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| 536465 | 2007-03-28 09:03:00 | Can I upgrade to Vista while I'm running a non-genuine version of XP Pro? Would I be better to go for a full Vista install as you would with a new clean computer? If so, is it possible to copy all that I have done on XP over to the Vista environment? thank you murdot |
murdot (5637) | ||
| 536466 | 2007-03-28 09:21:00 | Yes, Go buy the upgrade CD, But make sure that the shop you buy it from have a policy of not accepting returned software. And when you have done that how about helping me get this 186 million dollars out of Iraq, I just need you to make a $5000 deposit to create the international bank account and I can then transfer the money over. |
Metla (12) | ||
| 536467 | 2007-03-28 10:30:00 | LOL.:D | winmacguy (3367) | ||
| 536468 | 2007-03-28 10:40:00 | Can I upgrade to Vista while I'm running a non-genuine version of XP Pro? Would I be better to go for a full Vista install as you would with a new clean computer? If so, is it possible to copy all that I have done on XP over to the Vista environment? thank you murdot Depends - are you upgrading to a non-genuine copy of Vista too? If so, you probably shouldn't ask on this forum. In any case, I'd recommend you run the settings transfer wizard (which you get when you put the Vista disk in while XP is loaded), and save all the stuff you want to transfer over to something. Then once Vista is installed clean, you can "import" all of those settings over. |
somebody (208) | ||
| 536469 | 2007-03-28 11:14:00 | Can I upgrade to Vista while I'm running a non-genuine version of XP Pro? Would I be better to go for a full Vista install as you would with a new clean computer? If so, is it possible to copy all that I have done on XP over to the Vista environment? Technically, yes but we won't tell you how. Legally, no. Yes. Be a good boy. Well that would depend on what exactly you did do on XP.......something else dodgy? |
pctek (84) | ||
| 536470 | 2007-03-29 10:54:00 | OK, so everybody assumes that I'm a bit crooked due to the "non-genuine" admission. Actually I ended up with this non-genuine copy of XP Pro due to my own naivety, I'm quite happy to admit that, but hey, we all got to start somewhere. I would like to buy a genuine copy of Vista, really. Did anyone actually tell me what my best course of action is here in plain language? I'm concerned that when I load the Vista in, it will tell me that the XP I have is non-genuine and cannot proceed further. Should I be concerned? |
murdot (5637) | ||
| 536471 | 2007-03-29 11:07:00 | OK, so everybody assumes that I'm a bit crooked due to the "non-genuine" admission. Actually I ended up with this non-genuine copy of XP Pro due to my own naivety, I'm quite happy to admit that, but hey, we all got to start somewhere. I would like to buy a genuine copy of Vista, really. Did anyone actually tell me what my best course of action is here in plain language? I'm concerned that when I load the Vista in, it will tell me that the XP I have is non-genuine and cannot proceed further. Should I be concerned? Having not had the experience of upgrading a non-genuine copy of XP to a genuine copy of Vista, I can't help you beyond what I have already said. I think you'll be hard pressed to find anyone on this forum who will admit to doing it, even if they have. |
somebody (208) | ||
| 536472 | 2007-03-29 11:51:00 | I've upgraded a pirated XP Pro to Vista but hadn't activated Vista. That said, it was only over a VPC'd (www.microsoft.com) XP and I wiped it out after a couple of days. I'd recommend repartitioning your HDD (www.google.co.nz) making one about 15 GB and the other whatevers left. Install Vista to the smaller and now your dual booting. If you like Vista you can extract and purge XP later to free up space on the 'data' partition. |
sal (67) | ||
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