Upgrade question

I live in Korea and have a notebook with Korean XP Home on it and want to
upgrade to Vista. Can I upgrade to an English version, or will i have to
purchase a complete English version?

you can buy the upgrade version to save money, but you will be able to do a
clean install only since upgrade is not supported from one language to
another


"Lonewolph" <> wrote in message
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>I live in Korea and have a notebook with Korean XP Home on it and want to
> upgrade to Vista. Can I upgrade to an English version, or will i have to
> purchase a complete English version?

You will need to purchase and install a full English version. Upgrades must
use the same language as the Windows version being upgraded.

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"Lonewolph" <> wrote in message
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>I live in Korea and have a notebook with Korean XP Home on it and want to
> upgrade to Vista. Can I upgrade to an English version, or will i have to
> purchase a complete English version?

He qualifies for getting an upgrade version meaning he will not have to pay
for a full version, however while installing he will not be able to upgrade,
only do a clean install.





"Richard G. Harper" <> wrote in message
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> You will need to purchase and install a full English version. Upgrades
> must use the same language as the Windows version being upgraded.
>
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>
> "Lonewolph" <> wrote in message
> newsEA0B28C-405E-459E-906B-...
>>I live in Korea and have a notebook with Korean XP Home on it and want to
>> upgrade to Vista. Can I upgrade to an English version, or will i have to
>> purchase a complete English version?
>
>

On Fri, 29 Jun 2007 01:10:01 -0700, Lonewolph wrote:

> I live in Korea and have a notebook with Korean XP Home on it and want to
> upgrade to Vista. Can I upgrade to an English version, or will i have to
> purchase a complete English version?

It has been reported here several times that it is possible to do a full
install from an upgrade pack. A lot of consultants advise to wait on vista
until at least SP1.

corbomite wrote:
> He qualifies for getting an upgrade version meaning he will not have to pay
> for a full version, ...


Yes, he qualifies for a *Korean* Vista Upgrade; the Korean WinXP will
*not* qualify him for an English version of Vista.




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bruce Im not saying you are not correct, but can you find that for me on an
MS site
so I can show it to others in the future?

thanks



"Bruce Chambers" <3t> wrote in message
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> corbomite wrote:
>> He qualifies for getting an upgrade version meaning he will not have to
>> pay for a full version, ...
>
>
> Yes, he qualifies for a *Korean* Vista Upgrade; the Korean WinXP will
> *not* qualify him for an English version of Vista.
>
>
>
>
> --
>
> Bruce Chambers
>
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> safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. -Benjamin Franklin
>
> Many people would rather die than think; in fact, most do. -Bertrand
> Russell

corbomite wrote:
> bruce Im not saying you are not correct, but can you find that for me on an
> MS site
> so I can show it to others in the future?
>

Vista hasn't been added to the list of affected software yet, but I
expect it to be:

Cannot Upgrade or Install a Different Language Version of Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;282089


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Using a fully unsupported method of installing - maybe, unless and until
Microsoft shuts it down.

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"corbomite" <-> wrote in message news:...
> He qualifies for getting an upgrade version meaning he will not have to
> pay for a full version, however while installing he will not be able to
> upgrade, only do a clean install.

ok but,

In XP it only asks you for a qualifying product when you do a clean install,
so you stick a cd inside for example win98 and it works...even if the win98
was in another language.

as for vista there is a trick
http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/31/c...ade-discovered

I know that method is not supported by ms.. just posting it out of
interest...

when I asked for a link I meant something like an eula or something saying
that you cannot do it.. because technically it is possible as long as you
do a clean install..

vista indeed is different in that it needs another OS installed even if you
wand a clean install... and that trick I posted has been around and Im sure
MS doesnt like it very much.


legally I think you can get another language... MS only cares that you have
a certain type of windows when you get the upgrade...

as long as you are not cheating ms by getting an upgrade without really
having a qualifying OS for the upgrade, what do they care?

the only problem is technical.. but as I said even that can be avoided with
clean installs.


"Bruce Chambers" <3t> wrote in message
news:...
> corbomite wrote:
>> bruce Im not saying you are not correct, but can you find that for me on
>> an MS site
>> so I can show it to others in the future?
>>
>
> Vista hasn't been added to the list of affected software yet, but I expect
> it to be:
>
> Cannot Upgrade or Install a Different Language Version of Windows XP
> http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;282089
>
>
> --
>
> Bruce Chambers
>
> Help us help you:
> http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
> http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
>
> They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
> safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. -Benjamin Franklin
>
> Many people would rather die than think; in fact, most do. -Bertrand
> Russell