Have you even attempted my suggestions? Its at least worth a try.
--
Andre
Blog: [url]http://adacosta.spaces.live.com[/url]
My Vista Quickstart Guide:
[url]http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!E8E5CC039D51E3DB!9709.entry[/url]
"Anyotherbids" <Anyotherbids@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Goood Evening Andre:
> Once again thanks for the reply .... I think I will just pass on this as I
> am not too overly sure how to go about it all ... I think it's best to
> offer
> my Ultimate for sale on eBay and cut my losses.
> I need to move on to another issue with another posting about "Audio
> Compression" not being supported.
> I found this thread
> [url]http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/en-us/default.mspx?dg=microsoft.public.windows.vista.performance_maintenance&tid=63381c0d-5660-473c-bbbc-34a59467f67f&cat=&lang=en&cr=US&sloc=en-us&m=1&p=1[/url]
> and it looks like it doesn't offer any better help ....
> I searched the Internet for answers and Microsoft's site and there seems
> to
> be no clear answer ..... Maybe a new posting will help but in the
> meantime, I
> hope that Microsoft will address this in an update.
> Thx for all you help.
> Anyotherbids
>
> "Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]" wrote:
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>> No, OEM versions of Windows require a clean installation, this includes
>> Vista Ultimate. What I would suggest you do is use the Backup files
>> utility
>> in Backup and Restore center to backup your personal files and restore in
>> Vista Ultimate.
>> --
>> Andre
>> Blog: [url]http://adacosta.spaces.live.com[/url]
>> My Vista Quickstart Guide:
>> [url]http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!E8E5CC039D51E3DB!9709.entry[/url]
>> "Anyotherbids" <Anyotherbids@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:8E96CA43-5588-4CAB-B239-73CAB3C65EB7@microsoft.com...[color=darkred]
>> > Hello and Thank You Andre
>> > I was about to do the upgrade and now noticed that the version I have
>> > is
>> > not
>> > a full retail version but a OEM Builder Pack.
>> > Is it still possible to upgrade my OEM Home Premium to this OEM
>> > Ultimate
>> > Version using this disk? If so, are there any issues to watch for?
>> > Thx,
>> > Anyotherbids
>> >
>> > "Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]" wrote:
>> >
>> >> You sure can upgrade from Vista Home Premium to Ultimate using the
>> >> Ultimate
>> >> Full Retail versiom. Just make sure you choose the upgrade option
>> >> during
>> >> setup, the upgrade process will preserve your personal files, settings
>> >> and
>> >> applications.
>> >> --
>> >> Andre
>> >> Blog: [url]http://adacosta.spaces.live.com[/url]
>> >> My Vista Quickstart Guide:
>> >> [url]http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!E8E5CC039D51E3DB!9709.entry[/url]
>> >> "Anyotherbids" <Anyotherbids@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
>> >> message
>> >> news:FA77F37C-40E1-4213-A098-CEC9461705A8@microsoft.com...
>> >> >I had a local PC shop build me a pc with Ultimate as the OS ...... I
>> >> >was
>> >> >not
>> >> > happy with the PC and they were willing to refund all money but the
>> >> > price
>> >> > of
>> >> > the Full Ultimate License that was purchased for the building of the
>> >> > PC
>> >> > I then bought a HP Slimline that came with Vista Premium ....
>> >> > Question: Can I upgrade from Premium to Ultimate using the Ultimate
>> >> > Full
>> >> > Retail version that I own? If so, will I lose anything in this
>> >> > upgrade?
>> >> > Are there any suggestions out there?
>> >> > Thx
>> >>
>> >>
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