Hello,
First, let me apologize ahead of time if this is a stupid question but I
have done several searches and haven’t really found any which answer my
question completely.

Here is my Question:
I am currently running the standard or full version of Windows XP Home
Edition and I am now eligible to upgrade to the Windows Vista Home Premium
Upgrade (Academic) version. Will this academic version of Vista upgrade
properly since my current version of XP Home is a full version and NOT an
academic version?

From what I can find out from the research I have done, it will upgrade fine
going in this direction and where I would run into problems is if I now had
an academic version of XP and was trying to upgrade to a full version of
Vista.

I am eligible for the academic version of Vista as a faculty member of a
university where I teach and it is much cheaper than the full version. From
what I understand the academic version functions exactly the same as the full
version and the only drawback is I am just not eligible for future upgrades
with the academic version. If this is not true or if there are other
significant differences please let me know.

Thanks very much for your help

No differences in code compared to retail version of the product. Only the
future upgrade eligibility, which I'm not 100% sure on. But, depending on
the future release of Windows, you could probably use your full XP Home as a
qualifying upgrade. XP Home qualifies for even the retail upgrade versions
of Ultimate, Home Basic and Home Premium.
--
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]
"TNTeacher" <TNTeacher@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:5CF896C7-A728-4A2C-85F9-E9F23BB0E346@microsoft.com...[color=blue]
> Hello,
> First, let me apologize ahead of time if this is a stupid question but I
> have done several searches and haven't really found any which answer my
> question completely.
>
> Here is my Question:
> I am currently running the standard or full version of Windows XP Home
> Edition and I am now eligible to upgrade to the Windows Vista Home Premium
> Upgrade (Academic) version. Will this academic version of Vista upgrade
> properly since my current version of XP Home is a full version and NOT an
> academic version?
>
> From what I can find out from the research I have done, it will upgrade
> fine
> going in this direction and where I would run into problems is if I now
> had
> an academic version of XP and was trying to upgrade to a full version of
> Vista.
>
> I am eligible for the academic version of Vista as a faculty member of a
> university where I teach and it is much cheaper than the full version.
> From
> what I understand the academic version functions exactly the same as the
> full
> version and the only drawback is I am just not eligible for future
> upgrades
> with the academic version. If this is not true or if there are other
> significant differences please let me know.
>
> Thanks very much for your help[/color]

Hello Andre,
Thanks very much for your reply. I was thinking this is the way it worked
but I just wanted to make sure before I ordered it.

Thanks again very much!
TNTeacher

"Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]" wrote:
[color=blue]
> No differences in code compared to retail version of the product. Only the
> future upgrade eligibility, which I'm not 100% sure on. But, depending on
> the future release of Windows, you could probably use your full XP Home as a
> qualifying upgrade. XP Home qualifies for even the retail upgrade versions
> of Ultimate, Home Basic and Home Premium.
> --
> 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]
> "TNTeacher" <TNTeacher@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:5CF896C7-A728-4A2C-85F9-E9F23BB0E346@microsoft.com...[color=green]
> > Hello,
> > First, let me apologize ahead of time if this is a stupid question but I
> > have done several searches and haven't really found any which answer my
> > question completely.
> >
> > Here is my Question:
> > I am currently running the standard or full version of Windows XP Home
> > Edition and I am now eligible to upgrade to the Windows Vista Home Premium
> > Upgrade (Academic) version. Will this academic version of Vista upgrade
> > properly since my current version of XP Home is a full version and NOT an
> > academic version?
> >
> > From what I can find out from the research I have done, it will upgrade
> > fine
> > going in this direction and where I would run into problems is if I now
> > had
> > an academic version of XP and was trying to upgrade to a full version of
> > Vista.
> >
> > I am eligible for the academic version of Vista as a faculty member of a
> > university where I teach and it is much cheaper than the full version.
> > From
> > what I understand the academic version functions exactly the same as the
> > full
> > version and the only drawback is I am just not eligible for future
> > upgrades
> > with the academic version. If this is not true or if there are other
> > significant differences please let me know.
> >
> > Thanks very much for your help[/color]
>
>
>[/color]