64-bit Vista

I'm planning on installing Vista on a new machine I'm building with an
AMD dual core 64 bit
processor. I believe I read somewhere that any version of Vista can be
upgraded to the corresponding
64 bit version. Is that true? If so, how would one go about that?

TIA

Ed

By buying a Vista 64 edition?

"Ed" <jag_manR__EM*-> wrote in message
news:...
> I'm planning on installing Vista on a new machine I'm building with an AMD
> dual core 64 bit
> processor. I believe I read somewhere that any version of Vista can be
> upgraded to the corresponding
> 64 bit version. Is that true? If so, how would one go about that?
>
> TIA
>
> Ed
>

On Mon, 21 Jul 2008 11:02:42 -0700, "Ed"
<jag_manR__EM*-> wrote:

> I'm planning on installing Vista on a new machine I'm building with an
> AMD dual core 64 bit
> processor. I believe I read somewhere that any version of Vista can be
> upgraded to the corresponding
> 64 bit version. Is that true?


No, it's not. In fact, *no* version of 32-bit Vista can be upgraded to
the 64-bit version. Although you can use an Upgrade product key, you
have to do a clean installation of the 64-bit version, and then
reinstall all your programs and reload your data files from backups
you had previously created.

--
Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience
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"Ed" <jag_manR__EM*-> wrote in message
news:...
> I'm planning on installing Vista on a new machine I'm building with an AMD
> dual core 64 bit
> processor. I believe I read somewhere that any version of Vista can be
> upgraded to the corresponding
> 64 bit version. Is that true? If so, how would one go about that?
>
> TIA
>
> Ed
>

It cannot be upgraded, but a 64 bit version is included with whatever
version of Vista you buy. There may be a 64-bit disk in your box, or you
can order one from MS.