Reinstall of Vista Upgrade? dnelms 10/6/2008 1:53:00 AM I've got multiple errors popping up in vista media center and thus to my extenders on the tv's. After reading multiple posts, it seems alot have fixed this by reinstalling Vista? So here is my problem, I upgraded XP Pro to Vista Home Premium. From posts on these newsgroups it seems that I will have problems trying to reinstall this since it was an upgrade. I've got everything important backed up so I'd like to do a clean install and format the C drive. Is this possible with the upgrade DVD?

Re: Reinstall of Vista Upgrade? Paul Montgomery <i.m.nonnymous[ at ]NOSPAMgmail.com> 10/6/2008 2:14:33 AM On Sun, 5 Oct 2008 18:53:00 -0700, dnelms <dnelms[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: [Quoted Text] >I've got multiple errors popping up in vista media center and thus to my >extenders on the tv's. After reading multiple posts, it seems alot have fixed >this by reinstalling Vista? So here is my problem, I upgraded XP Pro to Vista >Home Premium. From posts on these newsgroups it seems that I will have >problems trying to reinstall this since it was an upgrade. I've got >everything important backed up so I'd like to do a clean install and format >the C drive. Is this possible with the upgrade DVD? YEP! http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/winvista_upgrade_clean.asp Do EXACTLY as it says to do.

Re: Reinstall of Vista Upgrade? SIW2 <guest[ at ]unknown-email.com> 10/6/2008 2:24:52 AM dnelms;853534 Wrote: > I've got multiple errors popping up in vista media center and thus to my > extenders on the tv's. After reading multiple posts, it seems alot have > fixed > this by reinstalling Vista? So here is my problem, I upgraded XP Pro to > Vista > Home Premium. From posts on these newsgroups it seems that I will have > problems trying to reinstall this since it was an upgrade. I've got > everything important backed up so I'd like to do a clean install and > format > the C drive. Is this possible with the upgrade DVD? Hello dnelms, Did you not do a clean install when you upgraded to Vista? http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/117366-clean-install-full-version-vista.html For those who have an upgrade dvd http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/68767-clean-install-upgrade-vista.html Hope this helps SIW2 -- SIW2

Re: Reinstall of Vista Upgrade? dnelms 10/6/2008 3:04:00 AM Yes, did a clean install and have not had problems since doing it in early August. Just started a couple of days ago, and a rollback with system restore did not fix it. "SIW2" wrote: [Quoted Text] > > dnelms;853534 Wrote: > > I've got multiple errors popping up in vista media center and thus to my > > extenders on the tv's. After reading multiple posts, it seems alot have > > fixed > > this by reinstalling Vista? So here is my problem, I upgraded XP Pro to > > Vista > > Home Premium. From posts on these newsgroups it seems that I will have > > problems trying to reinstall this since it was an upgrade. I've got > > everything important backed up so I'd like to do a clean install and > > format > > the C drive. Is this possible with the upgrade DVD? > > Hello dnelms, > > Did you not do a clean install when you upgraded to Vista? > > http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/117366-clean-install-full-version-vista.html > > For those who have an upgrade dvd > > http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/68767-clean-install-upgrade-vista.html > > > Hope this helps > > SIW2 > > > -- > SIW2 >

Re: Reinstall of Vista Upgrade? SIW2 <guest[ at ]unknown-email.com> 10/6/2008 3:25:32 AM SIW2;853546 Wrote: > > dnelms;853534 Wrote: > > I've got multiple errors popping up in vista media center and thus to my > > extenders on the tv's. After reading multiple posts, it seems alot have > > fixed > > this by reinstalling Vista? So here is my problem, I upgraded XP Pro to > > Vista > > Home Premium. From posts on these newsgroups it seems that I will have > > problems trying to reinstall this since it was an upgrade. I've got > > everything important backed up so I'd like to do a clean install and > > format > > the C drive. Is this possible with the upgrade DVD?> > > > Hello dnelms, > > Did you not do a clean install when you upgraded to Vista? > > http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/117366-clean-install-full-version-vista.html > > For those who have an upgrade dvd > > http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/68767-clean-install-upgrade-vista.html > > > Hope this helps > > SIW2 Hello dnelms, You will need to make sure you have your product key first - if you don't have it to hand, you can find it with this tutorial http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/85023-product-key-number.html Before you do a clean reinstall, you may like to look at this first http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/88236-repair-install-vista.html Hope it helps SIW2 -- SIW2

Re: Reinstall of Vista Upgrade? SIW2 <guest[ at ]unknown-email.com> 10/6/2008 4:00:26 AM SIW2;853581 Wrote: > > SIW2;853546 Wrote: > > > > dnelms;853534 Wrote: > > > I've got multiple errors popping up in vista media center and thus to my > > > extenders on the tv's. After reading multiple posts, it seems alot have > > > fixed > > > this by reinstalling Vista? So here is my problem, I upgraded XP Pro to > > > Vista > > > Home Premium. From posts on these newsgroups it seems that I will have > > > problems trying to reinstall this since it was an upgrade. I've got > > > everything important backed up so I'd like to do a clean install and > > > format > > > the C drive. Is this possible with the upgrade DVD?> > > > > > > > Hello dnelms, > > > > Did you not do a clean install when you upgraded to Vista? > > http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/117366-clean-install-full-version-vista.html > > For those who have an upgrade dvd > > http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/68767-clean-install-upgrade-vista.html > > > > Hope this helps > > SIW2> > > > Hello dnelms, > > You will need to make sure you have your product key first - if you > don't have it to hand, you can find it with this tutorial > http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/85023-product-key-number.html > Before you do a clean reinstall, you may like to look at this first > http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/88236-repair-install-vista.html > > Hope it helps > > SIW2 > Yes, did a clean install and have not had problems since doing it in > early August.Just started a couple of days ago, and a rollback with > system restore did not fix it. > Hi, Use the clean reinstall or repair reinstall option. For future reference, believe that it will activate automatically online 5 times , after that you need to ring the toll free number - http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/84488-activate-vista-phone.html Also for future reference, you have the option of doing this : http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/91467-startup-repair.html If you decide to do the clean reinstall, so it's all fresh - you can use Windows Easy Transfer to transfer your files and settings to another hd , then transfer them back after. 'Windows Easy Transfer - Vista Moving Service | TigerDirect News' (http://news.tigerdirect.com/2006/11/02/windows-easy-transfer-vista-moving-service/) Hope that helps SIW2 -- SIW2