upgrading from oem to retail? "ALEXIOS GOUTSOULAS" <pavilion_alex[ at ]hotmail.com> 10/14/2008 9:07:33 PM I have a Greek OEM version of windows vista home premium, and I want to upgrade it to windows vista ultimate English retail package. can I do that? and if I can do that, after the upgrade process will the OEM information be erased from my pc?

Re: upgrading from oem to retail? "Rick Rogers" <rick[ at ]mvps.org> 10/14/2008 10:36:38 PM Hi, You'd have to upgrade it to Ultimate in Greek, then download and install the english language pack. You'd be subsuming the oem license into the retail one. -- Best of Luck, Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/ Windows help - www.rickrogers.org My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com "ALEXIOS GOUTSOULAS" <pavilion_alex[ at ]hotmail.com> wrote in message news:AC55813E-48CC-4849-B782-5DE3D016C940[ at ]microsoft.com... [Quoted Text] >I have a Greek OEM version of windows vista home premium, and I want to >upgrade it to windows vista ultimate English retail package. can I do that? > and if I can do that, after the upgrade process will the OEM information > be erased from my pc? >

Re: upgrading from oem to retail? "ALEXIOS GOUTSOULAS" <pavilion_alex[ at ]hotmail.com> 10/14/2008 11:59:36 PM so you mean that I cant upgrade it directly to English? but first upgrade to Greek and then to install the language file? Ο "ALEXIOS GOUTSOULAS" <pavilion_alex[ at ]hotmail.com> έγραψε στο μήνυμα news:AC55813E-48CC-4849-B782-5DE3D016C940[ at ]microsoft.com... [Quoted Text] >I have a Greek OEM version of windows vista home premium, and I want to >upgrade it to windows vista ultimate English retail package. can I do that? > and if I can do that, after the upgrade process will the OEM information > be erased from my pc? >

Re: upgrading from oem to retail? "Peter Foldes" <okf22[ at ]hotmail.com> 10/15/2008 12:24:15 AM Yes. Unless you go with a full Retail of English not an Upgrade and do a full clean reformat and install -- Peter Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged. "ALEXIOS GOUTSOULAS" <pavilion_alex[ at ]hotmail.com> wrote in message news:4A312A21-B164-4BAD-94DA-4169C23AF731[ at ]microsoft.com... [Quoted Text] > so you mean that I cant upgrade it directly to English? but first upgrade to > Greek and then to install the language file? > > > > Ο "ALEXIOS GOUTSOULAS" <pavilion_alex[ at ]hotmail.com> έγραψε στο μήνυμα > news:AC55813E-48CC-4849-B782-5DE3D016C940[ at ]microsoft.com... >>I have a Greek OEM version of windows vista home premium, and I want to >>upgrade it to windows vista ultimate English retail package. can I do that? >> and if I can do that, after the upgrade process will the OEM information >> be erased from my pc? >> >

Re: upgrading from oem to retail? "Rick Rogers" <rick[ at ]mvps.org> 10/15/2008 1:17:20 AM Hi, Correct, you can't upgrade to a different language. Upgrading is/must be done in the same language. Once you have Ultimate installed, you will be eligible to install a language pack of choice. -- Best of Luck, Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/ Windows help - www.rickrogers.org My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com "ALEXIOS GOUTSOULAS" <pavilion_alex[ at ]hotmail.com> wrote in message news:4A312A21-B164-4BAD-94DA-4169C23AF731[ at ]microsoft.com... [Quoted Text] > so you mean that I cant upgrade it directly to English? but first upgrade > to Greek and then to install the language file? > > > > ÎY "ALEXIOS GOUTSOULAS" <pavilion_alex[ at ]hotmail.com> έγραÏ^ε ÏfÏ"ο > μήνÏ.μα news:AC55813E-48CC-4849-B782-5DE3D016C940[ at ]microsoft.com... >>I have a Greek OEM version of windows vista home premium, and I want to >>upgrade it to windows vista ultimate English retail package. can I do >>that? >> and if I can do that, after the upgrade process will the OEM information >> be erased from my pc? >> >

Re: upgrading from oem to retail? DDW <dd.wright[ at ]KILLSPAMcomcast.net> 10/15/2008 2:58:57 AM On Wed, 15 Oct 2008 02:59:36 +0300, "ALEXIOS GOUTSOULAS" <pavilion_alex[ at ]hotmail.com> wrote: [Quoted Text] >so you mean that I cant upgrade it directly to English? but first upgrade to >Greek and then to install the language file? What part of what Rick said was difficult to understand: "You'd have to upgrade it to Ultimate in Greek, then download and install the english language pack." >? "ALEXIOS GOUTSOULAS" <pavilion_alex[ at ]hotmail.com> ???a?e st? µ???µa >news:AC55813E-48CC-4849-B782-5DE3D016C940[ at ]microsoft.com... >>I have a Greek OEM version of windows vista home premium, and I want to >>upgrade it to windows vista ultimate English retail package. can I do that? >> and if I can do that, after the upgrade process will the OEM information >> be erased from my pc? >> DDW -- Reply via this group No email please