Re: In-Place Upgrade

"Chris Daley - Dwebs Ltd" <>
wrote in message news:F196E9A1-9B84-4B9B-970D-...
> Same problem!
>
> MS sent us our vista business upgrade licenses, did an upgrade but ouch
> BSOD's all over the place, did a clean install performance increase was
> massive, but ouch our upgrade key's can't be used for clean installs.
>
> Had an hr long conversation with the MS guy's and they just said that’s
> the
> way it is, so if you upgrade you loose performance and not everything
> works
> but your license will activate but if you do a clean install you get
> greater
> performance but you cant activate.
>
> Not sure why MS picked this option for upgrades but a bad decision in my
> view, if users have paid for xp in the past and then go for vista upgrade
> it
> shows they are loyal and MS should respect that by offering clean
> installs.
>
> Anyways more people that complain the better according to MS!
>


That is a different problem from the OP's concerns. They are using a full
version of Vista to upgrade you are using an upgrade version. They may run
into similar problems if they choose to upgrade but with the full version
they can do a clean install if they want. FWIW I have done a few upgrades
from XP to Vista and only once did I have similar problems to what you
experienced. I reimaged back to XP then ran the upgrade advisor. It
identified the problem hardware as not having a compatible driver. Once I
found the right driver I did an upgrade then installed the driver and the
problems disappeared. Did you run the upgrade advisor before running the
upgrade? Another thing that helps ensure a good upgrade is to uninstall all
antivirus, antispyware, system utilities, disk monitoring utilities, printer
drivers, etc. before attempting the upgrade. You want as clean a system as
you possibly can.

--
Kerry Brown
Microsoft MVP - Shell/User
http://www.vistahelp.ca