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Install Vista Upgrade Without Preexisting XP

Posted by kdawson on from the loophole dept.

Johannes K. writes "It has previously been claimed that to install Windows Vista from an upgrade DVD requires having Windows XP installed on your computer. DailyTech reports on a workaround: no previous version of Windows is required at all." Anyone know whether this workaround moots the finding by LXer that during upgrade Microsoft invalidates your original XP CD-key?

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  1. Or... just install GNU/Linux by drewzhrodague · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Or, you could skip the whole Windows XP/Vista issue, and install your favorite GNU/Linux distro. Seriously. I'm using CentOS, and it work very well.

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    Zhrodague.net - I do projects and stuff too.
    1. Re:Or... just install GNU/Linux by fotbr · · Score: 1, Offtopic

      Sometimes linux just isn't an option. Seriously. As much as people here would like it to be the ultimate solution to everything, it isn't there yet, and likely never will be.

      Sure, it'll do 90% of what I need to do. But it won't connect with the office due to propriatary software at the office, so its 100% useless for me.

      Dual-booting is an extra headache I don't need and don't want to put up with, since outside of work I rarely do much besides some websurfing, and firefox and opera handle that task just fine regardless of OS.

  2. Re:Much worse by poticlin · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    What the... How was this post mod Informative?
    Does people here really thinks the locks were changed??