Home Premium OEM to Ultimate upgrade?

Hello,
I am purchasing a Dell computer with Vista Home Premium on it. I have my
own boxed retail version of Ultimate that I want to put on my new machine.
My Ultimate version is the upgrade version though. Can this be done and if
so, how?

Hi,

Yes, it certainly can be done. Simply boot into the preinstalled OS, then
insert your upgrade disk and follow the prompts to upgrade.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

"paula" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Hello,
> I am purchasing a Dell computer with Vista Home Premium on it. I have my
> own boxed retail version of Ultimate that I want to put on my new machine.
> My Ultimate version is the upgrade version though. Can this be done and
> if so, how?
>

You sure can upgrade from Vista Home Premium to Ultimate using the Ultimate
Full Retail versiom. Just make sure you choose the upgrade option during
setup, the upgrade process will preserve your personal files, settings and
applications.
--
Andre
Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com
My Vista Quickstart Guide:
http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog...3DB!9709.entry
"paula" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Hello,
> I am purchasing a Dell computer with Vista Home Premium on it. I have my
> own boxed retail version of Ultimate that I want to put on my new machine.
> My Ultimate version is the upgrade version though. Can this be done and
> if so, how?
>

Thank you for the quick response Rick.
I forgot to also ask since the boxed Ultimate upgrade version I have is on
my old PC that I plan to format and give away, is it going to be a problem
in that that product key has already been registered with Microsoft from my
old PC?
paula

"Rick Rogers" <> wrote in message
news:u%...
> Hi,
>
> Yes, it certainly can be done. Simply boot into the preinstalled OS, then
> insert your upgrade disk and follow the prompts to upgrade.
>
> --
> Best of Luck,
>
> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
> My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
>
> "paula" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> Hello,
>> I am purchasing a Dell computer with Vista Home Premium on it. I have my
>> own boxed retail version of Ultimate that I want to put on my new
>> machine. My Ultimate version is the upgrade version though. Can this be
>> done and if so, how?
>>
>

Thank you Andre but I don't have the *Full* retail version, just the upgrade
version.
paula

"Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]" <> wrote in message
news:...
> You sure can upgrade from Vista Home Premium to Ultimate using the
> Ultimate
> Full Retail versiom. Just make sure you choose the upgrade option during
> setup, the upgrade process will preserve your personal files, settings and
> applications.
> --
> Andre
> Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com
> My Vista Quickstart Guide:
> http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog...3DB!9709.entry
> "paula" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> Hello,
>> I am purchasing a Dell computer with Vista Home Premium on it. I have my
>> own boxed retail version of Ultimate that I want to put on my new
>> machine. My Ultimate version is the upgrade version though. Can this be
>> done and if so, how?
>>
>
>

Yes, you will have purchase an additional license or uninstall it from the
computer you have it on that you are going to give away.
--
Andre
Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com
My Vista Quickstart Guide:
http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog...3DB!9709.entry
"paula" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Thank you for the quick response Rick.
> I forgot to also ask since the boxed Ultimate upgrade version I have is on
> my old PC that I plan to format and give away, is it going to be a problem
> in that that product key has already been registered with Microsoft from
> my old PC?
> paula
>
> "Rick Rogers" <> wrote in message
> news:u%...
>> Hi,
>>
>> Yes, it certainly can be done. Simply boot into the preinstalled OS, then
>> insert your upgrade disk and follow the prompts to upgrade.
>>
>> --
>> Best of Luck,
>>
>> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
>> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
>> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
>> My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
>>
>> "paula" <> wrote in message
>> news:...
>>> Hello,
>>> I am purchasing a Dell computer with Vista Home Premium on it. I have
>>> my own boxed retail version of Ultimate that I want to put on my new
>>> machine. My Ultimate version is the upgrade version though. Can this be
>>> done and if so, how?
>>>
>>
>

I meant Upgrade, my apologies.
--
Andre
Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com
My Vista Quickstart Guide:
http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog...3DB!9709.entry
"paula" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Thank you Andre but I don't have the *Full* retail version, just the
> upgrade version.
> paula
>
> "Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> You sure can upgrade from Vista Home Premium to Ultimate using the
>> Ultimate
>> Full Retail versiom. Just make sure you choose the upgrade option during
>> setup, the upgrade process will preserve your personal files, settings
>> and
>> applications.
>> --
>> Andre
>> Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com
>> My Vista Quickstart Guide:
>> http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog...3DB!9709.entry
>> "paula" <> wrote in message
>> news:...
>>> Hello,
>>> I am purchasing a Dell computer with Vista Home Premium on it. I have
>>> my own boxed retail version of Ultimate that I want to put on my new
>>> machine. My Ultimate version is the upgrade version though. Can this be
>>> done and if so, how?
>>>
>>
>>
>

OK, that's what I plan on doing. Uninstalling from the old PC to the new
PC.
Thank you!
paula

"Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Yes, you will have purchase an additional license or uninstall it from the
> computer you have it on that you are going to give away.
> --
> Andre
> Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com
> My Vista Quickstart Guide:
> http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog...3DB!9709.entry
> "paula" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> Thank you for the quick response Rick.
>> I forgot to also ask since the boxed Ultimate upgrade version I have is
>> on my old PC that I plan to format and give away, is it going to be a
>> problem in that that product key has already been registered with
>> Microsoft from my old PC?
>> paula
>>
>> "Rick Rogers" <> wrote in message
>> news:u%...
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Yes, it certainly can be done. Simply boot into the preinstalled OS,
>>> then insert your upgrade disk and follow the prompts to upgrade.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Best of Luck,
>>>
>>> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
>>> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
>>> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
>>> My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
>>>
>>> "paula" <> wrote in message
>>> news:...
>>>> Hello,
>>>> I am purchasing a Dell computer with Vista Home Premium on it. I have
>>>> my own boxed retail version of Ultimate that I want to put on my new
>>>> machine. My Ultimate version is the upgrade version though. Can this
>>>> be done and if so, how?
>>>>
>>>
>>
>
>

PERF!
THANKS!
paula

"Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]" <> wrote in message
news:...
>I meant Upgrade, my apologies.
> --
> Andre
> Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com
> My Vista Quickstart Guide:
> http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog...3DB!9709.entry
> "paula" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> Thank you Andre but I don't have the *Full* retail version, just the
>> upgrade version.
>> paula
>>
>> "Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]" <> wrote in message
>> news:...
>>> You sure can upgrade from Vista Home Premium to Ultimate using the
>>> Ultimate
>>> Full Retail versiom. Just make sure you choose the upgrade option during
>>> setup, the upgrade process will preserve your personal files, settings
>>> and
>>> applications.
>>> --
>>> Andre
>>> Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com
>>> My Vista Quickstart Guide:
>>> http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog...3DB!9709.entry
>>> "paula" <> wrote in message
>>> news:...
>>>> Hello,
>>>> I am purchasing a Dell computer with Vista Home Premium on it. I have
>>>> my own boxed retail version of Ultimate that I want to put on my new
>>>> machine. My Ultimate version is the upgrade version though. Can this
>>>> be done and if so, how?
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>
>