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09-03-2007, 06:15 AM
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True Techie Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 124
|  vista upgrade
are you required to activate xp before upgrading to vista?
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09-03-2007, 06:56 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: C:\Windows\System32 Posts: 25,711
| Re: vista upgrade
Yes. It also must pass the WGA or Vista upgrade will not work.
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09-03-2007, 08:27 AM
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Courtesy of Mak. Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Chichester, England Posts: 4,005
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why cant you buy the OEM, if ur running a illegitimate copy of XP then buy the OEM, you don't have to have xp activated to install it plus its much cheaper than upgrade versions,
if your running xp on the machine in ur sig id get a gig of ram just to be safe, 1GB RAM is probably the minimum IMO
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09-03-2007, 11:19 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: C:\Windows\System32 Posts: 25,711
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Yes there is the option of using the Upgrade DVD to do a clean install. I was just answering the qeustion asked. 
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09-03-2007, 11:36 AM
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Courtesy of Mak. Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Chichester, England Posts: 4,005
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silly micorosoft
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09-03-2007, 01:05 PM
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True Techie Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 124
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would it potentially be easier to upgrade to vista from windows 2000 since there is no activation like in xp?
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09-03-2007, 01:07 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 19,822
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nope...with 2k u ned a cleaninstall to use Vista
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09-03-2007, 01:32 PM
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Courtesy of Mak. Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Chichester, England Posts: 4,005
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you can only upgrade to vista from XP
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09-03-2007, 01:40 PM
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krazy Techie Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Brooklyn Park, MN Posts: 4,865
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Just use the clean install method...problem solved. | |
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