Upgrading from Home Vista home (S2) 64bit to Vista Ultimate 64bit

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alecro

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I have 64bit Hp Pavillion with Vista Home Premium 64bit and it seems a S2 service pack installed. I now have a Vista Ultimate 64bit and wish to install it to get the better features.

When I try to install Vista Ultimate 64bit it says I have to go for clean install. I do not wish to do this.

Any way around it?
 

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alecro said:
I have 64bit Hp Pavillion with Vista Home Premium 64bit and it seems a S2 service pack installed. I now have a Vista Ultimate 64bit and wish to install it to get the better features.

When I try to install Vista Ultimate 64bit it says I have to go for clean install. I do not wish to do this.

Any way around it?
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hi alecro, you have a bit of a problem here, you cannot upgrade to ultimate as the existing version of vista that you have installed is service pack 2, you would need to contact microsoft so they can send you out a new disc with SP2 pre-loaded, the only other way is to create your own disc using the original disc and pre-load SP2 using vlite or similar software, sorry.

MrNeeds
 

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  • Manufacturer/Model
    Custom Build
    CPU
    Intel Q6600 @ 2.8GHz
    Motherboard
    Evga NF78-CK-132-A 3-Way SLI
    Memory
    8Gb DDR2 Corsair Dominator @ 1066Mhz 5-5-5-15
    Graphics card(s)
    EVGA 560 GTX SC FTW 1GB
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    Realtek ALC888 7.1 Audio, Logitech G35 7.1 Surround Headset
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    Dell S2409W 16:9, HDMi, DVI & VGA
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    Razor Lachesis Banshee V2 Blue, 4000DPI
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    Logitech generic keyboard
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Thank you. Is it possible to uninstall the S2 pack from Vista Home installed already and then install Vista Ulitmate and then download the S2 pack update for this from MS free?

I notice though I have lots of incremental updated files related to the Home Vista besides S2. Would these stop the install even if I could uninstal the S2 first?

Would not wish to lose all my files and programs by a mistake.
 

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My Computer

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  • Manufacturer/Model
    Dell XPS420
    Memory
    6 gig
    Graphics card(s)
    ATI Radeon HD3650 256 MB
    Sound Card
    Intergrated 7.1 Channel Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dell SP2009W 20 inch Flat Panel w Webcam
    Hard Drives
    640 gb
    Cooling
    Fan
    Mouse
    Dell USB 4 button optical
    Keyboard
    Dell USB
    Other Info
    DSL provided by ATT
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