Windows Launch Preview

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Howdy,
I got home from the New Day Launch in Seattle and couldn't wait to load
Vista. I have the Launch Preview and am confused. It will not give upgrade as
an option only a clean install. I ran Vista Upgrade Adviser and there were no
compatibility issues! Is the Windows Launch Preview not able to upgrade XP?
 
Vmaxdad--

The launch did not give out Vista. That DVD is one of many promotional ones
showing Vista features,etc and purchase oportunities. You should have
gotten several others. What you have are promotional--get familiar wtth
Vista materials on that DVD. If you want to see what's on it, put in the
DVD and right click the Start button>click explore.

They did however give you a PK and a download site for Office 2007 Pro and
Groove and that's worth about $600.

CH
 
VMaxdad--

That DVD is not an OS full or upgrade. It's promotional and informational
material. Pop it in and right click Start>click Explorer All Users and you
can look at what's on the DVD.

You did or should have gotten Office 2007 and Groove --you got PKs and a web
site where you can download them and install them.

CH
 
Until you're certain about application compatibility, you should dual boot.
What the Upgrade Adviser tells you may not be what you find to be true.
Give Vista a disk or partition, let it see XP, and it'll set up a dual boot.
 
It's not Vista Michael. It's promotional. He doesn'thave a product key for
it, and if you read my post I explained it. I do like dual boots though.

CH
 
I'd rather have one rock solid operating system that is so self-effacing
I don't have to think about it. Until that day comes, I'm booting several.

You are better informed than I am. I didn't know that they weren't
giving out Vista at the event, but Groove and Office 2007 instead.

I hope "vmaxdad" clicked on the CDO's [ + ] and saw your post.
 
I sure agree with you Michael on having rock solid systems and backups. I
try my best, making more than one backup of each system, and I use Acronis X
for Vista. I've used Ghost in the past, but for me there are just too many
potential conflicts over the years with Ghost--I remember well the potential
BSOD stop that some people never recovered from with Ghost 8 I believe it
was, and SP2 unless you modified boot.ini and added a line prior to
installing Ghost.

Also some good users on these groups and vets have reported that Ghost 10 is
installing on Vista but not performing well right now.

CH

Michael Jennings said:
I'd rather have one rock solid operating system that is so self-effacing
I don't have to think about it. Until that day comes, I'm booting several.

You are better informed than I am. I didn't know that they weren't
giving out Vista at the event, but Groove and Office 2007 instead.

I hope "vmaxdad" clicked on the CDO's [ + ] and saw your post.

Chad Harris said:
It's not Vista Michael. It's promotional. He doesn't have a product key
for
it, and if you read my post I explained it. I do like dual boots though.

CH
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Thank You Guys... I was confused because when I threw it in my system it
prompted me to Install! I thought cool! That really made it even more
worthwhile for the 5:00am early start to get to the city! The launch was
cool! Do you know if there are promotional copies available? I asked around
yesterday and nobody knew! Seems like the Launch would have been a good place
to sell it! Oh well... if you see Mr. Gates tell him thanks for the breakfast
and lunch too!
 
Howdy... thanks for all of the help! It was fun going to the city yesterday
for the launch. I have been beta-testing 2007 for months and am tickled at
getting the Program! Too Cool. Definetly worth hittin' the road at 5:00am! I
tried to and thought I did reply earlier but did not see it posted. Thanks
again! It was awesome seeing Mr. Gates in person! Of course the icing was the
free Office Programs! Too cool for the high tech-hickerbilly! If you know of
a good deal on Vista please let me know! I was surprised it couldn't be
purchased at the Launch... I asked all over but no luck!
 
I skipped Acronis - went from Ghost to BootItNG. Cheap. Versatile.
Quality. OK, so it's got a learning curve - into rock climbing, Chad?

Chad Harris said:
I sure agree with you Michael on having rock solid systems and backups. I
try my best, making more than one backup of each system, and I use Acronis X
for Vista. I've used Ghost in the past, but for me there are just too many
potential conflicts over the years with Ghost--I remember well the potential
BSOD stop that some people never recovered from with Ghost 8 I believe it
was, and SP2 unless you modified boot.ini and added a line prior to
installing Ghost.

Also some good users on these groups and vets have reported that Ghost 10 is
installing on Vista but not performing well right now.

CH

Michael Jennings said:
I'd rather have one rock solid operating system that is so self-effacing
I don't have to think about it. Until that day comes, I'm booting several.

You are better informed than I am. I didn't know that they weren't
giving out Vista at the event, but Groove and Office 2007 instead.

I hope "vmaxdad" clicked on the CDO's [ + ] and saw your post.

Chad Harris said:
It's not Vista Michael. It's promotional. He doesn't have a product key
for
it, and if you read my post I explained it. I do like dual boots though.

CH

Until you're certain about application compatibility, you should dual
boot.
What the Upgrade Adviser tells you may not be what you find to be true.
Give Vista a disk or partition, let it see XP, and it'll set up a dual
boot.

Howdy,
I got home from the New Day Launch in Seattle and couldn't wait to load
Vista. I have the Launch Preview and am confused. It will not give
upgrade as
an option only a clean install. I ran Vista Upgrade Adviser and there
were no
compatibility issues! Is the Windows Launch Preview not able to upgrade
XP?
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You are incorrect. I was at this same event and received a "Windows Vista
Launch Preview CD, containing Windows Ultimate". There is a product key
located inside along with an install DVD. I installed it today & it works
great.
 
Streater--

It's correct as far as multiple launch events in other cities go. I wasn't
at your launch.

Sink your eyeballs into this:

www.microsoft.com/business/launch2007/signup/default.mspx

"Receive your FREE copy of Microsoft Office Professional 2007 and Microsoft
Office Groove 2007* when you attend a Windows Vista, 2007 Microsoft Office
system, and Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 launch event near you!"

It says nothing about Vista, so all I can figure is MSFT gave people who
went to the Seattle launch Vista. Did you also get Office 2007 Pro and
Groove?

NoVista was given out at the launch event in our city. Maybe the Softies
gave you an extra because we did not get it and Streater if you go to the
launch site above, no Vista is promised.

Enjoy what 3500 of us didn't get at our Launch and I'm pretty sure no other
city got either. You can read this I'm sure:

www.microsoft.com/business/launch2007/signup/default.mspx

I couldn't have known they'd give Vista to you, but hey show up at Building
27 on the campus and bang on the door and ask for the TBT house mommy and
tell her you want all the swag she can drag out of the closet.

Now you can work on getting under the iceberg and learning some of its
features.

Enjoy.

CH
 
Yes they did give us Office 2007 & a copy of Groove as well. I wasn't trying
to make you look bad, I'm just saying that they did indeed include a copy of
Vista at the Seattle event. I was quite happy to find it in my bag of goodies
:)

:

Did you also get Office 2007 Pro and
 
I stumbled on this thread by accident looking for something else. I, too, was
at Seattle's Launch event yesterday. And I also went primarily to get the
free Office 2007. I did not even look in my bag until just now - I thought it
was just full of developer stuff that I was not interested in. And when I
looked in the bag, yes, there was a Windows Vista Ulitimate DVD with a
product key!

I have been using the VISTA-RC- now I can upgrade to the full version- the
price was right!!

Other people who attended the Seattle event- LOOK IN YOUR BAG!
 
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