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FYI MS Vista Upgrade Path
Name: XpUser Date: July 31, 2006 at 06:28:08 Pacific OS: XP Home & PRO All SP2 CPU/Ram: 2.02GHz/512RAM
Comment:
HERE is M$'s FYI Upgrade Planning for Windows Vista.
In short:
(1) XP Home Edition is upgradable to all Vista editions.
I have successfully done an upgrade from XP Pro with minimum problems. Final version is open to discussion and the whims of MS.
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Response Number 2
Name: Sabertooth Date: August 1, 2006 at 06:41:12 Pacific
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Well, Vista build 5472 is the first one to allow in-place upgrading directly from XP and also the first to include the nifty Upgrade Advisor Beta tool - so user don't have to install Vista to evaluate their system's capability to run the OS.
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