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ohjonny
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      02-11-2008
To make a long story short, I installed the trial edition of Vista Ultimate
on my Wife's PC, only to find out 30 days later that I cannot downgrade to
Home Premium. Since I had already purchased a Vista Home Premium key, I
figured I would go through the pain and do a clean reinstall of Vista Home
Premium. However, I cannot find this download anywhere through Microsoft.
Does anybody know where I can download the full version, so I can use my
purchased key?

Thanks a bunch,
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Dustin Harper
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      02-11-2008
You can install using the same DVD as your Vista Ultimate, just use the Home
Premium key.

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"ohjonny" <> wrote in message
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> To make a long story short, I installed the trial edition of Vista
> Ultimate
> on my Wife's PC, only to find out 30 days later that I cannot downgrade to
> Home Premium. Since I had already purchased a Vista Home Premium key, I
> figured I would go through the pain and do a clean reinstall of Vista Home
> Premium. However, I cannot find this download anywhere through Microsoft.
> Does anybody know where I can download the full version, so I can use my
> purchased key?
>
> Thanks a bunch,
> --
> Jon


 
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Ross
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      02-11-2008
its all on the same dvd. when installing it asks which one you want to
install


"ohjonny" <> wrote in message
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> To make a long story short, I installed the trial edition of Vista
> Ultimate
> on my Wife's PC, only to find out 30 days later that I cannot downgrade to
> Home Premium. Since I had already purchased a Vista Home Premium key, I
> figured I would go through the pain and do a clean reinstall of Vista Home
> Premium. However, I cannot find this download anywhere through Microsoft.
> Does anybody know where I can download the full version, so I can use my
> purchased key?
>
> Thanks a bunch,
> --
> Jon


 
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ohjonny
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      02-11-2008
Ok....though I don't recall seeing such an option 30 days ago.

I'll try that. Thanks for the super fast response.
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"Ross" wrote:

> its all on the same dvd. when installing it asks which one you want to
> install
>
>
> "ohjonny" <> wrote in message
> news:466CA204-8DC0-4605-B4F4-...
> > To make a long story short, I installed the trial edition of Vista
> > Ultimate
> > on my Wife's PC, only to find out 30 days later that I cannot downgrade to
> > Home Premium. Since I had already purchased a Vista Home Premium key, I
> > figured I would go through the pain and do a clean reinstall of Vista Home
> > Premium. However, I cannot find this download anywhere through Microsoft.
> > Does anybody know where I can download the full version, so I can use my
> > purchased key?
> >
> > Thanks a bunch,
> > --
> > Jon

>

 
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Dustin Harper
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      02-11-2008
It goes by the key. If you don't enter a key, it asks you which version you
bought, and installs that version. But, if you enter the key, it will
install whatever version the key is for.

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"ohjonny" <> wrote in message
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> Ok....though I don't recall seeing such an option 30 days ago.
>
> I'll try that. Thanks for the super fast response.
> --
> Jon
>
>
> "Ross" wrote:
>
>> its all on the same dvd. when installing it asks which one you want to
>> install
>>
>>
>> "ohjonny" <> wrote in message
>> news:466CA204-8DC0-4605-B4F4-...
>> > To make a long story short, I installed the trial edition of Vista
>> > Ultimate
>> > on my Wife's PC, only to find out 30 days later that I cannot downgrade
>> > to
>> > Home Premium. Since I had already purchased a Vista Home Premium key,
>> > I
>> > figured I would go through the pain and do a clean reinstall of Vista
>> > Home
>> > Premium. However, I cannot find this download anywhere through
>> > Microsoft.
>> > Does anybody know where I can download the full version, so I can use
>> > my
>> > purchased key?
>> >
>> > Thanks a bunch,
>> > --
>> > Jon

>>


 
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ohjonny
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      02-12-2008
OK, my installation CD never asks for a product key. My installation CD is
the CD that came with my Dell PC and states it is specifically for Vista
Ultimate. Am I crazy?, is there really only one type of installation CD for
Vista?

I just can't believe that the full product installation cannot be downloaded.
--
Jon


"Dustin Harper" wrote:

> It goes by the key. If you don't enter a key, it asks you which version you
> bought, and installs that version. But, if you enter the key, it will
> install whatever version the key is for.
>
> --
> Dustin Harper
>
> http://www.VistaRIP.com | Vista Resource & Information Page
>
>
> "ohjonny" <> wrote in message
> news:4C47FD75-1511-4609-A7B1-...
> > Ok....though I don't recall seeing such an option 30 days ago.
> >
> > I'll try that. Thanks for the super fast response.
> > --
> > Jon
> >
> >
> > "Ross" wrote:
> >
> >> its all on the same dvd. when installing it asks which one you want to
> >> install
> >>
> >>
> >> "ohjonny" <> wrote in message
> >> news:466CA204-8DC0-4605-B4F4-...
> >> > To make a long story short, I installed the trial edition of Vista
> >> > Ultimate
> >> > on my Wife's PC, only to find out 30 days later that I cannot downgrade
> >> > to
> >> > Home Premium. Since I had already purchased a Vista Home Premium key,
> >> > I
> >> > figured I would go through the pain and do a clean reinstall of Vista
> >> > Home
> >> > Premium. However, I cannot find this download anywhere through
> >> > Microsoft.
> >> > Does anybody know where I can download the full version, so I can use
> >> > my
> >> > purchased key?
> >> >
> >> > Thanks a bunch,
> >> > --
> >> > Jon
> >>

>

 
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