Ok,

this may seem like a silly question.

I have been evaluating Enterprise at work.. and now want to test
Ultimate..( I have the upgrade version)

Can i upgrade from one to the other.. or is the upgrade purely for Xp and
before?

Hi Dave,

I'm not sure that Enterprise can be upgraded by a retail version. For
retail, you can upgrade it directly through Microsoft using an "anytime
upgrade" site specifically for this purpose:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/pro.../overview.mspx

Enterprise is a different line, I would have your tech people talk to their
Microsoft support people. Also, if by "eval" you are referring to a beta or
prerelease version, then you would need a full disk, not an upgrade (they do
not qualify for use of an upgrade disk).

--
Best of Luck,

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

"Dave Pearson" <huddersfieldads1@btconnect.com> wrote in message
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> Ok,
>
> this may seem like a silly question.
>
> I have been evaluating Enterprise at work.. and now want to test
> Ultimate..( I have the upgrade version)
>
> Can i upgrade from one to the other.. or is the upgrade purely for Xp and
> before?
>
>
>
>

Sorry, should have mentioned they are the SA versions direct from MS..

I'm looking into which verisions are better suited from various roles in the
company


"Rick Rogers" <rick@mvps.org> wrote in message
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> Hi Dave,
>
> I'm not sure that Enterprise can be upgraded by a retail version. For
> retail, you can upgrade it directly through Microsoft using an "anytime
> upgrade" site specifically for this purpose:
> http://www.microsoft.com/windows/pro.../overview.mspx
>
> Enterprise is a different line, I would have your tech people talk to
> their Microsoft support people. Also, if by "eval" you are referring to a
> beta or prerelease version, then you would need a full disk, not an
> upgrade (they do not qualify for use of an upgrade disk).
>
> --
> Best of Luck,
>
> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
>
> "Dave Pearson" <huddersfieldads1@btconnect.com> wrote in message
> news:LZmdnfzBodvAMUTYRVnyhgA@bt.com...
>> Ok,
>>
>> this may seem like a silly question.
>>
>> I have been evaluating Enterprise at work.. and now want to test
>> Ultimate..( I have the upgrade version)
>>
>> Can i upgrade from one to the other.. or is the upgrade purely for Xp and
>> before?
>>
>>
>>
>>
>

Well, I've successfully updated Business (Retail) to Enterprise (Volume/MAK)
so perhaps the opposite is also possible.

Stuart.
---------

"Rick Rogers" wrote:

> Hi Dave,
>
> I'm not sure that Enterprise can be upgraded by a retail version. For
> retail, you can upgrade it directly through Microsoft using an "anytime
> upgrade" site specifically for this purpose:
> http://www.microsoft.com/windows/pro.../overview.mspx
>
> Enterprise is a different line, I would have your tech people talk to their
> Microsoft support people. Also, if by "eval" you are referring to a beta or
> prerelease version, then you would need a full disk, not an upgrade (they do
> not qualify for use of an upgrade disk).
>
> --
> Best of Luck,
>
> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
>
> "Dave Pearson" <huddersfieldads1@btconnect.com> wrote in message
> news:LZmdnfzBodvAMUTYRVnyhgA@bt.com...
> > Ok,
> >
> > this may seem like a silly question.
> >
> > I have been evaluating Enterprise at work.. and now want to test
> > Ultimate..( I have the upgrade version)
> >
> > Can i upgrade from one to the other.. or is the upgrade purely for Xp and
> > before?
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>