HI I have just bought a ACER laptop with XP Media centre on it - I have ordered the free Vista premium, albeit I dont want to use it on the Laptop as I am happy with XP Media Centre, but want to put the Vista premium edition on a XP Home based machine.
The Question is does the Upgrade only install over the Media centre edition or is it a Full version, so I can install over XP Home - this is a fully licensed & validated XP Home
Has any one tried this out
Thanks for any advice !
PS I am aware I can only install this on one machine
2007-03-27 06:38:30 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Software
Great question. Haven't seen this one before on Y!A. I checked the Vista upgrade site and it says, "Receive an Express Upgrade to Windows Vista when you buy a qualifying PC running Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Tablet PC Edition, or Windows XP Professional." Doesn't say anything about XP Home or if it's a full install.
Educated guess: it's an upgrade, not a full install (Microsoft is not known for it's generosity.) But whether it will work on XP Home is another question all together and probably best answered by Microsoft. There's a "contact us" link at the bottom of the page:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/windowsvista/buyorupgrade/expressupgrade.mspx
Good luck in finding an answer. Be curious to know what Microsoft says.
plrr
2007-03-27 13:48:49 · answer #1 · answered by Angry C 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Any of the Upgrade versions of Vista will upgrade from any version of XP, so yes it will work, without a doubt.
2007-03-29 20:06:46 · answer #2 · answered by mysticman44 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋