can i upgrade home basic 32 bit to ultimate 64 bit?

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in order to perform a repair on my hp compaq presario, intel 512 MB, 32 bit pc with vista home basic sp

2, the Answer Desk has sent me 5 home basic with 2 service pack discs and Level 2 has sent 2 ultimate discs including service packs, one for 32 bit and one for 64 bit.

 

as excessive paging and low memory are my chief complaints, my attempts to uninstall prepackaged programs or disable services and hide the unnecessary enhancements sent with updates i have probably corrupted the regristry and created dependancy conflicts.

although underpowered with only 103 gb free in the C drive and 899 mb free in the D, this baby largely does what i need it to do but i need to reduce the errors.



is it possible to just upgrade to the ultimate 32 bit version?

 

can i upgrade to ultimate 64 bit?

 

as every gain in space i achieve is ultimately eaten up by the daily, though optional MSE updates, can i afford XXX (how many more updates)??? since sp 2? or just hide the ones with all the new features i don't need and delete those programs, or will i just

be back to the same place with new ultimate headaches?

 

is vista ultimate worth it?

 

tried to find a video to learn more about it but could only find charts and features, most of which i won't use.

 

thank you in advance as any feedback would be appreciated.

 

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