 How To Perform A Clean Vista Install Using A Vista Upgrade Product Key |
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 May 13 2009, 03:14 AM
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May 13 2009, 03:28 AM
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Why install Vista when you get better with XP or Win 7 ?
Vista is bad, bad, bad release by microsoft i think.. |
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May 16 2009, 09:01 AM
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plz the key does not work would send authenticated one again i would be grateful to you!
QUOTE(Grinler @ Jan 31 2007, 02:48 PM)  As many of you are now finding out, in order to upgrade your copy of XP to Vista, you need to have XP currently installed on the computer and the setup program must be run from withing XP. No longer can you boot off of the setup DVD and just insert the media of older versions that you are upgrading from. What this means is that there is no true way of doing a clean install from a formatted hard drive as when you enter the Vista product key it will tell you the setup must be run from within the previous operating system. Another issue that occurs is that you will invalidate the XP product key that you are upgrading from. Paul Thurott has discovered from internal Microsoft documents another method that you can use to perform a full install. To do this follow the steps below:
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Jul 3 2009, 06:38 PM
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its working to me too, I'm just worried with possible future issue.
I wish this is legal and no patch will be released by microsoft to deal with it hehehe!!! thanks for the share! -------------------- |
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 Aug 11 2009, 04:03 PM
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Hi,
This is Jimmi,  Let's start with a few essential facts: * All retail copies of Windows Vista use the exact same media. The DVD contains all editions and can be used to perform a full installation or an upgrade. If you compare a full retail copy of Windows Vista Ultimate and an upgrade copy of Windows Vista Home Basic, you'll find that the installation media for the two products are virtually identical. * The product key included with the copy you purchase determines how the Setup program behaves. These behaviors are hard-coded into the Setup program based on the key you enter. Specifically, the Setup program is able to look at your key and use an algorithm to determine the edition it "unlocks." The same algorithm determines whether you are allowed to use that key for an upgrade or a clean install or both. * The license agreement for a Vista upgrade copy requires that the machine already be licensed for Windows. This license agreement does not restrict the method of installation in any way. Section 13 of the agreement reads as follows: ---------------------- Jimmi. .. This post has been edited by garmanma: Aug 11 2009, 05:58 PM
Reason for edit: delete spam link
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Sep 2 2009, 07:29 AM
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Just reading the posts on here.
I would also like to know if anyone knows if this is still possible or if Microsoft has blocked this ? |
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Sep 24 2009, 08:09 AM
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Procedure To Setup Windows Vista
Boot your computer form the Windows Vista Upgrade DVD. When you get to the setup screen, start a new setup of Vista. When prompted to enter your product key, Do not enter it. Instead click on the Next button and continue with the setup. This will install Vista as a 30-day trial. When prompted select the edition of Vista which you had purchased. So if you purchase Home Premium, select Home Premium. This is important, so do not pick a version that you did not purchase as it will affect later steps. Once the setup has completed and you are back at your new Vista desktop, run the setup program from the Vista DVD again from within the new Vista 30-day trial. Go through the setup, but this time when it asks for your product key, enter in the product key that came with your upgrade. When asked whether to perform an Upgrade or a Custom (advanced) install, choose the Custom (advanced) option to perform a clean install of Vista. Yes, you are performing a second installation of Vista. Once setup has completed for the second time you will be able to activate Windows Vista as normal. You are now left with a fresh clean install of Vista and your original Vista install has been renamed C:\Windows.old. You can now delete the Windows.old folder as it is not necessary to be on your computer. |
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Sep 27 2009, 12:35 PM
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QUOTE(cosmo_wanda @ May 13 2009, 03:28 AM) Why install Vista when you get better with XP or Win 7 ? Vista is bad, bad, bad release by microsoft i think.. I agree it's not that great of a release, but it's better than my old Windows Millennium 
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Oct 15 2009, 04:00 PM
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In April 2007 I bought my HP Pavilion S7715.uk PC (Vista Home Basic). At that time HP were giving a free upgrade to buyers, all I had to do was pay Post & Package. Some how HP or me got things twisted and I ended up with two copys.
As this was my introduction to owning a computer I made an unnumberable amount of mistakes. This was slowly overcome by just reading this excellent site which I found about 1 year later. As anyone will know, a new PC has lots of trash on it plus freebies that dont work fully or are hopeless at doing there job. Roxio takes almost for ever to put a film onto a DVD as does the built in DVD Maker from M/S. Now back to 'topic'. I used one of the upgrade copys to upgrade Basic to Premium a few times and eventually exceeded my 'auto' activating quota and had to use the phone method. During this very short period Vista became as popular as Adolph Hitler so I bought XP Professional which I used to learn how to do things. Once I had found the programs to do what I needed, I had a brainwave, when I installed XP it contained NO trash so I decided to do a clean install with the one opened copy of the Upgrade disc and everything worked perfectly but still had to use phone method of activation ( if I remember correctly XP was on my PC ) when I did it. The last program I found was the 'daddy' of them all, AcronisTrueImage 10. When I found the way it worked I opened copy Nos2 upgraded disc and did as suggested in post#1. When all updates were installed plus antivirus and Ccleaner I made an image with Acronis which I can now use to fix my next mistakes. All running well to date. |
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 Oct 27 2009, 03:37 PM
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Hello to everyone,
I am having a problem with my dell inspiron 530s intel core2 to make a long story short, my computer kept stalling so (stupid me) I thought by wiping out everything on my computer and install fresh copy of vista home prem, then upgrade to vista ultimate. Nope I did a dirty install, how can I make this install a clean one. Please Help......  |
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Oct 27 2009, 04:03 PM
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 To INSANITY and BEYOND !! Group: Moderator Posts: 21,860 Joined: 10-September 04 From: NJ USA Member No.: 2,608 |
Probably easiest if I just let you read this. It's a good one.
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