Hi Doug,
Glad it worked!
According to some text I have just read they can be removed, apparently the
disk cleanup tool will remove them
automatically for you.
If you are unsure you can always delete them and keep them in the recycle
bin for a bit if your like.
"Doug" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Hi DX
>
> Thanks so much for your help and encouragement. The upgrade worked
> perfectly and the installation shows up as activated. I had to reinstall
> ESET Smart Security which claimed that its files had been corrupted, but
> that was hardly surprising and and easily corrected.
>
> Supplementary question - do you think it safe for me to delete the two
> hidden folders dated 23/11/2007 named $INPLACE.~TR (680MB) and $WINDOWS.~Q
> (1.16GB)? Though, come to think of it, I probably did that last time and
> maybe that's what messed up my previous install-followed-by-upgrade
> procedure (?) - Doug.
>
> "DX" <DX@> wrote in message
> news:%...
>> Officially you cannot do a clean install from an upgrade disk.
>>
>> However if you install Vista Home Premium without entering a product key,
>> then re-installing it on top of the new installation as an upgrade
>> (entering the product key) it will activate ok, that's why I wondered if
>> it had remembered your product key when you tried to enter it, if not you
>> could just run the installation again as an upgrade on top of your
>> currently installed Home Premium entering your product key on
>> installation
>> and windows should allow you to activate.
>>
>>
>> "Doug" <> wrote in message
>> news:%23oNwT$...
>>> Hi DX
>>>
>>> My Vista CD was an upgrade from XP.
>>> On my initial installation in April 2007 Vista accepted my product key.
>>> On this recent installation activation failed as indicated. I see that
>>> one of the reasons given in MS FAQ for this behaviour is reformatting
>>> the
>>> hard drive. Perhaps some hidden file has gone that was needed? Or does
>>> one of these upgrades from XP expire after a few months?
>>> Doug
>>>
>>>
>>> "DX" <DX@> wrote in message
>>> news:...
>>>> Hi Doug,
>>>>
>>>> Was your vista cd an upgrade or a full version ?
>>>>
>>>> Has vista accepted your product key ?
>>>>
>>>> If it hasn't all you need to do is is run setup again from the cd
>>>> entering your product key this time, and do an upgrade,
>>>> this will not wipe out anything you have done already, once the upgrade
>>>> has complete, you should then be able
>>>> to activate windows.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "Doug" <> wrote in message
>>>> news:eqHBg%...
>>>>> In February 2007 I bought a new PC built with XP Home installed with
>>>>> the right to upgrade to Vista Home Premium. In April 2007 my Vista CD
>>>>> arrived and I installed it. With the accumulated small annoyances
>>>>> resulting from the early Vista-barely-compatible applications and
>>>>> hardware drivers, and then a crash I couldn't recover from, I felt
>>>>> that
>>>>> the time had come to reinstall Vista. As a matter of normal good
>>>>> housekeeping, I reformatted my drive and reinstalled the critical and
>>>>> recommended Windows updates along with my various applications. Now, a
>>>>> week on, and just as the system is settling down nicely, up pops a
>>>>> message saying I have 24 days left inviting me to activate Vista. So I
>>>>> entered my product key and up pops a further message:
>>>>>
>>>>> ! The following failure occurred while trying to use the product key:
>>>>> Code: 0xC004F061
>>>>> Description: The Software Licencing Service that this specified
>>>>> product
>>>>> key can only be used for upgrading, not clean installations. [OK]
>>>>>
>>>>> Any suggestions as to how best to proceed. The thought of spending
>>>>> another week rebuilding my system is disquieting. I live in the UK.
>>>>
>>>
>>
>
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