Upgrade Options Tool

[James L Szatkowski, PE]

I just ran the Upgrade Options Tool from
http://www.windowsmarketplace.com/details.aspx?view=info&itemid=3268634&WT.mc_id=0107_55
which linked to
http://images.windowsmarketplace.com/img/EDT/tools/UpgradeOptionsTool.msi

I'm currently running an AMD-2400, 512MB Ram, 2 harddrives at 80G each and a
Geforce 5200 video card (2 monitors) at 256M total.

The tool said "We're sorry, but your computer currently does not meet the
requirements necessary to upgrade to Windows Vista."
"To install and run the core functionality of Windows Vista, you need at
least a 800 MHz processor and 512 MB of sytem memory."

Any ideas ?? Is it an Upgrade Options Tool bug or do they not like AMD for
some reason?

 

[Beck]

I just ran the Upgrade Options Tool from
http://www.windowsmarketplace.com/details.aspx?view=info&itemid=3268634&WT.mc_id=0107_55
which linked to
http://images.windowsmarketplace.com/img/EDT/tools/UpgradeOptionsTool.msi

I'm currently running an AMD-2400, 512MB Ram, 2 harddrives at 80G each and
a
Geforce 5200 video card (2 monitors) at 256M total.

The tool said "We're sorry, but your computer currently does not meet the
requirements necessary to upgrade to Windows Vista."
"To install and run the core functionality of Windows Vista, you need at
least a 800 MHz processor and 512 MB of sytem memory."

Any ideas ?? Is it an Upgrade Options Tool bug or do they not like AMD for
some reason?

Hmm sounds like a stupid bug to me. You definitely have enough for Vista.
Could do with a little extra ram but it should not fail you on 512mb and
certainly not on that processor.

 

[Rock]

I just ran the Upgrade Options Tool from
http://www.windowsmarketplace.com/details.aspx?view=info&itemid=3268634&WT.mc_id=0107_55
which linked to
http://images.windowsmarketplace.com/img/EDT/tools/UpgradeOptionsTool.msi

I'm currently running an AMD-2400, 512MB Ram, 2 harddrives at 80G each and
a
Geforce 5200 video card (2 monitors) at 256M total.

The tool said "We're sorry, but your computer currently does not meet the
requirements necessary to upgrade to Windows Vista."
"To install and run the core functionality of Windows Vista, you need at
least a 800 MHz processor and 512 MB of sytem memory."

Any ideas ?? Is it an Upgrade Options Tool bug or do they not like AMD for
some reason?

The upgrade advisor is just that, and it does at times give bogus info. One
issue to look out for is uninstalling any system level utilities such as AV
program, 3rd party firewall, partitioning tools, tweakui, etc. If RAM could
be increased to 1GB it would run better.

 

[Colin Barnhorst]

If you are running Cool and Quiet, turn it off. Or load up some apps so
that the cpu is running at full speed. I suspect that the tool is reading
the cpu state, not its rating.

 

[Rock]

If you are running Cool and Quiet, turn it off. Or load up some apps so
that the cpu is running at full speed. I suspect that the tool is reading
the cpu state, not its rating.

Good catch.