Vista Home Premium (Upgrade) 32bit to 64bit

[Guest Nascarnick24]

I had purchased Windows XP about a year and a half ago and when vista came

out, I bought the Vista Home Premium upgrade from XP Home. I am woundering if

it is possible to get 64-bit media for this version of vista.

[Guest Colin Barnhorst]

Re: Vista Home Premium (Upgrade) 32bit to 64bit

 

Yes. There is a slip of paper in the retail box which directs you to:

 

https://www.microsoft.com/windowsvista/1033/ordermedia/default.mspx

 

"Nascarnick24" <Nascarnick24@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

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>I had purchased Windows XP about a year and a half ago and when vista came

> out, I bought the Vista Home Premium upgrade from XP Home. I am woundering

> if

> it is possible to get 64-bit media for this version of vista.

[Guest Colin Barnhorst]

Re: Vista Home Premium (Upgrade) 32bit to 64bit

 

btw, there are not separate dvds for the versions of Vista. All retail x86

dvds are the same as are all x64 dvds. The only thing that differentiates

the editions are the product keys.

 

"Nascarnick24" <Nascarnick24@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

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>I had purchased Windows XP about a year and a half ago and when vista came

> out, I bought the Vista Home Premium upgrade from XP Home. I am woundering

> if

> it is possible to get 64-bit media for this version of vista.

[Guest Nascarnick24]

Re: Vista Home Premium (Upgrade) 32bit to 64bit

 

I went there and it keeps telling me that there is "No Offer Found". It must

have something to do with that it is an upgrade version. Are you sure its

available? Maybe its not possible because its not possible to upgrade from

32bit XP to 64bit Vista. But I don't care about the upgrade feature. I just

want to install 64bit vista.

[Guest Colin Barnhorst]

Re: Vista Home Premium (Upgrade) 32bit to 64bit

 

I have ordered the 64bit dvd for Vista Home Premium on that website in the

past with no issues (for two different product keys). Scroll down to the

bottom of the page and use the Support Options Link.

 

Are you entering the Vista upgrade edition product key?

 

"Nascarnick24" <Nascarnick24@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

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>I went there and it keeps telling me that there is "No Offer Found". It

>must

> have something to do with that it is an upgrade version. Are you sure its

> available? Maybe its not possible because its not possible to upgrade from

> 32bit XP to 64bit Vista. But I don't care about the upgrade feature. I

> just

> want to install 64bit vista.

[Guest Colin Barnhorst]

Re: Vista Home Premium (Upgrade) 32bit to 64bit

 

btw, the word "upgrade" in this context refers to an upgrade license, not

whether or not you can perform an upgrade of the software (in this case, as

you observed, you can't). An XP Pro x86 license is a Windows license that

is eligible for upgrade to any edition of Vista, x86 or x64. It has nothing

to do with the installation method. You are entitled to install one copy of

Vista and it can be either x86 or x64 so long as only one or the other is

installed at a given time. The problem you are having on the website has

nothing to do with the fact that you will have to do a clean install of

Vista x64. As the owner of a retail copy of Vista you are entitled to order

the x64 dvd.

 

"Nascarnick24" <Nascarnick24@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:3B9D6E4F-A120-4859-8E2C-6B260D9F0909@microsoft.com...

>I went there and it keeps telling me that there is "No Offer Found". It

>must

> have something to do with that it is an upgrade version. Are you sure its

> available? Maybe its not possible because its not possible to upgrade from

> 32bit XP to 64bit Vista. But I don't care about the upgrade feature. I

> just

> want to install 64bit vista.

[Guest Bill McVicker]

Re: Vista Home Premium (Upgrade) 32bit to 64bit

 

Hi,

I had the same thing occur, after many emails and phone calls to support

they told me, because my Home Premium 64 was an OEM version I couldn't

upgrade, but they could NOT tell me is why they shipped me the 32-bit

version of Ultimate. I wound up returning the upgrade, and purchasing a

fresh copy of the ultimate 64.

Bill

"Nascarnick24" <Nascarnick24@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:3B9D6E4F-A120-4859-8E2C-6B260D9F0909@microsoft.com...

>I went there and it keeps telling me that there is "No Offer Found". It

>must

> have something to do with that it is an upgrade version. Are you sure its

> available? Maybe its not possible because its not possible to upgrade from

> 32bit XP to 64bit Vista. But I don't care about the upgrade feature. I

> just

> want to install 64bit vista.

[Guest Colin Barnhorst]

Re: Vista Home Premium (Upgrade) 32bit to 64bit

 

MS does not ship an Ultimate dvd. All 32bit dvds are the same. (All 64bit

dvds are also the same).

 

The platform is determined by the dvd (32bit vs 64bit) but the edition is

determined by the product key. The media itself serves all editions via a

manifest file that matches the pk you enter to the manifest for that edition

and installs the files from the dvd called for in the manifest. You can use

the same dvd to install any edition of Vista.

 

This is very different from XP where an XP Home cd was different from an XP

Pro cd and Upgrade cds differed from Standard cds.

 

With retail Vista one money gets you both platforms (x86 and x64) and you

install the one of your choice, but with OEM you only get the one platform

that is preinstalled (either x86 or x64) and have to buy the other

separately if you want to switch. This is why OEM product keys are not

accepted on the Alternate Media website.

 

 

"Bill McVicker" <mcvick@co.dutchess.ny.us> wrote in message

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> Hi,

> I had the same thing occur, after many emails and phone calls to support

> they told me, because my Home Premium 64 was an OEM version I couldn't

> upgrade, but they could NOT tell me is why they shipped me the 32-bit

> version of Ultimate. I wound up returning the upgrade, and purchasing a

> fresh copy of the ultimate 64.

> Bill

> "Nascarnick24" <Nascarnick24@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

> news:3B9D6E4F-A120-4859-8E2C-6B260D9F0909@microsoft.com...

>>I went there and it keeps telling me that there is "No Offer Found". It

>>must

>> have something to do with that it is an upgrade version. Are you sure its

>> available? Maybe its not possible because its not possible to upgrade

>> from

>> 32bit XP to 64bit Vista. But I don't care about the upgrade feature. I

>> just

>> want to install 64bit vista.

>

>