Workaround Discovered For "Clean Install" With Vista Upgrade DVDs  | | 
January 31st, 2007, 01:31 PM
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| | A hero in training
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| Workaround Discovered For Clean Install With Vista Upgrade DVDs
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January 31st, 2007, 01:51 PM
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| | SoMuchAnime-SoLittleTime
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Yes, but you need to install Vista 2 times...
I just wish they would have had it do a clean install, except require users to enter in their old COA code... | 
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January 31st, 2007, 01:53 PM
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What is wrong with installing vista two times? Is that complicated? | |
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January 31st, 2007, 01:55 PM
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| | SoMuchAnime-SoLittleTime
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Not any easier than installing XP, then using Vista to upgrade over it.  | |
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January 31st, 2007, 01:57 PM
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Bwaha ha ha ha....good one M$ talk about shooting yourself in the foot. 
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January 31st, 2007, 02:03 PM
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Originally Posted by EXreaction  Not any easier than installing XP, then using Vista to upgrade over it. | True, but the benefit is that it's a clean install. Remember upgrading from 98 to 2k or 2k to Xp.....the install process always left stuff behind. | |
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January 31st, 2007, 02:08 PM
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| | SoMuchAnime-SoLittleTime
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Originally Posted by batmeat True, but the benefit is that it's a clean install. Remember upgrading from 98 to 2k or 2k to Xp.....the install process always left stuff behind. | But will it be any better going from one copy of vista to another? | |
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January 31st, 2007, 02:14 PM
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| | Super Stealthy Moderator
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I think the key advantages here are;
1: you no longer forfeit your xp key, as I understand it with an upgrade you loose the right to use xp {am I wrong here}
2: you can upgrade to any version of vista, if there is no qualifying media needed and this work around works then you can just buy any upgrade version.
one question I do not see covered is that I thought in order for vista to upgrade xp had to be installed and activated...I'm guessing that maybe that was wrong 
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January 31st, 2007, 02:16 PM
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Originally Posted by GroundZero3 | Why buy the full version when you can just buy the cheaper upgrade version and install it twice...??
I am just sticking to OEM, it hasn't failed me in the past...
Last edited by Iturea : January 31st, 2007 at 02:29 PM.
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January 31st, 2007, 02:40 PM
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