The version you are upgrading is newer than the one you're upgrading from...

[Howard Woodard]

I have a machine with Vista Home Basic sp2. I'm gonna give it to my grand
daughter for Christmas and decided that I wanted to give it to her with Home
Premium.

My son had a copy of Vista Home Premium that he bought way back when it
first came out -- before any service pack releases -- for a custom build
that has long since been parted out.

I tried to use that disk to upgrade from but it grays out the upgrade option
because the version of Windows that I am trying to upgrade is newer than the
one I am upgrading from. Since Home Premium is super to Home Basic I assume
that the error is coming from the service pack difference.

Is there a way to get around this?

Thanks in advance,

Howard
Redmond, WA

[Gregg Fowler]

"Howard Woodard" <woo...@msn.com> wrote in message
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Clean install?

[Dave Warren]

In message <2B3666F0-C74E-443F...@microsoft.com> "Howard

Only by reinstalling from scratch, otherwise, no.

[Howard Woodard]

Thanks for the responses Dave and Gregg. I knew that I could do a fresh
install -- I just was hoping that I wouldn't have to do it.

I wonder why no one has come up with a Vista equivalent to the XP utility
that lets you build a install disk from your current installation that
includes all of your updates.

Thanks again and have a great Holiday Season.

Howard
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"Dave Warren" <dave-...@djwcomputers.com> wrote in message
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[Al]

Installing SP2 "promotes" Vista basic - which accounts for the message
you are getting. Uninstall SP2 via Control Panel - install Premium
version and reinstall SP2.

[Howard Woodard]

Terrific!

Thanks Al.

Howard
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