>The Windows Vista Upgrade must be the same language version as the [color=blue]
>pre-release version you are replacing.[/color]

You did post the above which I pasted\copied .What do you think it means ?? It means that the version that you need to purchase to Upgrade your RC1 has to be the same version as your RC1 or higher in the same language that you had as the Beta,

Home Basic does not apply to the above since it is a lower version than your RC1.

It is in Black and White which you did not understand


--
Peter

Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others
Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged.

"Lowered Expectations" <LoweredExpectations@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:7C3B9CB2-83B5-4719-B764-8F249D93B11D@microsoft.com...[color=blue]
> quoted from:
> [url]http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/windowsvista/preview.mspx[/url]
>
> Windows Vista: Beta 2, RC1, and RC2 Set to Expire
> On May 31, 2007, pre-release versions of Windows Vista will expire. If you
> are running a pre-release version of Windows Vista (Beta 2, RC1, or RC2) you
> will begin to receive notifications about the upcoming expiration on May 18,
> 2007. To avoid work disruption and the loss of data, it is strongly
> recommended that PC users running any of these pre-release versions of
> Windows Vista migrate their PCs to the final version of Windows Vista prior
> to May 31.
>
> To install the final version of Windows Vista on any of these pre-release
> versions of Windows Vista, you may purchase the desired Windows Vista
> Upgrade. The Windows Vista Upgrade must be the same language version as the
> pre-release version you are replacing.
>
> If you participated in the Customer Preview Program, you have been using a
> pre-release version of Windows Vista Ultimate. Windows Vista Ultimate is the
> most complete edition of Windows Vista—with the power, security, and mobility
> features that you need for work, and all of the entertainment features that
> you want for fun.
>
> The table below outlines the upgrade options from the different versions of
> pre-release Windows Vista:
>
>
>
>
> Windows Vista Ultimate RTM Other editions of Windows Vista RTM Previous
> version of Windows
>
> Windows Vista Beta 2
> Clean install with Ultimate Upgrade
> Clean install with Upgrade version of desired edition
> Clean install with full version
>
> Windows Vista RC1
> In-place upgrade or clean install with Ultimate Upgrade
> Clean install with Upgrade version of desired edition
> Clean install with full version
>
> Windows Vista RC2
> Clean install with Ultimate Upgrade
> Clean install with Upgrade version of desired edition
> Clean install with full version
>
>
>
> A clean install means your current version of Windows, including all of your
> files, settings, and programs, is automatically replaced. You must back up
> any data as this process will overwrite any data that you have on your hard
> disk or on your installation partition. The overwritten data will be lost and
> unrecoverable.
>
> An in-place upgrade means you can install Windows Vista and keep your
> programs, files, and settings from your current version of Windows. It is
> still strongly recommended that you back up any data prior to initiating the
> upgrade.
>
> Make sure the PC you have is the PC you have always wanted. Purchase and
> download the Windows Vista Ultimate Upgrade or any desired edition now by
> going to [url]http://www.windowsmarketplace.com/upgradenow[/url].
>
> _____________end quote_________________
>
>
> To reiterate the key point of misleading information:
> "It is still strongly recommended that you back up any data prior to
> initiating the upgrade"
>
> I did exactly that, via the only means I knew how: total backup---to
> preserveall files and programs and settings.
>
> Now, someone (Peter?) please tell me where on that page, or on any MS page
> =in prominent public view=, where do they tell the gazillion RC users, that
> their backups will only re-apply data into Ultimate?
>
> And, where is the warning, tht if they buy a low-grade Vista, then the
> prescribed backup disks of no use, not even to put to some other operating
> system.
>
> We, the great majority of computer users, are not expert nor are we lawyers.
>
> We only know when we have been had.
>
>[/color]