"thepezident01" <> wrote in message
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> Thanks Mike. Unfortunately, I'm sort of taking the lead with figuring this
> stuff out so there really is no Agreement Admin to go to. We're having a
> conference call with our reseller on Wednesday so I wanted to get some
> info
> beforehand.
>
> One thing though - they told us that Microsoft WAS ONLY issuing Upgrade
> DVD/CDs and that there was no such thing as a "stand-alone" installer.
>
> Are you familiar with the terminology so I would know what to ask for?
>
> pez
Hi - yes almost without exception volume licenses sold by Microsoft are
upgrade licenses and thus the media is upgrade media.
The issue here is that an upgrade XP CD would allow a full clean install but
an upgrade Vista DVD or CD is usually for use only as an upgrade from within
an activate OS.
Other methods of purchasing products are available as upgrade or as your
contact has called it stand alone - also often referred to as Full version.
So it looks like you are not able to get a hold of Full media under your
volume licensing agreement (this is normal).
There is of course a kind of work around if you want to do an old style bare
drive clean install.
Just boot from the DVD, and when prompted to enter the product key - do not
and then select the version of vista you want to install - do a full clean
install.
Once that is done run the upgrade over the top of the clean install from
that runing clan Vista - so it is still clean but this time enter the
product key.
--
Mike Brannigan
"thepezident01" <> wrote in message
news:6729E326-2151-4210-A546-...
> Thanks Mike. Unfortunately, I'm sort of taking the lead with figuring this
> stuff out so there really is no Agreement Admin to go to. We're having a
> conference call with our reseller on Wednesday so I wanted to get some
> info
> beforehand.
>
> One thing though - they told us that Microsoft WAS ONLY issuing Upgrade
> DVD/CDs and that there was no such thing as a "stand-alone" installer.
>
> Are you familiar with the terminology so I would know what to ask for?
>
> pez
>
>
> "Mike Brannigan" wrote:
>
>> "thepezident01" <> wrote in
>> message
>> news:5088F9E9-F950-4D0A-9E63-...
>> >I know this has been gone over but I haven't seen an Enterprise thread.
>> > So here at our school, we received a Microsoft Windows Vista Enterprise
>> > Upgrade DVD as well as an Ultimate Upgrade DVD. We also received 4 CDs
>> > of
>> > Business Upgrade and 4 CDs that are Enterprise Upgrade.
>> >
>> > So...let's concentrate on Enterprise and Ultimate.
>> > 1. Do I need to have XP installed on a drive before I can install
>> > Enterprise
>> > or Ultimate?
>> >
>>
>> as a rule yes the upgrade DVDs are supposed to be run from inside a
>> qualifying existing installed genuine and activated operating system such
>> as
>> Windows XP.
>>
>> > 2. As a school with a Campus Agreement, is there such a thing as a DVD
>> > or
>> > set of CDs that can be booted to and installed on a hard drive THAT HAS
>> > NO
>> > OS
>> > on it?
>> >
>>
>> The full products allow a boot from media and install to a bare drive -
>> however under the Volume License you may only have access to upgrade
>> media -
>> see you agreement administrator for more information on products
>> available
>> to you.
>>
>> > 3. If we need to have XP installed prior to installing Ent/Ultimate -
>> > is
>> > there a way to tell the install to NOT keep the previous version of XP?
>> > I'm
>> > talking about the Windows.old folder.
>> >
>>
>> No - the Windows.old (and Programs.old) will be created if you do an
>> install
>> and choose to not do an in place upgrade, of course you can remove this
>> post install and your system will be the same as one installed from
>> bootable
>> media to a bare drive.
>>
>> > 4. I have yet to be prompted for a key code upon installation. Is this
>> > normal? If there truly are all versions on a DVD and they are
>> > "unlocked"
>> > by
>> > the product key you type in, then how is my install explained?
>> >
>>
>> The Ultimate Edition should prompt for a key - the Enterprise Edition may
>> not as you are expected to be working against a Key Management Server
>> (KMS)
>> within your network.
>> Usually you must at least choose the version of Vista to install UNLESS
>> your
>> media only has one version on it -as is the case with Enterprise.
>> If you do get to choose the type then you can still add your product key
>> later.
>>
>> For your Enterprise install contact your campus admin about the process
>> to
>> activate as they may be using a KMS or they may issue you with a key and
>> you
>> may be required to perform a couple of extra steps to ensure this goes
>> smoothly.
>>
>> > Thanks,
>> > pez
>> >
>>
>> --
>> Mike Brannigan
>>
>>
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