Ok thanks. I understand now

"Beck" wrote:
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> "soldiers33" <soldiers33@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:347F2157-8CE0-4873-ABBA-10995EE0A1D1@microsoft.com...[color=green]
> >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:
> > [url]http://www.windowssecrets.com/comp/070201#story1[/url] 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[/color]
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> 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.
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