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I own a copy of XP home. I am in the process of building a new pc and want
to transfer the operating system rights from my old pc and will remove it
from the hard drive.

Is there any other way of installing Vista home premimum on the new machine
without going through a install of my XP home operating system?

Can I get a clean install?
 
Hi mp2--

Essentially yes.

Here's what you can do:

Vista Hands On #4: Clean install with an upgrade key by Ed Bott
http://blogs.zdnet.com/Bott/?p=196

Windows Vista Inside Out
http://www.edbott.com/weblog/?p=1591

Additional Articles on using the "workaround":

Workaround Discovered For "Clean Install" With Vista Upgrade DVDs
Microsoft Confirms Vista Upgrade Limitations (Updated with Workaround)
http://www.dailytech.com/Workaround...stall+With+Vista+Upgrade+DVDs/article5932.htm


Paul Thurrott / January 29, 2007
http://www.windowsitpro.com/mobile/pda/Article.cfm?ArticleID=95011&News=1

MSFT Ignores Vista Upgrade Loophole
http://www.mstalkonline.com/microsoft-ignores-vista-upgrade-loophole/

Good luck,

CH
 
When you use an existing operating as a base for installing an upgrade
version of a new operating system, the old O/S is subsumed into the new O/S.
In other words, you would not be able (under the EULA) to continue to use
Windows XP on the old computer.

If you want Vista on the new computer and Windows XP on the old computer you
would need a full install version of Vista for the new computer.

Yeah! I know there are ways around this but I do not delve into these.

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Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
(For email, remove the obvious from my address)

Quote from George Ankner:
If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!
 
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