Win2000 Pro to Vista?

I have a PC with Windows 2000 Pro retail. Is it legal to upgrade to Vista
Home Premium? Is there an upgrade path from Win2000 to Vista Home Premium?

Thank you.

"Sneaker" <Sneaker at yahoo dot com> wrote in message
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>I have a PC with Windows 2000 Pro retail. Is it legal to upgrade to Vista
>Home Premium? Is there an upgrade path from Win2000 to Vista Home Premium?
>
> Thank you.
>


There is no upgrade path from Win2K. You will have to clean install
whichever version you choose..


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Not to Home Premium. You will need to do a clean install

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"Sneaker" <Sneaker at yahoo dot com> wrote in message news:...
>I have a PC with Windows 2000 Pro retail. Is it legal to upgrade to Vista
> Home Premium? Is there an upgrade path from Win2000 to Vista Home Premium?
>
> Thank you.
>
>

No.. no... that wasn't what I wanted to know.

I wouldn't mind formatting HD and installing Vista from scratch. I hate
upgrading anything (OS or applications) because they always leave behind
traces of old installation. What I want to know is if it's legal to purchase
Vista whatever (preferably Home Premium) upgrade version when I have Windows
2000 Pro retail version.

Thanks again.


"Mike Hall - MVP" <mikehall@remove_mvps.com> wrote in message
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> "Sneaker" <Sneaker at yahoo dot com> wrote in message
> news:...
>>I have a PC with Windows 2000 Pro retail. Is it legal to upgrade to Vista
>>Home Premium? Is there an upgrade path from Win2000 to Vista Home Premium?
>>
>> Thank you.
>>
>
>
> There is no upgrade path from Win2K. You will have to clean install
> whichever version you choose..
>
>
> --
> Mike Hall - MVP
> How to construct a good post..
> http://dts-l.com/goodpost.htm
> How to use the Microsoft Product Support Newsgroups..
> http://support.microsoft.com/default...help&style=toc
> Mike's Window - My Blog..
> http://msmvps.com/blogs/mikehall/default.aspx
>
>
>
>

Does that mean it's illegal to purchase and use Vista Home Premium upgrade
version when we have Windows 2000 Pro retail (even if we choose to do clean
install)?

Thank you.

"Peter Foldes" <> wrote in message
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Not to Home Premium. You will need to do a clean install

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"Sneaker" <Sneaker at yahoo dot com> wrote in message
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>I have a PC with Windows 2000 Pro retail. Is it legal to upgrade to Vista
> Home Premium? Is there an upgrade path from Win2000 to Vista Home Premium?
>
> Thank you.
>
>

On Tue, 23 Sep 2008 20:28:09 -0700, "Sneaker" <Sneaker at yahoo dot
com> wrote:

>I wouldn't mind formatting HD and installing Vista from scratch. I hate
>upgrading anything (OS or applications) because they always leave behind
>traces of old installation. What I want to know is if it's legal to purchase
>Vista whatever (preferably Home Premium) upgrade version when I have Windows
>2000 Pro retail version.

The upgrade version is SUPPOSED to be started from within the product
being upgraded. Since that option isn't available to you - and since
you want to do a clean install anyway - purchase the upgrade version
that you wish to install and follow these instructions (which will
actually be a clean install):

http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase...rade_clean.asp

No. It means that using a XP Home Premium Upgrade disk will NOT work on a Window 2000. It will not start and will sit there doing nothing.

Nothing to do with illegal or legal. Plainly put the Upgrade disk will NOT work on a Window 2000 to upgrade to Vista Home Premium.

Period
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"Sneaker" <Sneaker at yahoo dot com> wrote in message news:...
> Does that mean it's illegal to purchase and use Vista Home Premium upgrade
> version when we have Windows 2000 Pro retail (even if we choose to do clean
> install)?
>
> Thank you.
>
> "Peter Foldes" <> wrote in message
> news:...
> Not to Home Premium. You will need to do a clean install
>
> --
> Peter
>
> Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others
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>
> "Sneaker" <Sneaker at yahoo dot com> wrote in message
> news:...
>>I have a PC with Windows 2000 Pro retail. Is it legal to upgrade to Vista
>> Home Premium? Is there an upgrade path from Win2000 to Vista Home Premium?
>>
>> Thank you.
>>
>>
>
>

On Tue, 23 Sep 2008 23:57:57 -0400, "Peter Foldes" <>
wrote:

>No. It means that using a XP Home Premium Upgrade disk will NOT work on a Window 2000. It will not start and will sit there doing nothing.

Depends on what you try to do with it - and when.

>Nothing to do with illegal or legal. Plainly put the Upgrade disk will NOT work on a Window 2000 to upgrade to Vista Home Premium.
>
>Period

Be very careful when you throw those "Periods" around. One of them
might bounce off of something and come back to smack you in the face.

The OP can perform a clean install using an upgrade Vista disc
without a problem... even without having a "qualifying product".

Ok, that makes sense. A workaround that causes longer install time but it's
doable.
Thanks for the link, Paul.

Btw, IIRC doesn't windows 2000/xp upgrade version allow us to do clean
install on an empty HD? Setup searches for older version setup media (CD) as
proof that we have it, no? That's a lot easier than having to install Vista
without entering a Product Key followed by an upgrade of the same product
:-)

I guess MS don't want to make it easy for us. Things like this make me want
to give other OS a try. Perhaps it's about time.

"Paul Montgomery" <> wrote in message
news:...
>
> The upgrade version is SUPPOSED to be started from within the product
> being upgraded. Since that option isn't available to you - and since
> you want to do a clean install anyway - purchase the upgrade version
> that you wish to install and follow these instructions (which will
> actually be a clean install):
>
> http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase...rade_clean.asp

On Tue, 23 Sep 2008 21:59:47 -0700, "Sneaker" <Sneaker at yahoo dot
com> wrote:

>Ok, that makes sense. A workaround that causes longer install time but it's
>doable.
>Thanks for the link, Paul.
>
>Btw, IIRC doesn't windows 2000/xp upgrade version allow us to do clean
>install on an empty HD? Setup searches for older version setup media (CD) as
>proof that we have it, no?

True.

>That's a lot easier than having to install Vista
>without entering a Product Key followed by an upgrade of the same product
>:-)
>
>I guess MS don't want to make it easy for us. Things like this make me want
>to give other OS a try. Perhaps it's about time.

Actually, that method wasn't planned... it was an accident that MS has
never fixed. MS fully intended to have the upgrade performed from
within a working, qualified product.

>"Paul Montgomery" <> wrote in message
>news:.. .
>>
>> The upgrade version is SUPPOSED to be started from within the product
>> being upgraded. Since that option isn't available to you - and since
>> you want to do a clean install anyway - purchase the upgrade version
>> that you wish to install and follow these instructions (which will
>> actually be a clean install):
>>
>> http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase...rade_clean.asp
>