The upgrade matrix is clear. The upgrade option is disabled unless you are
installing an equivalent or higher edition. This is not new to Vista. You
have to do a clean install of XP Home over Win 2000 even though you can use
an upgrade edition of XP Home to do it.

All upgrade editions can be used in two different ways.

"Lakesidezx" <lakesidezx@nowhere.net> wrote in message
news:EA04F69F-5F7C-42FB-AB63-9CC3AE08F2AC@microsoft.com...[color=blue]
> No we were mislead to believe that any flavor of XP could be upgraded
> using the upgrade vista dvd. If the box on home premium stated, needs xp
> home edition to upgrade then I would understand it and have been ready for
> it and been able to make up my own mind whether or not I wanted to do a
> fresh install or keep all of my old settings and programs.
>
> But the vista upgrade box only states, needs 2k, or "XP" or vista to
> upgrade. Not XP home
>
>
> "Dale" <nospam@nospam.ever> wrote in message
> news:exXUZqnRHHA.4260@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...[color=green]
>> So we were all led astray with the 'must upgrade from an installed
>> eligible OS' statements? If so, doesn't that make the Vista upgrade to
>> Vista Trial sort of a red herring?
>>
>>
>> Dale
>>
>> "Lakesidezx" <lakesidezx@nowhere.net> wrote in message
>> news:5527EDAC-A946-4303-8F58-9F962EC8C943@microsoft.com...[color=darkred]
>>> It may not be news for some folks around here but it really gets my goat
>>> when I go to the store and buy the Vista Home Premium edition upgrade
>>> because the box says something like needs windows 2k, or xp or vista to
>>> use this edition.
>>>
>>> Good enough, I have XP Pro on my computer so I buy it only to find out
>>> later that vista tells me you have the wrong edition, if you want to
>>> upgrade xp pro to vista then you need the vista business edition, not
>>> the home premium edition.
>>> Of course it gave me the option to do a fresh install (and I did) but
>>> that was NOT what *I* wanted to do.
>>>
>>> Had I wanted the business edition of vista then I would have bought
>>> that, but I didn't want that.
>>>
>>> Well......
>>>
>>> Back to reinstalling everything.
>>>
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