I currently have Windows XP home edition and am interested in upgrading to Vista Home Basic. The best price I could find was for Windows Vista Home Basic OEM (full, not an upgrade). Will this version allow for an in-place upgrade? Do I HAVE to use an upgrade version to upgrade to Vista or will this OEM version work?
2007-03-24 15:17:23 · 4 answers · asked by ericcoz 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Software
Do yourelf a favor....don't even bother thinking about loading in the "basic" version of Vista. Get Home Premium at the least. That being said, my recommendation is to NOT upgrade to Vista at all, at this time. As a techie I am hearing MANY complaints of incompatibility with programs and peripherals that run fine under XP but not at all under Vista. I'm not knocking Microsoft, but in this case I think the phrase "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" applies.
2007-03-24 16:21:11 · answer #1 · answered by Jolly 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You would have to uninstall XP completely. An OEM cannot upgrade a previous version of Windows.
2007-03-24 15:59:19 · answer #2 · answered by kwilfort 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can't do an "in place" upgrade with an OEM version. An OEM version requires a clean install. Back up your files, the boot to the Windows CD, reformat and install.
2007-03-24 15:22:32 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-20 09:45:40 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋