Upgrading Vista basic to Vista Ultimate

I want to upgrade my vista basic to vista ultimate but the disc will not let
me do it. I can do a clean install but I'm not favoring that option. What
am I doing wrong?

To upgrade, start up Vista Basic, then insert the DVD and run the upgrade
from within Vista.

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"Oahuyahoo" <Oahuyahoo@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I want to upgrade my vista basic to vista ultimate but the disc will not
>let
> me do it. I can do a clean install but I'm not favoring that option.
> What
> am I doing wrong?

Will not allow me to do it, only a clean install. Am I missing an update or
service pack that requires it?

"Richard G. Harper" wrote:

> To upgrade, start up Vista Basic, then insert the DVD and run the upgrade
> from within Vista.
>
> --
> Richard G. Harper [MVP Shell/User] rgharper@gmail.com
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>
>
> "Oahuyahoo" <Oahuyahoo@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news2719E02-8A61-445F-9086-0727EA709851@microsoft.com...
> >I want to upgrade my vista basic to vista ultimate but the disc will not
> >let
> > me do it. I can do a clean install but I'm not favoring that option.
> > What
> > am I doing wrong?
>

That may be the only option. You may have to back up your documents, etc,
do a clean install, then reinstall your programs. Time consuming, I know,
but in the past a clean install has been considered to be best.

"Oahuyahoo" <Oahuyahoo@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Will not allow me to do it, only a clean install. Am I missing an update
> or
> service pack that requires it?
>
> "Richard G. Harper" wrote:
>
>> To upgrade, start up Vista Basic, then insert the DVD and run the upgrade
>> from within Vista.
>>
>> --
>> Richard G. Harper [MVP Shell/User] rgharper@gmail.com
>> * NEW! Catch my blog ... http://msmvps.com/blogs/rgharper/
>> * PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups
>> * The Website - http://rgharper.mvps.org/
>>
>>
>> "Oahuyahoo" <Oahuyahoo@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news2719E02-8A61-445F-9086-0727EA709851@microsoft.com...
>> >I want to upgrade my vista basic to vista ultimate but the disc will not
>> >let
>> > me do it. I can do a clean install but I'm not favoring that option.
>> > What
>> > am I doing wrong?
>>

You're not trying to upgrade Basic SP1 to Ultimate original release are you?

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"Oahuyahoo" <Oahuyahoo@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:909EBD10-5744-4368-84D7-8459FCB0A1A3@microsoft.com...
> Will not allow me to do it, only a clean install. Am I missing an update
> or
> service pack that requires it?
>
> "Richard G. Harper" wrote:
>
>> To upgrade, start up Vista Basic, then insert the DVD and run the upgrade
>> from within Vista.
>>
>> --
>> Richard G. Harper [MVP Shell/User] rgharper@gmail.com
>> * NEW! Catch my blog ... http://msmvps.com/blogs/rgharper/
>> * PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups
>> * The Website - http://rgharper.mvps.org/
>>
>>
>> "Oahuyahoo" <Oahuyahoo@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news2719E02-8A61-445F-9086-0727EA709851@microsoft.com...
>> >I want to upgrade my vista basic to vista ultimate but the disc will not
>> >let
>> > me do it. I can do a clean install but I'm not favoring that option.
>> > What
>> > am I doing wrong?
>>

Saw this from later post from Carey. Interesting about how to upgrade from
Vista 32 to 64. According to the document they want you to uninstall V-32,
install XP then start the upgrade from the Vista DVD.

Read the whole document: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/932795

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"Oahuyahoo" <Oahuyahoo@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news2719E02-8A61-445F-9086-0727EA709851@microsoft.com...
>I want to upgrade my vista basic to vista ultimate but the disc will not
>let
> me do it. I can do a clean install but I'm not favoring that option.
> What
> am I doing wrong?