I have recently got a new laptop with vista already installed but with a

upgrade vista disc, what i would like to know is am i able to install vista

on my other computer using this disc ???? it currently has windows xp home

edition on it, if this is possible do i just restore then put vista on

instead of windows xp?

I have recently got a new laptop with vista already installed but with a

upgrade vista disc, what i would like to know is am i able to install vista

on my other computer using this disc ???? it currently has windows xp home

edition on it, if this is possible do i just restore then put vista on

instead of windows xp?

What you have is an Upgrade Anytime disc that upgrades

a current version of Windows Vista to Vista Ultimate.

You cannot use that disc to upgrade Windows XP to

Windows Vista. You'll need to purchase an upgrade

version of Windows Vista in order to upgrade your

Windows XP installation.

 

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Carey Frisch

Microsoft MVP

Windows - Shell/User

 

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"Jinny" <Jinny@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:1B63512E-3118-43F1-8B54-D5A57E4EF219@microsoft.com...

I have recently got a new laptop with vista already installed but with a

upgrade vista disc, what i would like to know is am i able to install vista

on my other computer using this disc ???? it currently has windows xp home

edition on it, if this is possible do i just restore then put vista on

instead of windows xp?

What you have is an Upgrade Anytime disc that upgrades

a current version of Windows Vista to Vista Ultimate.

You cannot use that disc to upgrade Windows XP to

Windows Vista. You'll need to purchase an upgrade

version of Windows Vista in order to upgrade your

Windows XP installation.

 

--

Carey Frisch

Microsoft MVP

Windows - Shell/User

 

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"Jinny" <Jinny@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:1B63512E-3118-43F1-8B54-D5A57E4EF219@microsoft.com...

I have recently got a new laptop with vista already installed but with a

upgrade vista disc, what i would like to know is am i able to install vista

on my other computer using this disc ???? it currently has windows xp home

edition on it, if this is possible do i just restore then put vista on

instead of windows xp?

You do not have a license to install on another computer. You would need to

buy an upgrade version of Vista to legally install on your other computer.

It is highly doubtful that what you have would work and you would have

activation problems if it did.

 

"Jinny" <Jinny@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:1B63512E-3118-43F1-8B54-D5A57E4EF219@microsoft.com...

>I have recently got a new laptop with vista already installed but with a

> upgrade vista disc, what i would like to know is am i able to install

> vista

> on my other computer using this disc ???? it currently has windows xp home

> edition on it, if this is possible do i just restore then put vista on

> instead of windows xp?

You do not have a license to install on another computer. You would need to

buy an upgrade version of Vista to legally install on your other computer.

It is highly doubtful that what you have would work and you would have

activation problems if it did.

 

"Jinny" <Jinny@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:1B63512E-3118-43F1-8B54-D5A57E4EF219@microsoft.com...

>I have recently got a new laptop with vista already installed but with a

> upgrade vista disc, what i would like to know is am i able to install

> vista

> on my other computer using this disc ???? it currently has windows xp home

> edition on it, if this is possible do i just restore then put vista on

> instead of windows xp?