Hello...

I've been testing Vista with the Enterprise edition at home and I now want
to get my own copy and I am choosing Ultimate. Can I just buy Ultimate and
insert the new key or will I need to completely uninstall?

Thanks,
Brian

You would need to purchase a "Full Version" of Windows Vista Ultimate
and then perform a "clean install".

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows - Shell/User

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"Brian" wrote:

Hello...

I've been testing Vista with the Enterprise edition at home and I now want
to get my own copy and I am choosing Ultimate. Can I just buy Ultimate and
insert the new key or will I need to completely uninstall?

Thanks,
Brian

Thanks for the info...I was going to try to avoid a reinstall but I have
things backed up...

"Carey Frisch [MVP]" <cnfrisch@nospamgmail.com> wrote in message
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> You would need to purchase a "Full Version" of Windows Vista Ultimate
> and then perform a "clean install".
>
> --
> Carey Frisch
> Microsoft MVP
> Windows - Shell/User
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> "Brian" wrote:
>
> Hello...
>
> I've been testing Vista with the Enterprise edition at home and I now want
> to get my own copy and I am choosing Ultimate. Can I just buy Ultimate and
> insert the new key or will I need to completely uninstall?
>
> Thanks,
> Brian
>
>

"Brian" <joe@joe.com> wrote in message
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> Hello...
>
> I've been testing Vista with the Enterprise edition at home and I now want
> to get my own copy and I am choosing Ultimate. Can I just buy Ultimate and
> insert the new key or will I need to completely uninstall?
>
> Thanks,
> Brian
>
>

1) Where did you get an Enterprise key?
2) ALL versions of Vista are on the SAME DVD. Each version is unlocked by
the correct key.
3) ALL one needs to do to unlock his purchased version is enter the correct
key for it. If you don't have this key, you will have to buy a copy of
Vista, and use it to unlock your particular version.

--

Donald L McDaniel
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"Carey Frisch [MVP]" <cnfrisch@nospamgmail.com> wrote

> You would need to purchase a "Full Version" of Windows Vista Ultimate
> and then perform a "clean install".

> "Brian" wrote:
>
> Hello...
>
> I've been testing Vista with the Enterprise edition at home and I now want
> to get my own copy and I am choosing Ultimate. Can I just buy Ultimate and
> insert the new key or will I need to completely uninstall?

Won't a Vista Ultimate Upgrade work?

--
Rock [MVP - User/Shell]

Vista Enterprise is NOT on the Ultimate DVD. I can't tell you what the
difference in the bits is, only that they are different. You cannot install
Vista Enterprise with anything but the Vista Enterprise DVD's.

I know this doesn't answer the question of if a copy of Enterprise can be
upgraded with Ultimate. I'll let others weigh in on this.

"Donald McDaniel" <orthocross@comcast.invalid> wrote in message
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> "Brian" <joe@joe.com> wrote in message
> news:eG4nGuHTHHA.4784@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>> Hello...
>>
>> I've been testing Vista with the Enterprise edition at home and I now
>> want to get my own copy and I am choosing Ultimate. Can I just buy
>> Ultimate and insert the new key or will I need to completely uninstall?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Brian
>>
>>
>
> 1) Where did you get an Enterprise key?
> 2) ALL versions of Vista are on the SAME DVD. Each version is unlocked by
> the correct key.
> 3) ALL one needs to do to unlock his purchased version is enter the
> correct key for it. If you don't have this key, you will have to buy a
> copy of Vista, and use it to unlock your particular version.
>
> --
>
> Donald L McDaniel
> Please reply to the original newsgroup and thread.
> ------------------------------------------------------
>

"LaRoux" <hlx@newsgroup.nospam> wrote in message
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> Vista Enterprise is NOT on the Ultimate DVD. I can't tell you what the
> difference in the bits is, only that they are different. You cannot
> install Vista Enterprise with anything but the Vista Enterprise DVD's.
>
> I know this doesn't answer the question of if a copy of Enterprise can be
> upgraded with Ultimate. I'll let others weigh in on this.
>
> "Donald McDaniel" <orthocross@comcast.invalid> wrote in message
> news:O00fivITHHA.920@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>> "Brian" <joe@joe.com> wrote in message
>> news:eG4nGuHTHHA.4784@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>>> Hello...
>>>
>>> I've been testing Vista with the Enterprise edition at home and I now
>>> want to get my own copy and I am choosing Ultimate. Can I just buy
>>> Ultimate and insert the new key or will I need to completely uninstall?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Brian
>>>
>>>
>>
>> 1) Where did you get an Enterprise key?
>> 2) ALL versions of Vista are on the SAME DVD. Each version is unlocked
>> by the correct key.
>> 3) ALL one needs to do to unlock his purchased version is enter the
>> correct key for it. If you don't have this key, you will have to buy a
>> copy of Vista, and use it to unlock your particular version.
>>
>> --
>>
>> Donald L McDaniel
>> Please reply to the original newsgroup and thread.
>> ------------------------------------------------------
>>
>
>

Then I guess he will have to purchase and Enterprise Edition DVD. Of
course, these are not available to the general public. They are only
available to those who have a servicing agreement with Microsoft. I don't
believe they are available as singles.

Of course, I could be wrong. After all, according to you, I was wrong with
my last post.


--

Donald L McDaniel
Please reply to the original newsgroup and thread.
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Vista Enterprise is only available to Volume License customers which can be
had with a minimum purchase of 5 licenses. You won't find any form of it for
sale through any of the retail channels.

"Donald McDaniel" <orthocross@comcast.invalid> wrote in message
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> Then I guess he will have to purchase and Enterprise Edition DVD. Of
> course, these are not available to the general public. They are only
> available to those who have a servicing agreement with Microsoft. I don't
> believe they are available as singles.
>
> Of course, I could be wrong. After all, according to you, I was wrong
> with my last post.
>
>
> --
>
> Donald L McDaniel
> Please reply to the original newsgroup and thread.
> ------------------------------------------------------
>