Vista Premium SP2 to Ultimate no SP2? "peggy" <nospam[ at ]nospam.com> 10/12/2008 8:01:27 PM Hello, I have a laptop that has Vista Home Premium 32 bit on it with the latest SP2 and all current updates. I have a retail boxed version of Vista Ultimate Upgrade that I bought a long time ago that obviously does not contain SP2. When I tried to upgrade the laptop to Ultimate is says, "Upgrade has been disabled - the upgrade cannot be started. To upgrade, cancel the installation and then choose to upgrade to a version of Windows that is more recent than the version you are currently running." What am I supposed to do here? Thanks. Peggy

RE: Vista Premium SP2 to Ultimate no SP2? Mick Murphy 10/12/2008 8:33:01 PM Vista only has Service Pack 1 released. Did your computer come with SP1 pre-installed? If it did, return the Ultimate upgrade disk, and exchange it for a later SP1 version. If your computer came as original Vista, no SP1, uninstall SP1 and do the upgrade, the redo all updates. Uninstalling SP1 is a messy way to work on your computer upgrade. If it was me, I'd back up all my Data, take the laptop back to factory(out of the box, if not SP1), install Ultimate upgrade, SP1, updates, reinstall programs, data, etc. -- Mad Mike "peggy" wrote: [Quoted Text] > Hello, > > I have a laptop that has Vista Home Premium 32 bit on it with the latest SP2 > and all current updates. > I have a retail boxed version of Vista Ultimate Upgrade that I bought a long > time ago that obviously does not contain SP2. > When I tried to upgrade the laptop to Ultimate is says, "Upgrade has been > disabled - the upgrade cannot be started. To upgrade, cancel the > installation and then choose to upgrade to a version of Windows that is more > recent than the version you are currently running." > What am I supposed to do here? > Thanks. > Peggy > >

Re: Vista Premium SP2 to Ultimate no SP2? barman58 <guest[ at ]unknown-email.com> 10/12/2008 8:33:19 PM peggy;858989 Wrote: > Hello, > > I have a laptop that has Vista Home Premium 32 bit on it with the > latest SP2 > and all current updates. > I have a retail boxed version of Vista Ultimate Upgrade that I bought a > long > time ago that obviously does not contain SP2. > When I tried to upgrade the laptop to Ultimate is says, "Upgrade has > been > disabled - the upgrade cannot be started. To upgrade, cancel the > installation and then choose to upgrade to a version of Windows that is > more > recent than the version you are currently running." > What am I supposed to do here? > Thanks. > Peggy hello Peggy, As you can't upgrade a copy of ,I assume SP1, vista premium with a Non SP1 you have two options Either do a fresh install of ultimate and then upgrade that to SP1 'Download details: Windows Vista Service Pack 1 Five Language Standalone (KB936330)' (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=B0C7136D-5EBB-413B-89C9-CB3D06D12674&displaylang=en) or you could try creating a copy of your Ultimate install DVD including SP1 using the tutorial here http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/151606-vista-sp1-slipstream-installation-dvd.html hope this helps -- barman58 Regards, *Nigel* the beginning of knowledge is the discovery of something we do not understand.,- frank herbert

Re: Vista Premium SP2 to Ultimate no SP2? hearts3131978 10/28/2008 11:53:01 PM pay attention to the message closely i had that problem as well. you need to figure out what you are supposed to upgrade from. I dont recommend ultimate but if you want to install it start with the windows vista "I had to have vista basic bfore i could upgrade to ultimate" that it says you need then you need to access your digital locker click on vista ultimate then click install and follow the instructions "barman58" wrote: [Quoted Text] > > peggy;858989 Wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I have a laptop that has Vista Home Premium 32 bit on it with the > > latest SP2 > > and all current updates. > > I have a retail boxed version of Vista Ultimate Upgrade that I bought a > > long > > time ago that obviously does not contain SP2. > > When I tried to upgrade the laptop to Ultimate is says, "Upgrade has > > been > > disabled - the upgrade cannot be started. To upgrade, cancel the > > installation and then choose to upgrade to a version of Windows that is > > more > > recent than the version you are currently running." > > What am I supposed to do here? > > Thanks. > > Peggy > hello Peggy, > > As you can't upgrade a copy of ,I assume SP1, vista premium with a Non > SP1 you have two options Either do a fresh install of ultimate and then > upgrade that to SP1 > > 'Download details: Windows Vista Service Pack 1 Five Language > Standalone (KB936330)' > (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=B0C7136D-5EBB-413B-89C9-CB3D06D12674&displaylang=en) > > or you could try creating a copy of your Ultimate install DVD including > SP1 using the tutorial here > > http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/151606-vista-sp1-slipstream-installation-dvd.html > > hope this helps > > > -- > barman58 > > Regards, > *Nigel* > the beginning of knowledge is the discovery of something we do not > understand.,- frank herbert >