If the Vista Home Premium is an upgrade download or DVD disc, and you
upgraded over XP. You must install XP on your hard drive first, then install
vista for a clean install upgrade. You can also buy the full version or the
oem version and simply install just vista.



"Jim" <Jim@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Two weeks ago I upgraded my Windows Media Edition to Vista Home Premium.
> Then went through two weeks of nothing but problems. Today I performed a
> Clean Install with the same Vista DVD that I used two weeks ago.
> Everything
> works great, except that I am unable to activate it. After spending 3 1/2
> hours talking to Microsoft Tech Support they tell me to reinstall XP and
> perform the upgrade again.
>
> Does this sound logical?
>
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