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Vista express upgrade
I just got off the phone with "Ethan". He says the version of Vista being sold everywhere else is completely different than what is being sent under the express upgrade. From what he told me and what it sounded like, the term "Express Upgrade" is when you have the disk, and upgrade from whatever Windows you have to whatever Vista you're getting, that way you don't have to uninstall any software and drivers. It has nothing to do with shipping, which kinda misled myself also. I was told late March to early April. I was kinda excited to get Vista, but this does give a great idea. This will let all the other people "beta test" in a way. So by the time we get it, we'll know what REAL-WORLD issues there are. That kinda evens out my feelings, sorta. By that time, I sure hope they send out the SP1 disk immediately.
- >>>they might give you some idea of the issues everyday users are having with the upgrades!I downloaded Vista and throughout the install expected to fail every step of the way. Instead I was amazed at how quickly and easily it went without a single problem.At first, when it said "Cannot Upgrade" I panicked, but realized that it was going to do a "custom" install instead. It very kindly copied everything that I had on the drive to a separate directory and proceeded to finish without a hitch. It took about 25 minutes and I was up and running.Of course, I do have to re-install a lot of software....Edited to add: I live in the Midwest (CST), but I had to specify "Atlantic Seaboard Time" to get the clock to show correctly. First I tried Eastern and that was off too. I was beginning to think I'd have to pick a zone in Britain....
Message Edited by nwfa on 01-31-2007 03:02 PM - check out the posts over at http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/en-us/default.mspx?dg=microsoft.public.windows.vista.installation_setup&langthey might give you some idea of the issues everyday users are having with the upgrades!
Flintlock1776
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Posted January 31st, 2007 22:00
>>>they might give you some idea of the issues everyday users are having with the upgrades!I downloaded Vista and throughout the install expected to fail every step of the way. Instead I was amazed at how quickly and easily it went without a single problem.At first, when it said "Cannot Upgrade" I panicked, but realized that it was going to do a "custom" install instead. It very kindly copied everything that I had on the drive to a separate directory and proceeded to finish without a hitch. It took about 25 minutes and I was up and running.Of course, I do have to re-install a lot of software....Edited to add: I live in the Midwest (CST), but I had to specify "Atlantic Seaboard Time" to get the clock to show correctly. First I tried Eastern and that was off too. I was beginning to think I'd have to pick a zone in Britain....You got your Vista upgrade that fast from Dell? wow, how?How do you copy stuff to s seperate directory?Thanks!You have to reinstall a lot of info? What type of files/programs?
Message Edited by Flintlock1776 on 01-31-2007 06:39 PM- >>> You got your Vista upgrade that fast from Dell? wow, how?Unfortunately no. When I found out that it would be 4-8 weeks with Dell, I just paid for an upgrade and downloaded it from MS.I have to figure out how to cancel my Dell upgrade now.Installing was a breeze, 25 minutes and it was up. The flip-side is that it couldn't upgrade, so it did a clean install. I'm trying to reload my apps now. Luckily I'm really organized. :smileyhappy:Vista created a directory called Windows.old and saved all my MS MCE 2005 directories. I suppose I'll be finished by the weekend.
jtzako
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Posted January 31st, 2007 17:00