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Upgrade Vista Home Premium to Ulitmate with key= possible?

post #1 of 4
10/21/07 at 9:53am
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Hi,

I bought a new dell computer with windows home premium(english) installed on it.

Now i have bought a legal and official licence key of vista ultimate (because i need some functions of ultimate(dutch)). I also have a DVD with which I can install all types of vista (32 bits).

Now my question is:

Can I upgrade my home premium to ultimate without reinstalling all my apps,... by having an official lisence key?

How do I have to do it?

THX!!!!
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post #2 of 4
10/21/07 at 12:23pm
thats what the Windows Anytime Upgrade function is for
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Originally Posted by Microsoft.com help pages
Using Windows Anytime Upgrade is a new way to upgrade your 32-bit edition of Windows Vista to another 32-bit edition of Windows Vista by purchasing the license for your new edition online. \t \t 1. \t Open Windows Anytime Upgrade by clicking the Start button Picture of the Start button, clicking Control Panel, clicking System and Maintenance, and then clicking Windows Anytime Upgrade. 2. \t Follow the instructions on each page. When the upgrade is complete, you will have a new edition of Windows Vista running on your computer. To learn more about the new features that you just installed, read "What's new in Windows Vista" in the Welcome Center, which you'll see on your desktop, or search for "What's new" in Help and Support.
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post #3 of 4
10/21/07 at 3:12pm
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Yess but I already have a key... Don't need to buy one...
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post #4 of 4
10/21/07 at 3:36pm
okay, my bad, i thought that utility let you use a key you already had as well

in that case, just put in the vista disc and load it from windows and go to install, and put in the Ultimate key. after that it should give you an upgrade option to keep everything there but pgrade to a new version
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