After the purchase of Vista Home Premium Full Version.
1-Can I upgrade from Windows XP ?
2-Upgrade first and have the option of a full clean install.

If you have the full version, then I would suggest keeping Vista and XP
separate. AFAIK, if you upgrade XP to Vista, then the XP and Vista become
locked together, meaning that you couldn't then take the XP disc and install
it on another machine. I might be wrong about this, so hopefully someone
will correct me if I am wrong about that.

"David Wright" <DavidWright@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:ADE44CB2-93CC-46E0-A881-7D50802560FF@microsoft.com...[color=blue]
> If you have the full version, then I would suggest keeping Vista and XP
> separate. AFAIK, if you upgrade XP to Vista, then the XP and Vista become
> locked together, meaning that you couldn't then take the XP disc and
> install
> it on another machine. I might be wrong about this, so hopefully someone
> will correct me if I am wrong about that.[/color]

Not sure about the 'locking' of your XP license to Vista, but I cannot see
any advantage to upgrading XP anyhow. You will be best off with a clean
install! Anyway, can you even perform an upgrade with a full version? I
thought that with previous versions of Windows, the full version would not
allow the upgrade, and advised to go back and buy an upgrade version
instead?

JW

If you have the full version, then I would suggest keeping Vista and XP
separate. AFAIK, if you upgrade XP to Vista, then the XP and Vista become
locked together, meaning that you couldn't then take the XP disc and install
it on another machine. I might be wrong about this, so hopefully someone
will correct me if I am wrong about that.

"David Wright" <DavidWright@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:ADE44CB2-93CC-46E0-A881-7D50802560FF@microsoft.com...[color=blue]
> If you have the full version, then I would suggest keeping Vista and XP
> separate. AFAIK, if you upgrade XP to Vista, then the XP and Vista become
> locked together, meaning that you couldn't then take the XP disc and
> install
> it on another machine. I might be wrong about this, so hopefully someone
> will correct me if I am wrong about that.[/color]

Not sure about the 'locking' of your XP license to Vista, but I cannot see
any advantage to upgrading XP anyhow. You will be best off with a clean
install! Anyway, can you even perform an upgrade with a full version? I
thought that with previous versions of Windows, the full version would not
allow the upgrade, and advised to go back and buy an upgrade version
instead?

JW

Hi Louis,

1) Yes, *if* you have WinXP Home currently installed. Vista Home Premium
cannot upgrade WinXP Professional (this would require business or ultimate).

2) Yes. With a full version you can always do a clean install.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
[url]http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/[/url]
Windows help - [url]www.rickrogers.org[/url]

"Louis 13" <lous13@earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:umW9sXmJHHA.4000@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...[color=blue]
> After the purchase of Vista Home Premium Full Version.
> 1-Can I upgrade from Windows XP ?
> 2-Upgrade first and have the option of a full clean install.
>[/color]

Hi Louis,

1) Yes, *if* you have WinXP Home currently installed. Vista Home Premium
cannot upgrade WinXP Professional (this would require business or ultimate).

2) Yes. With a full version you can always do a clean install.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
[url]http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/[/url]
Windows help - [url]www.rickrogers.org[/url]

"Louis 13" <lous13@earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:umW9sXmJHHA.4000@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...[color=blue]
> After the purchase of Vista Home Premium Full Version.
> 1-Can I upgrade from Windows XP ?
> 2-Upgrade first and have the option of a full clean install.
>[/color]

If it is not forced in the process, it is certainly the intent of the
upgrade license. Of course, if you install Vista on a PC that had an OEM
license of XP, they're tied, in effect, anyway. The OEM license of XP can't
be transferred to another PC, and the Vista license, once installed, can
only be transferred once.

Dale

"David Wright" <DavidWright@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:ADE44CB2-93CC-46E0-A881-7D50802560FF@microsoft.com...[color=blue]
> If you have the full version, then I would suggest keeping Vista and XP
> separate. AFAIK, if you upgrade XP to Vista, then the XP and Vista become
> locked together, meaning that you couldn't then take the XP disc and
> install
> it on another machine. I might be wrong about this, so hopefully someone
> will correct me if I am wrong about that.[/color]

If it is not forced in the process, it is certainly the intent of the
upgrade license. Of course, if you install Vista on a PC that had an OEM
license of XP, they're tied, in effect, anyway. The OEM license of XP can't
be transferred to another PC, and the Vista license, once installed, can
only be transferred once.

Dale

"David Wright" <DavidWright@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:ADE44CB2-93CC-46E0-A881-7D50802560FF@microsoft.com...[color=blue]
> If you have the full version, then I would suggest keeping Vista and XP
> separate. AFAIK, if you upgrade XP to Vista, then the XP and Vista become
> locked together, meaning that you couldn't then take the XP disc and
> install
> it on another machine. I might be wrong about this, so hopefully someone
> will correct me if I am wrong about that.[/color]

In news:ADE44CB2-93CC-46E0-A881-7D50802560FF@microsoft.com,
David Wright <DavidWright@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:[color=blue]
> If you have the full version, then I would suggest keeping Vista and
> XP separate. AFAIK, if you upgrade XP to Vista, then the XP and Vista
> become locked together, meaning that you couldn't then take the XP
> disc and install it on another machine. ...[/color]

Correct, David.

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....Sky

Tom "Sky" King
===========

The one-transfer rule concerning Vista was rescinded about three months ago
in a bulletin issued by MS. The bulletin acknowledged that technology
enthusiasts transfer Windows many times and noted that user input had led to
the decision to lift the one-transfer rule.

"Dale" <nospam@nospam.ever> wrote in message
news:%23LchXNqJHHA.3936@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...[color=blue]
> If it is not forced in the process, it is certainly the intent of the
> upgrade license. Of course, if you install Vista on a PC that had an OEM
> license of XP, they're tied, in effect, anyway. The OEM license of XP
> can't be transferred to another PC, and the Vista license, once installed,
> can only be transferred once.
>
> Dale[/color]

In news:ADE44CB2-93CC-46E0-A881-7D50802560FF@microsoft.com,
David Wright <DavidWright@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:[color=blue]
> If you have the full version, then I would suggest keeping Vista and
> XP separate. AFAIK, if you upgrade XP to Vista, then the XP and Vista
> become locked together, meaning that you couldn't then take the XP
> disc and install it on another machine. ...[/color]

Correct, David.

--

....Sky

Tom "Sky" King
===========

I don't know what you mean by "Upgrade first and have the option of a full
clean install."

If you are running XP Home you can do an upgrade to Vista Home Premium.

If you are running XP Pro the upgrade option will be disabled and you will
have to do a custom install for VHP.

There is no "clean" option in Vista Setup. There is only "upgrade" and
"custom."

If you want to do a clean installation of VHP you need to boot with the dvd
and use the Advanced Options to format the drive.

The custom install option within Setup does not reformat a volume. It will
only do a quick format if the volume has not been formatted previously with
NTFS.


"Louis 13" <lous13@earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:umW9sXmJHHA.4000@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...[color=blue]
> After the purchase of Vista Home Premium Full Version.
> 1-Can I upgrade from Windows XP ?
> 2-Upgrade first and have the option of a full clean install.
>[/color]

That's good to hear! And good to hear that, other than the Windows Media
Player product team, Microsoft really does respond to user feedback!

Dale

"Colin Barnhorst" <colinbarharst@msn.com> wrote in message
news:%23iYCj2qJHHA.3268@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...[color=blue]
> The one-transfer rule concerning Vista was rescinded about three months
> ago in a bulletin issued by MS. The bulletin acknowledged that
> technology enthusiasts transfer Windows many times and noted that user
> input had led to the decision to lift the one-transfer rule.
>
> "Dale" <nospam@nospam.ever> wrote in message
> news:%23LchXNqJHHA.3936@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...[color=green]
>> If it is not forced in the process, it is certainly the intent of the
>> upgrade license. Of course, if you install Vista on a PC that had an OEM
>> license of XP, they're tied, in effect, anyway. The OEM license of XP
>> can't be transferred to another PC, and the Vista license, once
>> installed, can only be transferred once.
>>
>> Dale[/color]
>[/color]

The one-transfer rule concerning Vista was rescinded about three months ago
in a bulletin issued by MS. The bulletin acknowledged that technology
enthusiasts transfer Windows many times and noted that user input had led to
the decision to lift the one-transfer rule.

"Dale" <nospam@nospam.ever> wrote in message
news:%23LchXNqJHHA.3936@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...[color=blue]
> If it is not forced in the process, it is certainly the intent of the
> upgrade license. Of course, if you install Vista on a PC that had an OEM
> license of XP, they're tied, in effect, anyway. The OEM license of XP
> can't be transferred to another PC, and the Vista license, once installed,
> can only be transferred once.
>
> Dale[/color]