RE: Re: Vista Upgrade DVD - Clean Install Workaround

["Ian Lowe" <ianlowe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Found out why this is - the licences being shipped as part of the MAPS
pack
were never meant to be bare metal install licences: they were to be used as
an upgrade to the OEM licence which came with the hardware.



Microsoft are "enforcing" this policy now by only issuing Upgrade
media/licences.



Even the big volume licences used by business are no longer "bare
metal"
licences.



Now that sucks.



I.



From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Phil Harris
Sent: 05 February 2007 12:38
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Re: Vista Upgrade DVD - Clean Install Workaround



...and of course the Windows XP installation CD that is in the current
Action Pack isn't a full installation CD either - just another
"upgrade" CD.

Thank feck I still have my full XP install CD from last years' Action Pack.

Phil

-----Original Message-----
From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx <mailto:ukha_d%40yahoogroups.com>
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] On Behalf
Of
David Chapman
Sent: 05 February 2007 09:42
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx <mailto:ukha_d%40yahoogroups.com>
Subject: [ukha_d] Re: Vista Upgrade DVD - Clean Install Workaround

AutomatedHome UK DiscussionYes I'm battling this on an Acer Aspire laptop.
Spec is a bit light but a clean install of RC2 ran fine.

Upgrade a simple fresh XP SP2 install using business that came in the
Action

Pack and it runs like a dog - so far have not found out why - might need to
wait until I can get hold of an MSDN Vista copy. A bit cross that Action
Pack is making it so difficult !

David C





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