Hello Andre,
Thanks very much for your reply. I was thinking this is the way it worked
but I just wanted to make sure before I ordered it.

Thanks again very much!
TNTeacher

"Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]" wrote:

> No differences in code compared to retail version of the product. Only the
> future upgrade eligibility, which I'm not 100% sure on. But, depending on
> the future release of Windows, you could probably use your full XP Home as a
> qualifying upgrade. XP Home qualifies for even the retail upgrade versions
> of Ultimate, Home Basic and Home Premium.
> --
> Andre
> Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com
> My Vista Quickstart Guide:
> http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog...3DB!9709.entry
> "TNTeacher" <TNTeacher@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:5CF896C7-A728-4A2C-85F9-E9F23BB0E346@microsoft.com...
> > Hello,
> > First, let me apologize ahead of time if this is a stupid question but I
> > have done several searches and haven't really found any which answer my
> > question completely.
> >
> > Here is my Question:
> > I am currently running the standard or full version of Windows XP Home
> > Edition and I am now eligible to upgrade to the Windows Vista Home Premium
> > Upgrade (Academic) version. Will this academic version of Vista upgrade
> > properly since my current version of XP Home is a full version and NOT an
> > academic version?
> >
> > From what I can find out from the research I have done, it will upgrade
> > fine
> > going in this direction and where I would run into problems is if I now
> > had
> > an academic version of XP and was trying to upgrade to a full version of
> > Vista.
> >
> > I am eligible for the academic version of Vista as a faculty member of a
> > university where I teach and it is much cheaper than the full version.
> > From
> > what I understand the academic version functions exactly the same as the
> > full
> > version and the only drawback is I am just not eligible for future
> > upgrades
> > with the academic version. If this is not true or if there are other
> > significant differences please let me know.
> >
> > Thanks very much for your help
>
>
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