Upgrade Vista Home Prem to Vista Business

tsabboud

My machine has Windows Home Premium. I have already installed all of my apps
and other preferences.

I now want to upgrade to Vista Business so that I can connect to my domain
server.

If I upgrade to Business, will I have to reinstall of my software apps and
documents/files?

Or, does the upgrade simply upgrade the OS with everything else staying the
same?

TSA

Dwarf

Hi tsabboud,

As far as I am aware, the only supported upgrade path from Home Premium is
to Ultimate. The Ultimate version contains everything in the Home versions
and the Business version, so you will not lose any functionality you have now
and you will gain all the functions from Business. You can either choose to
upgrade using the 'Windows Anytime Upgrade' option or you can purchase an
upgrade version of Ultimate. You should not have to reinstall anything, and
all files should stay where they are. However, whether they are important
files or not, back them up first to removeable media and check to see if they
have been backed up correctly. Applications can be reinstalled from the
original media that they came on. You shouldn't need to do this, but it is
better to be safe than sorry, especially when carrying out an upgrade to your
operating system. Note that when upgrading or installing an operating system
it is best to disconnect from the Internet and only reconnect when you have
finished. You might also need to disable your anti-virus software to carry
out the upgrade, hence my advice above.
Dwarf

"tsabboud" wrote:

> My machine has Windows Home Premium. I have already installed all of my apps
> and other preferences.
>
> I now want to upgrade to Vista Business so that I can connect to my domain
> server.
>
> If I upgrade to Business, will I have to reinstall of my software apps and
> documents/files?
>
> Or, does the upgrade simply upgrade the OS with everything else staying the
> same?
>
> TSA

Mick Murphy

Dwarf is correct.
There is no upgrade path from home Premium to business; that way has to be a
clean install.
Take his advice.


"tsabboud" wrote:

> My machine has Windows Home Premium. I have already installed all of my apps
> and other preferences.
>
> I now want to upgrade to Vista Business so that I can connect to my domain
> server.
>
> If I upgrade to Business, will I have to reinstall of my software apps and
> documents/files?
>
> Or, does the upgrade simply upgrade the OS with everything else staying the
> same?
>
> TSA

garyo

I don't think there's a way to upgrade from Vista Home Premium to Vista
Business. I had purchased Vista Business Upgrade from eBay to put on a
computer with Vista Home Premium. The Business software doesn't allow
you to upgrade from Home Premium to Business. It does, however, allow a
clean installation. The problem is in activation. The Product code is
only for an upgrade, not a clean installation. It doesn't make any
sense to me that you can install something as an clean installation, but
cannot be activated. Microsoft told me that Vista Home Premium cannot
be upgraded to Vista Business. Then Microsoft told me I would have to
purchase Windows Upgrade Anytime.

tsabboud;669872 Wrote:
> My machine has Windows Home Premium. I have already installed all of my
> apps
> and other preferences.
>
> I now want to upgrade to Vista Business so that I can connect to my
> domain
> server.
>
> If I upgrade to Business, will I have to reinstall of my software apps
> and
> documents/files?
>
> Or, does the upgrade simply upgrade the OS with everything else staying
> the
> same?
>
> TSA


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"garyo" <> wrote in message
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>
> I don't think there's a way to upgrade from Vista Home Premium to Vista
> Business. I had purchased Vista Business Upgrade from eBay to put on a
> computer with Vista Home Premium. The Business software doesn't allow
> you to upgrade from Home Premium to Business. It does, however, allow a
> clean installation. The problem is in activation. The Product code is
> only for an upgrade, not a clean installation. It doesn't make any
> sense to me that you can install something as an clean installation, but
> cannot be activated. Microsoft told me that Vista Home Premium cannot
> be upgraded to Vista Business. Then Microsoft told me I would have to
> purchase Windows Upgrade Anytime.
>
> tsabboud;669872 Wrote:
>> My machine has Windows Home Premium. I have already installed all of my
>> apps
>> and other preferences.
>>
>> I now want to upgrade to Vista Business so that I can connect to my
>> domain
>> server.
>>
>> If I upgrade to Business, will I have to reinstall of my software apps
>> and
>> documents/files?
>>
>> Or, does the upgrade simply upgrade the OS with everything else staying
>> the
>> same?
>>
>> TSA
>
>
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> garyo
> Posted via
>