Upgrading from Windows Vista Home to Vista Business or Vista Ultimate

re: Upgrading from Windows Vista Home to Vista Business or Vista Ultimate

Mohammad — Sun, 09 May 2010 18:07:54 GMT

Hi,

Im trying to upgrade from Vista Home to Vista Business. I have already bought the retail version. but it won't let me upgrade. It says i have to do a clean install. i have too many programs that i don't want to lose. it took a lot of time to find and install all of them.

re: Upgrading from Windows Vista Home to Vista Business or Vista Ultimate

David Overton — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 16:44:18 GMT

Obi,

I'm glad to say you are wrong. Have a look at the thread www.microsoft.com/.../default.aspx for more details.

Thanks

David

re: Upgrading from Windows Vista Home to Vista Business or Vista Ultimate

Obi — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 09:53:55 GMT

My machine run with Vista Home. I just discovered it have limited funtionanity in IIS, infact it can not run ASP files, I have tried everything I can read from the web, but no solution. Now I have resolved to upgrade to Vista Business. The Vista Home came with the machine when I bought it. I have already installed many programs in the machine and I have many important files saved. Do I have to have a back-up for all these files before upgrading to Vista Business? What i mean, will I loose my files/programs if I upgrade to vista. I intend buying the CD and upgrade with it.

Best regards.

re: Upgrading from Windows Vista Home to Vista Business or Vista Ultimate

Noor — Wed, 28 May 2008 16:35:26 GMT

What are the features in home vista addition which are not in business? Can you specify please

re: Upgrading from Windows Vista Home to Vista Business or Vista Ultimate

gilberto valle — Mon, 26 May 2008 14:18:58 GMT

i wanna know how to do the upgrade im using windows vista home premiun but i wanna upgrade this Op to windows vista business..but i have a couples of questions before doing so. what is gonna happen with the serial of the windows vista home premiun after installing windows vista business...in the case think in this way....in the future if i would had a problem with windows and the only way to fix it would be installing again the windows what do i do...i have everything with me but I already have installes the upgrade at that time..do i have to install the windows vista home premium and then againg the upgrade ?? does the serial of the windows vista would work if i have already intalles the upgrade on it?

re: Upgrading from Windows Vista Home to Vista Business or Vista Ultimate

Heather — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 17:53:35 GMT

I want to upgrade to Vista Business, but microsoft online doesn't want me to! On their site, when I move thru their upgrade dialogue, once I enter "home premium" as my current OS, Ultimate is my only option. For $200 I could go back to XP! And have a nice dinner....

Suggestions?

Heather

re: Upgrading from Windows Vista Home to Vista Business or Vista Ultimate

David Overton — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 20:38:14 GMT

Brad,

Vista Home Premium is not a downgrade of Vista business - in both home products there are features that are not in the Vista business product.

If you could tell me how many machines you have, what licenses you have and what you want to finally achieve I hope I can help. You can mail me through the site if you would rather discuss via e-mail.

thanks

David

re: Upgrading from Windows Vista Home to Vista Business or Vista Ultimate

BradBohlmann — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 20:29:55 GMT

How could I "DownGrade"?? I have a client laptop at the collge where I work. I need to install home premium on her machine - I have the Business CD's?? When I try and enter her license number it says it can't do that. How would I force it to ask ahead of time so that I can install the right one?

re: Upgrading from Windows Vista Home to Vista Business or Vista Ultimate

David Overton — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 17:15:57 GMT

Paul,

I hope I have not confused things - this is for people who have accidently bought a Windows Vista home sku, but need business functionality.

This means that they already have an OS on the system, so no need to load XP first and they already have a Home edition on their system, so simply upgrading will work.

ttfn

David

re: Upgrading from Windows Vista Home to Vista Business or Vista Ultimate

Paul Curran — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 11:05:38 GMT

A weird upgrade really, I have to get a Vista home Premium then Wipe it, go to XP then install Business. :D

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