Upgrading from Beta to Final Release

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I am not sure if this has been asked before or not but I have a couple of
questions:

First of all, I upgraded my laptop to the RC2 and was wondering if I will
have to pay for the Full Release version of Windows Vista as I do not have
any disks from my OEM because the computer didn't come with it.

Second, I also installed the Pro Version of Office which I also love, I am
somewhat in the same boat with that one. Will I have to install the Full
Version of Office instead of the Upgrade?
 
The beta versions of Office 2007 and Windows Vista cannot be upgraded to the
final releases. You need to get the full license.
 
If you do not possess the requisite upgrade media (previous operating system
and Office CD's) yes, you will have to purchase full install versions of
Vista and Office.

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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!
 
Hi,

Yes and yes. The prerelease versions are for testing and for previewing the
software. Microsoft does this for both feedback and compatibility testing,
and to tease the public with a look-see at what's coming. The final release
of both Vista and Office 2007 will be at full cost.

As to your laptop, your manufacturer should be able to provide XP recovery
software on CD, usually with some nominal cost.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
 
Taylor, it was just plain stupid to have removed Windows from your
laptop without having a way of getting it back. It's a near certainty
that you could have "made" a Windows restore CD from what was on you
laptop, and even if not, you could have made an image (using Ghost or
True Image). Having done neither, you have put yourself into an awkward
position.

That said, if you have a legal COA, license and Product Key that came
with your laptop, what's preventing you from using upgrade rather than
full product media is the implementation of Microsoft's distribution
system, not the EULA or copyright laws. I'm sure that an intelligent
person could find a way of dealing with that; you are in no worse shape
than someone whose hard drive had failed, and you don't [normally] have
to buy a new copy of Windows just because a hard drive fails.
 
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