Upgrade from 64bit Vista Home Premium to Ultimate

[Guest Karabri]

Is the upgrade to Ultimate from Home Premium specific to 64 bit or 32 bit? I

have 64 bit Home Premium and I need to go to ultimate. Do I need to be

careful which upgrade I pick, or is there just one upgrade on the market that

includes both versions? Does anybody know? I'd appreciate any advice...thanks!

[Guest R. C. White]

Re: Upgrade from 64bit Vista Home Premium to Ultimate

 

Hi, Karabri.

 

The Vista Ultimate retail package includes TWO DVDs and ONE Product Key.

One disk has the 32-bit version, the other has 64-bit. Pick the one you

want and use it, inputting the one PK when asked.

 

You can Upgrade from Home Premium x64 to Ultimate x64 by booting into Home

Premium x64 and running Ultimate x64 Setup from there. Either the Full or

the Upgrade Ultimate package will work for an upgrade. Since you have Vista

already installed, you could buy the Upgrade package and do a Custom (clean)

install of Ultimate after booting into Premium. But it must be a retail

package; there are different rules for an OEM package.

 

Most of the questions posted here involve upgrading from 32-bit to 64-bit.

That requires a clean install because of the change from 32 to 64 bits, not

because of a change from Home to Ultimate.

 

RC

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R. C. White, CPA

San Marcos, TX

rc@grandecom.net

Microsoft Windows MVP

(Running Windows Live Mail 2008 in Vista Ultimate x64 SP1)

 

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

news:DC495B72-8D5A-4749-93D2-CF5B7581A578@microsoft.com...

> Is the upgrade to Ultimate from Home Premium specific to 64 bit or 32 bit?

> I

> have 64 bit Home Premium and I need to go to ultimate. Do I need to be

> careful which upgrade I pick, or is there just one upgrade on the market

> that

> includes both versions? Does anybody know? I'd appreciate any

> advice...thanks!

[Guest Colin Barnhorst]

Re: Upgrade from 64bit Vista Home Premium to Ultimate

 

All Vista Ultimate upgrade editions are the same. They contain both dvds.

To upgrade from any 64bit VHP to 64bit Ultimate simply insert your 64bit dvd

at the VHP x64 desktop and click on Install Now. Once you enter the

Ultimate product key Setup will let you perform an upgrade installation of

Ultimate. It is very straightforward.

 

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

news:DC495B72-8D5A-4749-93D2-CF5B7581A578@microsoft.com...

> Is the upgrade to Ultimate from Home Premium specific to 64 bit or 32 bit?

> I

> have 64 bit Home Premium and I need to go to ultimate. Do I need to be

> careful which upgrade I pick, or is there just one upgrade on the market

> that

> includes both versions? Does anybody know? I'd appreciate any

> advice...thanks!