Upgrade Pricing...

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I am the owner of 2 copies of Windows XP Pro, 1 copy of XP Home and 2 copies
XP Media Center edition. Will I be able to get the Upgrade price to Windows
Vista Ultimate and how many PC's can this be installed on. I know they bent
a little bit with Office allowing 3 installs.

Thanks in advance.

-Greg
 
You need one copy of Vista per computer.

Additionally, Office can be installed on **TWO** computers, not three.

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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!
 
Windows licensing have always been different from Office licensing.
For each computer you wish to upgrade to Windows Vista Ultimate,
you'll need to purchase an individual Windows Vista upgrade license.

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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows Shell/User

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I am the owner of 2 copies of Windows XP Pro, 1 copy of XP Home and 2 copies
XP Media Center edition. Will I be able to get the Upgrade price to Windows
Vista Ultimate and how many PC's can this be installed on. I know they bent
a little bit with Office allowing 3 installs.

Thanks in advance.

-Greg
 
You can get upgrade pricing for all to Ultimate. You should be able to
legally install on 5 pc's, providing you can get your old versions installed
and activated on the 5 pc's.
 
That's kewl and what I figured. How bout the upgrade price. 259 upgrade and
399 full. Does having a registered version of any of the versions I have
entitle me to the upgrade price for Ultimate?

Thanks for your responses...
 
All of the licenses you have, Greg, can be upgraded to Ultimate at the
upgrade price.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
 
I am the owner of 2 copies of Windows XP Pro, 1 copy of XP Home and 2
copies XP Media Center edition. Will I be able to get the Upgrade price to
Windows Vista Ultimate and how many PC's can this be installed on. I know
they bent a little bit with Office allowing 3 installs.
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For the upgrade XP has to be installed and activated. You can't just insert
the CD for the qualifying product as proof as was the case in previous
upgrades. The upgrade is started by running the DVD from the installed XP's
desktop.
 
Rock said:
For the upgrade XP has to be installed and activated. You can't just
insert the CD for the qualifying product as proof as was the case in
previous upgrades. The upgrade is started by running the DVD from the
installed XP's desktop.
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Rock, if that is the case, can you clarify this please;

Upgrade Planning for Windows Vista

For many of you, the experience of Windows Vista will begin with the
purchase
of a new PC. For others, however, the experience begins by upgrading
your current PC,
and it's important to know and understand the upgrade options.

Your upgrade options are dependent on the version of Windows that is
currently
running on your PC. Below is some information to help you start
planning for an upgrade
to Windows Vista. As we get closer to the launch of Windows Vista, we
will provide even
more detailed guidance to help ensure a smooth upgrade experience.
The options

You can upgrade from your current edition of Microsoft Windows XP or
Windows 2000
to a corresponding or better edition of Windows Vista by purchasing
and installing an upgrade
copy of Windows Vista. Depending on which edition of Windows you are
running and the edition
of Windows Vista you would like to install, you have two options for
the installation process:

In-place upgrade
You can upgrade in-place, which means you can install Windows Vista
and retain your applications,
files, and settings as they were in your previous edition of Windows.

Clean install
Upgrading to Windows Vista with a clean install means that you should
use Windows Easy Transfer
to automatically copy all your files and settings to an extra hard
drive or other storage device,
and then install Windows Vista. After the installation is complete,
Windows Easy Transfer
will reload your files and settings on your upgraded PC. You will then
need to reinstall your applications.

Web link: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsvista/getready/upgradeinfo.mspx
 
Specifically one desktop and one mobile.

Richard Urban said:
You need one copy of Vista per computer.

Additionally, Office can be installed on **TWO** computers, not three.

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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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For x86 Vista:

Windows 2000 Pro SP4: You must run Vista Setup from the desktop and you
must do a custom install.

XP SP2: You must run Vista Setup from the desktop and you can choose an
upgrade install or a custom install if your Vista edition is an equivalent
edition or higher to the XP you are upgrading. If your Vista edition would
result in a loss of functionality from your current XP edition, then you
must do a custom install (example: XP Pro to Vista Home Premium requires
custom).

For x64 Vista:

Windows 2000 SP4 and all x86 editions of XP require you to boot with the x64
dvd and do a custom install.

XP Pro x64: You may boot with the x64 dvd or run Vista x64 Setup from the
XP Pro x64 desktop. Either way you must do a custom install.

You must have a Vista upgrade edition license for each instance of Windows
that you upgrade.
 
Thanks Colin.

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- Glen


Colin said:
For x86 Vista:

Windows 2000 Pro SP4: You must run Vista Setup from the desktop and you
must do a custom install.

XP SP2: You must run Vista Setup from the desktop and you can choose an
upgrade install or a custom install if your Vista edition is an
equivalent edition or higher to the XP you are upgrading. If your Vista
edition would result in a loss of functionality from your current XP
edition, then you must do a custom install (example: XP Pro to Vista
Home Premium requires custom).

For x64 Vista:

Windows 2000 SP4 and all x86 editions of XP require you to boot with the
x64 dvd and do a custom install.

XP Pro x64: You may boot with the x64 dvd or run Vista x64 Setup from
the XP Pro x64 desktop. Either way you must do a custom install.

You must have a Vista upgrade edition license for each instance of
Windows that you upgrade.
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Since you seem to now have more info than a few weeks ago, has it been
decided that once installed, you can use the Vista upgrade DVD to do a repair
if the boot files are damaged? With the beta version (full), you could
insert the DVD and then at some point Vista would detect a problem with your
boot files and offer to repair them. This is a great feature that I would
not want to lose just because I'm upgrading.
 
Thanks. I was not aware of that.

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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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