Vista Anytime Upgrade is a Pain

I am enjoying Vista 64 Home Premium on a new build with a Q6600 and 8gigs of
RAM on an ASUS P5K-E/wifi. Everything works fine, but I need some good
backup software and noticed that Vista Ultimate has built-in complete backup
software so I thought I would give it a try. Well, I get in trouble with the
Windows Anytime Upgrade immediately. I have to pay online, and then, since I
don't have the Windows Anytime Upgrade Disk, I need to wait for it to be
delivered -- and hope the store I got it from has the disk. This seems a bit
absurd if you want to make it easy to upgrade to Ultimate. I am then told
that on some sites it takes more than an hour to upgrade to Ultimate.
Perhaps I will just get Norton Ghost 12 and call it a day. PTB

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http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/com...allation_setup

Hi,

If the only reason you are upgrading is for the backup utility, then you'd
be better off with a third party tool. There are several available in
addition to the Norton tool, like Acronis True Image and Image for Windows.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

"ptbenic" <ptbenic@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:43284C23-DFC0-4C2E-9A1E-5D9958282B73@microsoft.com...
>I am enjoying Vista 64 Home Premium on a new build with a Q6600 and 8gigs
>of
> RAM on an ASUS P5K-E/wifi. Everything works fine, but I need some good
> backup software and noticed that Vista Ultimate has built-in complete
> backup
> software so I thought I would give it a try. Well, I get in trouble with
> the
> Windows Anytime Upgrade immediately. I have to pay online, and then,
> since I
> don't have the Windows Anytime Upgrade Disk, I need to wait for it to be
> delivered -- and hope the store I got it from has the disk. This seems a
> bit
> absurd if you want to make it easy to upgrade to Ultimate. I am then told
> that on some sites it takes more than an hour to upgrade to Ultimate.
> Perhaps I will just get Norton Ghost 12 and call it a day. PTB
>
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> http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/com...allation_setup

If your looking for a Vista compatible Backup application, visit:

http://www.genie-soft.com

Genie Backup is very easy to use, walks you thru with wizards, but if you
have any questions, let me know

"Rick Rogers" <rick@mvps.org> wrote in message
news:uiBuRV$%23HHA.980@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> Hi,
>
> If the only reason you are upgrading is for the backup utility, then you'd
> be better off with a third party tool. There are several available in
> addition to the Norton tool, like Acronis True Image and Image for
> Windows.
>
> --
> Best of Luck,
>
> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
> My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
>
> "ptbenic" <ptbenic@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:43284C23-DFC0-4C2E-9A1E-5D9958282B73@microsoft.com...
>>I am enjoying Vista 64 Home Premium on a new build with a Q6600 and 8gigs
>>of
>> RAM on an ASUS P5K-E/wifi. Everything works fine, but I need some good
>> backup software and noticed that Vista Ultimate has built-in complete
>> backup
>> software so I thought I would give it a try. Well, I get in trouble with
>> the
>> Windows Anytime Upgrade immediately. I have to pay online, and then,
>> since I
>> don't have the Windows Anytime Upgrade Disk, I need to wait for it to be
>> delivered -- and hope the store I got it from has the disk. This seems a
>> bit
>> absurd if you want to make it easy to upgrade to Ultimate. I am then
>> told
>> that on some sites it takes more than an hour to upgrade to Ultimate.
>> Perhaps I will just get Norton Ghost 12 and call it a day. PTB
>>
>> ----------------
>> This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the
>> suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the
>> "I
>> Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow
>> this
>> link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and
>> then
>> click "I Agree" in the message pane.
>>
>> http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/com...allation_setup
>

Thanks for the suggestion. Acronis True Image 11 and Norton Ghost 11 both
look good, but will probably go with Acronis after looking at both trial
versions. Chrs, PTB

"Rick Rogers" wrote:

> Hi,
>
> If the only reason you are upgrading is for the backup utility, then you'd
> be better off with a third party tool. There are several available in
> addition to the Norton tool, like Acronis True Image and Image for Windows.
>
> --
> Best of Luck,
>
> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
> My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
>
> "ptbenic" <ptbenic@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:43284C23-DFC0-4C2E-9A1E-5D9958282B73@microsoft.com...
> >I am enjoying Vista 64 Home Premium on a new build with a Q6600 and 8gigs
> >of
> > RAM on an ASUS P5K-E/wifi. Everything works fine, but I need some good
> > backup software and noticed that Vista Ultimate has built-in complete
> > backup
> > software so I thought I would give it a try. Well, I get in trouble with
> > the
> > Windows Anytime Upgrade immediately. I have to pay online, and then,
> > since I
> > don't have the Windows Anytime Upgrade Disk, I need to wait for it to be
> > delivered -- and hope the store I got it from has the disk. This seems a
> > bit
> > absurd if you want to make it easy to upgrade to Ultimate. I am then told
> > that on some sites it takes more than an hour to upgrade to Ultimate.
> > Perhaps I will just get Norton Ghost 12 and call it a day. PTB
> >
> > ----------------
> > This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the
> > suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I
> > Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow
> > this
> > link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and then
> > click "I Agree" in the message pane.
> >
> > http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/com...allation_setup
>
>