"soldiers33" <soldiers33@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>i was wandering if anyone here could help, becuase im a bit confused.
>
> On the microsoft site is says that if you have windows xp then you have to
> do a clean install, for vista premium. But the guy here:
> http://www.windowssecrets.com/comp/070201#story1 says that you have to
> install vista twice to do a clean install, so could anyone explain me
> which
> method is correct. Iam currently using Windows XP Pro SP2

Okay the official line from Microsoft is that if you want to use an upgrade
version you have to upgrade from within XP and you lose the use of your XP
product key.

The unofficial line is you can do that Vista over Vista and retain your XP
product key.