Thank you, Rick!

I agree, and have already sent an inquiry to Gigabyte about the motherboard
being used.

-Zan


"Rick Rogers" wrote:
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> Hi Zan,
>
> My apologies, you are correct. I don't have an answer as to why the tool
> doesn't run under Win2000. Be careful, as hardware from 2000 will be
> marginal at best under XP, it may be in your best interest to not only check
> the HCL but with the hardware vendors as well.
>
> --
> Best of Luck,
>
> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
> [url]http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/[/url]
> Windows help - [url]www.rickrogers.org[/url]
>
> "Zan" <Zan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:86B48BF4-6667-4326-ADCE-A0679199FFCE@microsoft.com...[color=green]
> > Hi Rick,
> >
> > The Vista Upgrade Advisor was only desigend for use with Windows XP and
> > Windows Vista itself. I don't understand why Microsoft couldn't add in
> > support for Windows 2000 as well, especially since they allow Windows 2000
> > and Windows XP to be upgraded. I'm baffled. If you visit the Microsoft
> > page
> > that contains the Upgrade Advisor, you'll see that it doesn't work with
> > Windows 2000.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Zan
> >
> > "Rick Rogers" wrote:
> >[color=darkred]
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> Why can't you run the advisor?
> >>
> >> You can check the HCL list here, but it will take quite a lot of time:
> >> [url]https://winqual.microsoft.com/HCL/Default.aspx[/url]
> >>
> >> --
> >> Best of Luck,
> >>
> >> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
> >> [url]http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/[/url]
> >> Windows help - [url]www.rickrogers.org[/url]
> >>
> >> "Zan" <Zan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:EC73DA21-1F1B-443C-A622-C9D440B66761@microsoft.com...
> >> > Hello,
> >> >
> >> > How is one supposed to determine whether the components in his or her
> >> > system
> >> > are supported by Vista (say, Home Premium) if he or she cannot run the
> >> > Vista
> >> > Upgrade Advisor on a Windows 2000 system?
> >> >
> >> > Are we pretty much at a loss here?
> >> >
> >> > Thanks,
> >> > Zan
> >> >
> >> > "Carey Frisch [MVP]" wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> If you install and run the Windows Vista Upgrade Advisor,
> >> >> it will provide information on which editions of Windows
> >> >> Vista are appropriate and/or recommended for your computer.
> >> >>
> >> >> Windows Vista Upgrade Advisor:
> >> >> [url]http://www.microsoft.com/windowsvista/getready/upgradeadvisor/default.mspx[/url]
> >> >>
> >> >> --
> >> >> Carey Frisch
> >> >> Microsoft MVP
> >> >> Windows Shell/User
> >> >>
> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >> >>
> >> >> "Mike T" wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> Hi,
> >> >>
> >> >> My question is simply can i use the *upgrade* edition of Vista Home
> >> >> Premium when my Windows 2000 professional license is also an upgrade.
> >> >> I only have the full edition of NT4.
> >> >>
> >> >> Cheers,
> >> >> Mike
> >> >>
> >>
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>
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