Anytime Upgrade Question

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I received a complimentary version of Vista Business from Microsoft through
the Power Together promotion. The problem is, of course the version of XP I
am currently using, Media Center, is the one and only that I can't upgrade to
the Business version. If I purchase the anytine upgrade to Ultimate, will I
able to able to install that as an Upgrade and not a clean install? I have
so much on my current hard drive that I'd rather just perform the upgrade.
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks for your time.
 
You can use Windows Anytime Upgrade only on a computer that's already
running Windows Vista. You can’t use Windows Anytime Upgrade to upgrade
a computer that's running an earlier version of Windows, such as Windows XP
Media Center Edition.

In your case, you'll need to purchase a conventional "retail upgrade version"
of either Vista Home Premium or Ultimate in order to perform an upgrade
from Windows XP Media Center Edition.


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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
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I received a complimentary version of Vista Business from Microsoft through
the Power Together promotion. The problem is, of course the version of XP I
am currently using, Media Center, is the one and only that I can't upgrade to
the Business version. If I purchase the anytine upgrade to Ultimate, will I
able to able to install that as an Upgrade and not a clean install? I have
so much on my current hard drive that I'd rather just perform the upgrade.
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks for your time.
 
No, with the Anytime Upgrade you need to have the Vista OS already
installed.

Other options are either buying a new version of Windows (an upgrade
version) or backup all your stuff and do a clean install.
 
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