My upgrade finally completed. Only took 2.5 hours on a quad processor
Q6600 G0 w/4 gig and a WEI of 5.9.
On Mar 17, 2:16 pm, robro <rrothb...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks, that's the route I took, but I got the impression that with
> the
> upgrade CD, it was just a matter of quickly adding the missing
> elements
> to the OS. I have the Ultimate DVD that I downloaded doing an upgrade
> now, but it looks like it may take a couple of hours. I just wanted
> to
> make sure I wasn't missing a quicker way to do this.
>
> On Mar 17, 1:45 pm, "Carey Frisch [MVP]" <cnfri...@nospamgamil.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Visit the TechNet Subscriber web site and then
> > all you do is download the Windows Vista DVD ISO file and
> > record it properly to a DVD, then obtain the Vista Ultimate
> > product key. You begin the upgrade process while booted to
> > the existing Vista desktop and insert the DVD to upgrade.
>
> > --
> > Carey Frisch
> > Microsoft MVP
> > Windows Shell/User
>
> > ---------------------------------------------------------------
>
> > "robro" <rrothb...@gmail.com> wrote in messagenews:a09f7941-68a7-4b58-8695-...
>
> > I have three Vista machines currently, two are running Vista Business
> > from the Action Pack, one is running an OEM copy of Vista Home
> > Premium. I just subscribed to downloadable Technet and would like to
> > understand the easiest way to upgrade these three machines to
> > Ultimate. It's my understanding that Technet will allow me to upgrade
> > up to 10 machines (much like the Action Pack license)?
>
> > The easiest upgrade path seems to involve a Vista upgrade CD which is
> > generally procured through buying the upgrade via Windows Anytime
> > Upgrade (via Control Panel), but since I'm not buying anything, I know
> > of no other way to acquire that particular upgrade CD.
>
> > Do I want to just download the Ultimate DVD and perform an install, or
> > is there a cleaner way?
>
> > Thanks.
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