I have Vista RC1 running on my computer an am fed up waiting for my Vista
upgrade from Dell. I want to purchase a full copy of Vista Ultimate tomorrow.
Does anyone know if the retail vesion can do an in place upgrade or will I
have to do a clean install?

Hi,

The retail disk does an upgrade just fine. If you purchase an upgrade disk,
know that it will only work on WinXP or 2000, not RC1 or any other
prerelease version. To directly upgrade a prerelease version (RC1 or 2) you
have to use a full version.

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Best of Luck,

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

"indefatigable" <indefatigable@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:645806F5-152F-41D7-B9EA-C3BBCDF79D04@microsoft.com...[color=blue]
>I have Vista RC1 running on my computer an am fed up waiting for my Vista
> upgrade from Dell. I want to purchase a full copy of Vista Ultimate
> tomorrow.
> Does anyone know if the retail vesion can do an in place upgrade or will I
> have to do a clean install?[/color]

In message <645806F5-152F-41D7-B9EA-C3BBCDF79D04@microsoft.com>
indefatigable <indefatigable@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
[color=blue]
>I have Vista RC1 running on my computer an am fed up waiting for my Vista
>upgrade from Dell. I want to purchase a full copy of Vista Ultimate tomorrow.
>Does anyone know if the retail vesion can do an in place upgrade or will I
>have to do a clean install?[/color]

Retails versions can do in-place upgrades, yes.
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Insert something clever here.

My Copy of Vista Home Premium upgraded just fine over RC1

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Carl G

"Rick Rogers" <rick@mvps.org> wrote in message
news:O#nvVAJUHHA.3996@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...[color=blue]
> Hi,
>
> The retail disk does an upgrade just fine. If you purchase an upgrade
> disk, know that it will only work on WinXP or 2000, not RC1 or any other
> prerelease version. To directly upgrade a prerelease version (RC1 or 2)
> you have to use a full version.
>
> --
> Best of Luck,
>
> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
> [url]http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/[/url]
> Windows help - [url]www.rickrogers.org[/url]
>
> "indefatigable" <indefatigable@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:645806F5-152F-41D7-B9EA-C3BBCDF79D04@microsoft.com...[color=green]
>>I have Vista RC1 running on my computer an am fed up waiting for my Vista
>> upgrade from Dell. I want to purchase a full copy of Vista Ultimate
>> tomorrow.
>> Does anyone know if the retail vesion can do an in place upgrade or will
>> I
>> have to do a clean install?[/color]
>[/color]

"Carl G" <cgerving@msnDOTcom> wrote[color=blue]
> My Copy of Vista Home Premium upgraded just fine over RC1[/color]
[color=blue]
> "Rick Rogers" <rick@mvps.org> wrote[color=green]
>> Hi,
>>
>> The retail disk does an upgrade just fine. If you purchase an upgrade
>> disk, know that it will only work on WinXP or 2000, not RC1 or any other
>> prerelease version. To directly upgrade a prerelease version (RC1 or 2)
>> you have to use a full version.[/color][/color]
[color=blue][color=green]
>> "indefatigable" <indefatigable@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote[color=darkred]
>>>I have Vista RC1 running on my computer an am fed up waiting for my Vista
>>> upgrade from Dell. I want to purchase a full copy of Vista Ultimate
>>> tomorrow.
>>> Does anyone know if the retail vesion can do an in place upgrade or will
>>> I
>>> have to do a clean install?[/color][/color][/color]

As an in place upgrade?

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Rock [MS-MVP User/Shell]

My mistake. I did not upgrade.I did a fresh install over RC1.
Sorry about that.

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Carl G

"Carl G" <cgerving@msnDOTcom> wrote in message
news:#oD2TKJUHHA.5068@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...[color=blue]
> My Copy of Vista Home Premium upgraded just fine over RC1
>
> --
> Carl G
>
> "Rick Rogers" <rick@mvps.org> wrote in message
> news:O#nvVAJUHHA.3996@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...[color=green]
>> Hi,
>>
>> The retail disk does an upgrade just fine. If you purchase an upgrade
>> disk, know that it will only work on WinXP or 2000, not RC1 or any other
>> prerelease version. To directly upgrade a prerelease version (RC1 or 2)
>> you have to use a full version.
>>
>> --
>> Best of Luck,
>>
>> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
>> [url]http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/[/url]
>> Windows help - [url]www.rickrogers.org[/url]
>>
>> "indefatigable" <indefatigable@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
>> message news:645806F5-152F-41D7-B9EA-C3BBCDF79D04@microsoft.com...[color=darkred]
>>>I have Vista RC1 running on my computer an am fed up waiting for my Vista
>>> upgrade from Dell. I want to purchase a full copy of Vista Ultimate
>>> tomorrow.
>>> Does anyone know if the retail vesion can do an in place upgrade or will
>>> I
>>> have to do a clean install?[/color]
>>[/color][/color]

"Carl G" <cgerving@msnDOTcom> wrote[color=blue]
> My mistake. I did not upgrade.I did a fresh install over RC1.
> Sorry about that.[/color]
[color=blue]
> "Carl G" <cgerving@msnDOTcom> wrote[color=green]
>> My Copy of Vista Home Premium upgraded just fine over RC1[/color][/color]
[color=blue][color=green]
>> "Rick Rogers" <rick@mvps.org> wrote[color=darkred]
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> The retail disk does an upgrade just fine. If you purchase an upgrade
>>> disk, know that it will only work on WinXP or 2000, not RC1 or any other
>>> prerelease version. To directly upgrade a prerelease version (RC1 or 2)
>>> you have to use a full version.[/color][/color][/color]
[color=blue][color=green][color=darkred]
>>> "indefatigable" <indefatigable@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote
>>>>I have Vista RC1 running on my computer an am fed up waiting for my
>>>>Vista
>>>> upgrade from Dell. I want to purchase a full copy of Vista Ultimate
>>>> tomorrow.
>>>> Does anyone know if the retail vesion can do an in place upgrade or
>>>> will I
>>>> have to do a clean install?[/color][/color][/color]

Ok thanks for clarifying.

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Rock [MS-MVP User/Shell]