Windows Vista Upgrade Work-around Enquiry

ceecookie SG

Hi, i have a Home Premium Upgrade disc with me and i decided to follow the work-around such that my XP key wont be void.Now i just finished installing Vista(w/o cd key,30 day trial).

The website guiding me said that i should run the install program from Vista.This is where im confused,is it telling me to run it from a program in Vista(Window Anytime Upgrade??) or run the Vista Upgrade CD again?

manyu882 SG

yo... after installing the trial for windows vista... insert your upgrade dics again.
and install it with the key.

if it doesn't work, the copy of upgrade disc might have fixed

ceecookie SG

Yes,it dosent work...half way thru the installlation the PC booted to Vista and it told me that the installation failed.
So that means i've no choice but to void my XP key?

manyu882 SG

no, dont do it first.
what's the error msg?

ndmmxiaomayi SG

http://www.tomcoyote.org/security/workaround-for-clean-install-with-vista-upgrade-dvds/76/

Can try this if you are using the upgrade and already has installed it.

If you still have the recovery discs with you, use your manufacturer's recovery discs. They will delete the current partition and format everything.

ceecookie SG

It just said that its unable to install the newer edition of Vista

mayi:yes i followed the same instruction.Format?thats kinda troublesome

ndmmxiaomayi SG

For recovery discs, everything should be auto. If not, use keep pressing the enter key.

ceecookie SG

Hi, today it just happened that when i booted my pc,i didnt select the Vista option at the OS loader and instead went to the Vista install program,then the installation continued from the point that it say unable to install…might be a stroke of luck….

ceecookie SG

installation successful!

But how to know if workaround is successful?

manyu882 SG

activate it using upgrade disc

ndmmxiaomayi SG

Try and see if XP works.

ceecookie SG

How do u do that?

ndmmxiaomayi SG

Delete off Vista, install XP. If you can install XP successfully, that means it's a success.