Home Basic vs Home BasicN

I need to upgrade from Home Basic to Home Premium because certain software
and certain hardware will not work.

That alone is extraordinary.

So I go to the Windows Anytime Upgrade site and click to order the upgrade.I
get two choices, both for £58.03

1. Windows Anytime Upgrade-Home BasicN to Home Premium SP1

2. Windows Anytime Upgrade-Home Basic to Home Premium SP1

How am I supposed to know which one I should get? What is BasicN?????

So I got to Amazon and the only upgrade of a simiar price is 'Microsoft
Windows Vista Home Basic Edition (Upgrade) (PC) ' which I think is to upgrade
from XP to Home Basic.

Windows Anytime Upgrade Vista Home Basic to Vista Home Premium is about £80.

So now I'm even more confused. Why is it so much cheaper on the Windows
Anytime Upgrade site? Am I looking at the wrong software there?

So here I am with an OS that is a slow version of XP, seems to feature the
same bugs and impossible to upgrade without detailed knowledge of how MS have
packaged their products.

Lawrence wrote:
> I need to upgrade from Home Basic to Home Premium because certain software
> and certain hardware will not work.
>
> That alone is extraordinary.
>
> So I go to the Windows Anytime Upgrade site and click to order the upgrade.I
> get two choices, both for £58.03
>
> 1. Windows Anytime Upgrade-Home BasicN to Home Premium SP1
>
> 2. Windows Anytime Upgrade-Home Basic to Home Premium SP1
>
> How am I supposed to know which one I should get? What is BasicN?????
>

BasicN is a version of Vista that does not include features such as
Windows Media Player. Microsoft, if I remember correctly, was forced to
offer this version in some international markets, part of an anti-trust
settlement.

"Bill" wrote:

> Lawrence wrote:
> > I need to upgrade from Home Basic to Home Premium because certain software
> > and certain hardware will not work.
> >
> > That alone is extraordinary.
> >
> > So I go to the Windows Anytime Upgrade site and click to order the upgrade.I
> > get two choices, both for £58.03
> >
> > 1. Windows Anytime Upgrade-Home BasicN to Home Premium SP1
> >
> > 2. Windows Anytime Upgrade-Home Basic to Home Premium SP1
> >
> > How am I supposed to know which one I should get? What is BasicN?????
> >
>
> BasicN is a version of Vista that does not include features such as
> Windows Media Player. Microsoft, if I remember correctly, was forced to
> offer this version in some international markets, part of an anti-trust
> settlement.

OK - thanks.

It would be helpful if they explained this on Windows Anytime Upgrade.

Windows Vista Home Basic N does not include Windows Media Player and related
technologies such as Windows Movie Maker.

"Lawrence" <> wrote in message
news:04D58AE3-0F5B-4E64-80C4-...
>I need to upgrade from Home Basic to Home Premium because certain software
> and certain hardware will not work.
>
> That alone is extraordinary.
>
> So I go to the Windows Anytime Upgrade site and click to order the
> upgrade.I
> get two choices, both for £58.03
>
> 1. Windows Anytime Upgrade-Home BasicN to Home Premium SP1
>
> 2. Windows Anytime Upgrade-Home Basic to Home Premium SP1
>
> How am I supposed to know which one I should get? What is BasicN?????
>
> So I got to Amazon and the only upgrade of a simiar price is 'Microsoft
> Windows Vista Home Basic Edition (Upgrade) (PC) ' which I think is to
> upgrade
> from XP to Home Basic.
>
> Windows Anytime Upgrade Vista Home Basic to Vista Home Premium is about
> £80.
>
> So now I'm even more confused. Why is it so much cheaper on the Windows
> Anytime Upgrade site? Am I looking at the wrong software there?
>
> So here I am with an OS that is a slow version of XP, seems to feature the
> same bugs and impossible to upgrade without detailed knowledge of how MS
> have
> packaged their products.

Lawrence, upgrading from Basic to Home Premium will not make your unuseable
XP software and hardware work.
Vista is Vista.
Some software you can install in XP compatibility Mode; some hardware you
can get vista Drivers for, some you can't!

I would suggest that you make a new thread here(so it will be at the top),
stating what software and hardware you are having probs with.
--
Mick Murphy - Qld - Australia


"Lawrence" wrote:

> I need to upgrade from Home Basic to Home Premium because certain software
> and certain hardware will not work.
>
> That alone is extraordinary.
>
> So I go to the Windows Anytime Upgrade site and click to order the upgrade.I
> get two choices, both for £58.03
>
> 1. Windows Anytime Upgrade-Home BasicN to Home Premium SP1
>
> 2. Windows Anytime Upgrade-Home Basic to Home Premium SP1
>
> How am I supposed to know which one I should get? What is BasicN?????
>
> So I got to Amazon and the only upgrade of a simiar price is 'Microsoft
> Windows Vista Home Basic Edition (Upgrade) (PC) ' which I think is to upgrade
> from XP to Home Basic.
>
> Windows Anytime Upgrade Vista Home Basic to Vista Home Premium is about £80.
>
> So now I'm even more confused. Why is it so much cheaper on the Windows
> Anytime Upgrade site? Am I looking at the wrong software there?
>
> So here I am with an OS that is a slow version of XP, seems to feature the
> same bugs and impossible to upgrade without detailed knowledge of how MS have
> packaged their products.