Upgrading from French to English

Hi,
I have a new PC pre-loaded with Vista Home Premium (French version) and want
to up-grade to Ultimate using a UK-language version. Is this possible? The
reason I wish to do this is to benefit from the UK-based speech recognition
software in Ultimate.

You need to a new clean install since you are changing languages with this Upgrade

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"Bête Noire" <> wrote in message news:7AD3DA7D-0A8E-4050-99BE-...
> Hi,
> I have a new PC pre-loaded with Vista Home Premium (French version) and want
> to up-grade to Ultimate using a UK-language version. Is this possible? The
> reason I wish to do this is to benefit from the UK-based speech recognition
> software in Ultimate.

please excuse my ignorance but this will effectively wipe my hard drive, yes?

"Peter Foldes" wrote:

> You need to a new clean install since you are changing languages with this Upgrade
>
> --
> Peter
>
> Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others
> Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged.
>
> "Bête Noire" <> wrote in message news:7AD3DA7D-0A8E-4050-99BE-...
> > Hi,
> > I have a new PC pre-loaded with Vista Home Premium (French version) and want
> > to up-grade to Ultimate using a UK-language version. Is this possible? The
> > reason I wish to do this is to benefit from the UK-based speech recognition
> > software in Ultimate.
>

Bête Noire wrote:
> please excuse my ignorance but this will effectively wipe my hard drive, yes?
>

Yes, back up your data first. You will have to reinstall all your
programs as well.


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Alias
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Thanks very much. By the way with regards to software, I have a French
version of Office 2007 which says on the rear of the box that it is only
possible to use on 3 computers. Does this mean that it can only be used three
times, i.e installed three times on seperate machines or does it mean
something else such as networked machines? Thanks again.

"Alias" wrote:

> Bête Noire wrote:
> > please excuse my ignorance but this will effectively wipe my hard drive, yes?
> >
>
> Yes, back up your data first. You will have to reinstall all your
> programs as well.
>
>
> --
> Alias
> To email me, remove shoes
>

Bête Noire wrote:
> Thanks very much. By the way with regards to software, I have a French
> version of Office 2007 which says on the rear of the box that it is only
> possible to use on 3 computers. Does this mean that it can only be used three
> times, i.e installed three times on seperate machines or does it mean
> something else such as networked machines? Thanks again.
>

It means you can install it on up to three machines and use it as many
times as you like. The machines don't need to be networked or even exist
in the same location, i.e. you can install it on someone else's computer
across town.

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Alias
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Sorry to be a total arse here but here' the deal. I have already installed my
office 2007 software on an old PC I had, a laptop that I still have and this
machine I am using now. Does that mean that I have used up the three
installations? Does this mean that when I do the clean install of Ultimate on
my current PC that I won't be able to use the Office 2007 software and and to
buy new again. like I said, sorry if this is a 'bone' question.

"Alias" wrote:

> Bête Noire wrote:
> > Thanks very much. By the way with regards to software, I have a French
> > version of Office 2007 which says on the rear of the box that it is only
> > possible to use on 3 computers. Does this mean that it can only be used three
> > times, i.e installed three times on seperate machines or does it mean
> > something else such as networked machines? Thanks again.
> >
>
> It means you can install it on up to three machines and use it as many
> times as you like. The machines don't need to be networked or even exist
> in the same location, i.e. you can install it on someone else's computer
> across town.
>
> --
> Alias
> To email me, remove shoes
>

Bete--

That's your *three installations. The best I can understand though is that
your current PC was one of the three so if you want to use an English
language version of Vista to install on the current PC that is one of the
three, you will still be able to install Office back onto that box.

If you had a different fourth box, then you'd have to make a choice of which
of three boxes you wanted to use for the Office installation.

Good luck,

CH

"Bête Noire" <> wrote in message
news:6DD38EB7-5EC4-4D31-8367-...
> Sorry to be a total arse here but here' the deal. I have already installed
> my
> office 2007 software on an old PC I had, a laptop that I still have and
> this
> machine I am using now. Does that mean that I have used up the three
> installations? Does this mean that when I do the clean install of Ultimate
> on
> my current PC that I won't be able to use the Office 2007 software and and
> to
> buy new again. like I said, sorry if this is a 'bone' question.
>
> "Alias" wrote:
>
>> Bête Noire wrote:
>> > Thanks very much. By the way with regards to software, I have a French
>> > version of Office 2007 which says on the rear of the box that it is
>> > only
>> > possible to use on 3 computers. Does this mean that it can only be used
>> > three
>> > times, i.e installed three times on seperate machines or does it mean
>> > something else such as networked machines? Thanks again.
>> >
>>
>> It means you can install it on up to three machines and use it as many
>> times as you like. The machines don't need to be networked or even exist
>> in the same location, i.e. you can install it on someone else's computer
>> across town.
>>
>> --
>> Alias
>> To email me, remove shoes
>>

Bête Noire wrote:
> Sorry to be a total arse here but here' the deal. I have already installed my
> office 2007 software on an old PC I had, a laptop that I still have and this
> machine I am using now. Does that mean that I have used up the three
> installations?

Yes.

> Does this mean that when I do the clean install of Ultimate on
> my current PC that I won't be able to use the Office 2007 software and and to
> buy new again.

No, it's the same machine.

> like I said, sorry if this is a 'bone' question.

No problem, hope I was of some help.

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Alias
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Thanks. That's perfectly clear.

"Chad Harris" wrote:

> Bete--
>
> That's your *three installations. The best I can understand though is that
> your current PC was one of the three so if you want to use an English
> language version of Vista to install on the current PC that is one of the
> three, you will still be able to install Office back onto that box.
>
> If you had a different fourth box, then you'd have to make a choice of which
> of three boxes you wanted to use for the Office installation.
>
> Good luck,
>
> CH
>
> "Bête Noire" <> wrote in message
> news:6DD38EB7-5EC4-4D31-8367-...
> > Sorry to be a total arse here but here' the deal. I have already installed
> > my
> > office 2007 software on an old PC I had, a laptop that I still have and
> > this
> > machine I am using now. Does that mean that I have used up the three
> > installations? Does this mean that when I do the clean install of Ultimate
> > on
> > my current PC that I won't be able to use the Office 2007 software and and
> > to
> > buy new again. like I said, sorry if this is a 'bone' question.
> >
> > "Alias" wrote:
> >
> >> Bête Noire wrote:
> >> > Thanks very much. By the way with regards to software, I have a French
> >> > version of Office 2007 which says on the rear of the box that it is
> >> > only
> >> > possible to use on 3 computers. Does this mean that it can only be used
> >> > three
> >> > times, i.e installed three times on seperate machines or does it mean
> >> > something else such as networked machines? Thanks again.
> >> >
> >>
> >> It means you can install it on up to three machines and use it as many
> >> times as you like. The machines don't need to be networked or even exist
> >> in the same location, i.e. you can install it on someone else's computer
> >> across town.
> >>
> >> --
> >> Alias
> >> To email me, remove shoes
> >>
>
>