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Vista Home Premium

squirrel dog

squirrel dog

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I bought the above and have had a hard time doing the upgrade.It gets to the end and stops.I've tried 4 times to upgrade,same deal.I ran the MS upgrade advisor,it said my computer could run vista.The pc is a dell xps 400.I upgraded the bios to a07,also upgraded the vid card to its vista driver.The pc also has had the intel chipset driver upgraded.It has Intel 820d cpu/3gigs ram/two 250 gig h/ds and a ati x1950 gt vid card.
I tried to upgrade by disabling the sound dsp/and the vid card.No go.So I did a full install with the upgrade dvd.That worked.In fact everything works great.But I cannot upgrade the full install.At the end of the upgrade process It says"windows could not configure one or more system components.To install windows,restart the computer and then restart the installation."Then it rolls back to the full install.Its not been activated,and I did order the 64 bit dvd.Any suggestions on how to do the upgrade?Thats the only way I will be able to activate windows.
 
I have seen this before here, sec, let me see what I cna find.

EDIT: HERE: Link to old thread

EDIT2: Steps from old thread

1. Backup everything.
2. Pop your Vista CD in and boot the computer.
3. Select a Custom, full install, not upgrade. Format if you wish (I would personally). Select the version that your key corresponds to (Ultimate for you, right?)
4. When prompted for your product key leave it blank.
5. Install finishes and you'll have a full install but it will be eval.
6. Boot your Vista CD again.
7. Repair the existing installation and this time provide your product key when prompted.
8. Activate sometime within the grace period.

You'll now have a full, clean, non-eval, non-upgrade installation.

Note: XP CD not required during this process as it was in previous Windows upgrades.

Search the 'net a bit if you would like I'm sure someone has a very detailed step by step with screenshots and all that.
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Yeah,I read manowars full thread before I did the full install.Now I can't do the upgrade from within the full install.
 
Originally posted by: squirrel dog
Yeah,I read manowars full thread before I did the full install.Now I can't do the upgrade from within the full install.
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are you "repairing" or "upgrading"? The thread says to repair the full install, not try and upgrade it.

sucks nonetheless
 
Out of desparation I did a full install,then attempted to do an upgrade .The upgrade wouldn't work from with XP.I tried three times,then removed most programs and disabled the sound/vid card,still wouldn't upgrade.But the full install worked.Now I need to upgrade that.
 
Thanks,Puff.I printed that article out at work a few days ago and followed the instructions to the letter.It wont complete the upgrade.I'm thinking that in a few days the 64 bit dvd will get here.I will try that one.If all else fails,I will reformatt/reinstall Xp(unless I can install vista from the dvd boot drive)and go from there.
 
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