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June 14th, 2008 19:00
Upgrade to Vista Assistant DVD - Operating System Problems
I inserted my Upgrade Assistant DVD. And it did the System Upgrade compatibility check. Now the last few times I have re-installed Vista on my system it has passed this check. But this time it says Windows XP is not compatiable with WInodws Vista. Could Windows Service Pack 3 have somthing to do with this?
Here is my System;
OS Name Microsoft Windows XP Professional
Version 5.1.2600 Service Pack 3 Build 2600
OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
System Name HOME-7B98DCD329
System Manufacturer Dell Inc
System Model Dimension C521
System Type X86-based PC
Processor x86 Family 15 Model 75 Stepping 2 AuthenticAMD ~2204 Mhz
BIOS Version/Date Dell Inc 1.1.4, 09/12/2006
SMBIOS Version 2.4
Windows Directory C:\WINDOWS
System Directory C:\WINDOWS\system32
Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume2
Locale United States
Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "5.1.2600.5512 (xpsp.080413-2111)"
User Name HOME-7B98DCD329\Home
Time Zone GMT Daylight Time
Total Physical Memory 1,024.00 MB
Available Physical Memory 394.89 MB
Total Virtual Memory 2.00 GB
Available Virtual Memory 1.96 GB
Page File Space 2.40 GB
Page File C:\pagefile.sys
C3PO5
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June 14th, 2008 20:00
Hi
Did you try remove SP 3 and see if that is the problem?
I have not read anything on this subject .
Or you upgrading to Vista Business or Ultimate ?
The upgrade Assistant DVD may need XP SP2 because SP 3 was not out when
you got the DVD!
Iainzy
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June 14th, 2008 20:00
Is there a way to remove SP 3 without Re-installing Windows XP as I think this is most likeley the problem. I never thought about the DVD being out of date.
Im upgrading to Windows Vista Home Premium.
C3PO5
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June 14th, 2008 21:00
OOPS
You say you are upgrading to Vista Home Premium from XP Pro
XP Pro has to be upgraded to Business or Ultimate that may be the problem also .
Or you sure you have upgraded this way before ?
C3PO5
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June 14th, 2008 21:00
Hi
You go to control panel then to add and remove
at the top of the page to view updates check that box
then look down the list you will see windows XP service 3
click on it and it shows remove go from there .
i have never removed it so i do not know what happens after that !
Good Luck
Iainzy
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June 16th, 2008 14:00
Its ok I uninstalled it, and the DVD worked.
There seems to be no problem upgrading to Home Premium from XP Pro.
It upgraded fine and im now using Vista perfectly. It seems to work better than it did last time.