very surprised by this. DailyTech reports that they've tried it and it
> works flawlessly. Not only are you able to do a clean install but you can
> install the upgrade without having XP or any other legacy OS at all!
>
> It's a little time consuming as you have to run the installer twice.
> Although that's not a big issue as the full Vista installation took under
> 30mins on my machine so doing it twice is still way faster than even
> installing XP alone.
>
> MSFT couldn't have done that on purpose, could they? All along they've been
> stressing the fact that (a) you cannot do a clean install, at least not with
> x86 and (b) you will need a fully activated legacy OS to upgrade from.
>
> "Breaker" wrote:
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>> So glad to see the links here posting how you can make the upgrade
>> version install Clean. Also got the same information in email today
>> from the Windows Secrets newsletter.
>>
>> Will make it much more likely for me to buy Vista now that I can save
>> over $150 and get the Ultimate Upgrade instead of the full version.
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