Volume License File Versions

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I remember wuth XP, you could just supply the original Windows ME disk and
not have to install first?

Does the upgrade versions allow the same?

"Darrell Gorter[MSFT]" said:
Hello Carey,
Yes to both scenarios.
Thanks,
Darrell Gorter[MSFT]

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<Hi Darrell -
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<Please comment on these scenarios:
<
<A Windows user purchases an "upgrade version" of Vista
<and performs a "clean install" from Windows 2000 as you describe.
<If for some reason the user's Vista installation becomes fatally
<corrupt and another "clean install" is required, the user would
<have to perform a "clean install" of his legacy Windows 2000
<CD, then begin the "clean install" of Vista while at the Windows 2000
<desktop?
<
<And if a user happens to purchase a new PC that came with Windows XP
<preinstalled (no CD - only a recovery partition), then purchased and
installed an"upgrade version" of Vista and later suffered a
<hard drive
<failure, would the Vista user have to contact the PC manufacturer,
<obtain a Windows XP recovery CD/DVD, install it, then upgrade again
<to Vista? If this is true and the user took his PC to a repair shop
<and requested them to install a new hard drive and reinstall Vista,
<and the user has no Windows XP recovery CD, what is the repair shop
<to do - tell the customer he now needs to purchase a "Full Version"
<of Windows Vista?
<
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<Microsoft MVP
<Windows Shell/User
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<""Darrell Gorter[MSFT]"" wrote:
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<
<| Hello Carey,
<| What I am stating is that you need to be inside an existing copy of
Windows
<| to use a upgrade version.
<| As long as setup is started from inside a version of Windows that meets
the
<| compliance check, you can then do either an upgrade or a clean install.
<| What you cannot do is boot to the DVD, use an upgrade product key and
do
a
<| clean install(or an upgrade). When you enter an upgrade product key,
you
<| will be told to "To use the product key you entered, start the
installation
<| from your existing version of Windows."
<|
<| Thanks,
<| Darrell Gorter[MSFT]
<|
<| This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
rights
<
<
<
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Sorry, but how many times does Darrell have to state that the qualifying os
must be installed and the upgrade started from within that qualifying os.

Justin Haygood said:
I remember wuth XP, you could just supply the original Windows ME disk and
not have to install first?

Does the upgrade versions allow the same?

"Darrell Gorter[MSFT]" said:
Hello Carey,
Yes to both scenarios.
Thanks,
Darrell Gorter[MSFT]

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
rights
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<Hi Darrell -
<
<Please comment on these scenarios:
<
<A Windows user purchases an "upgrade version" of Vista
<and performs a "clean install" from Windows 2000 as you describe.
<If for some reason the user's Vista installation becomes fatally
<corrupt and another "clean install" is required, the user would
<have to perform a "clean install" of his legacy Windows 2000
<CD, then begin the "clean install" of Vista while at the Windows 2000
<desktop?
<
<And if a user happens to purchase a new PC that came with Windows XP
<preinstalled (no CD - only a recovery partition), then purchased and
installed an"upgrade version" of Vista and later suffered a
<hard drive
<failure, would the Vista user have to contact the PC manufacturer,
<obtain a Windows XP recovery CD/DVD, install it, then upgrade again
<to Vista? If this is true and the user took his PC to a repair shop
<and requested them to install a new hard drive and reinstall Vista,
<and the user has no Windows XP recovery CD, what is the repair shop
<to do - tell the customer he now needs to purchase a "Full Version"
<of Windows Vista?
<
<--
<Carey Frisch
<Microsoft MVP
<Windows Shell/User
<
<---------------------------------------------------------------------------
------
<
<""Darrell Gorter[MSFT]"" wrote:
<
<
<| Hello Carey,
<| What I am stating is that you need to be inside an existing copy of
Windows
<| to use a upgrade version.
<| As long as setup is started from inside a version of Windows that
meets
the
<| compliance check, you can then do either an upgrade or a clean
install.
<| What you cannot do is boot to the DVD, use an upgrade product key and
do
a
<| clean install(or an upgrade). When you enter an upgrade product key,
you
<| will be told to "To use the product key you entered, start the
installation
<| from your existing version of Windows."
<|
<| Thanks,
<| Darrell Gorter[MSFT]
<|
<| This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
rights
<
<
<
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