Failed Win7 upgrade--want newer Media Center

I have had two failed attempts at upgrading my HP Vista 64-bit laptop. I am
OK with Vista, but I would really like the updated version of Media Center
that I have on my two Win7 desktop machines. Is there any way possible to
download and install just the Media Center upgrade without the Win7 install?

no. Media Center is integrated. you need an upgrade license for the laptop.

On Thu, 10 Dec 2009 21:04:11 -0800, "Annie Woughman" <>
wrote:

>I have had two failed attempts at upgrading my HP Vista 64-bit laptop. I am
>OK with Vista, but I would really like the updated version of Media Center
>that I have on my two Win7 desktop machines. Is there any way possible to
>download and install just the Media Center upgrade without the Win7 install?
Barb Bowman
MS-MVP
http://www.digitalmediaphile.com
http://digitalmediaphile.wordpress.com

You can not do an inplace upgrade from 32 bit Vista to a 65bit OS such as
Win7 64bit. If you are using a Windows 7 upgrade license you must do a
replacement upgrade of the 32 bit OS with a clean install of the 64 bit OS
into the partition containing the 32 bit OS.

"Annie Woughman" <> wrote in message
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> I have had two failed attempts at upgrading my HP Vista 64-bit laptop. I
> am OK with Vista, but I would really like the updated version of Media
> Center that I have on my two Win7 desktop machines. Is there any way
> possible to download and install just the Media Center upgrade without the
> Win7 install?

"Curious" <> wrote in message
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> You can not do an inplace upgrade from 32 bit Vista to a 65bit OS such as
> Win7 64bit. If you are using a Windows 7 upgrade license you must do a
> replacement upgrade of the 32 bit OS with a clean install of the 64 bit OS
> into the partition containing the 32 bit OS.
The laptop is a 64 bit Vista and I received the upgrade kit from HP
(containing a valid Windows7 license). It seems to be a problem with some
of the drivers still not being available. I thought that the "use this disk
first" disk was supposed to take care of that, but it didn't. Both times
the installation backed out of it and said it failed.

> "Annie Woughman" <> wrote in message
> news:366CF660-5A6E-4790-8757-...
>> I have had two failed attempts at upgrading my HP Vista 64-bit laptop. I
>> am OK with Vista, but I would really like the updated version of Media
>> Center that I have on my two Win7 desktop machines. Is there any way
>> possible to download and install just the Media Center upgrade without
>> the Win7 install?
>

Contact HP support it appears that there is something incorrect with the
instructions that they provided to you along with the Win7 disk(s).


"Annie Woughman" <> wrote in message
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>
> "Curious" <> wrote in message
> news:O%...
>> You can not do an inplace upgrade from 32 bit Vista to a 65bit OS such as
>> Win7 64bit. If you are using a Windows 7 upgrade license you must do a
>> replacement upgrade of the 32 bit OS with a clean install of the 64 bit
>> OS into the partition containing the 32 bit OS.
> The laptop is a 64 bit Vista and I received the upgrade kit from HP
> (containing a valid Windows7 license). It seems to be a problem with some
> of the drivers still not being available. I thought that the "use this
> disk first" disk was supposed to take care of that, but it didn't. Both
> times the installation backed out of it and said it failed.
>
>> "Annie Woughman" <> wrote in message
>> news:366CF660-5A6E-4790-8757-...
>>> I have had two failed attempts at upgrading my HP Vista 64-bit laptop.
>>> I am OK with Vista, but I would really like the updated version of Media
>>> Center that I have on my two Win7 desktop machines. Is there any way
>>> possible to download and install just the Media Center upgrade without
>>> the Win7 install?
>>
>