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eamo
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Location: Shepherd's Bush, 1964.
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| Anyone willing to guess if legit Vista will install from a pirated version of XP? Or would I have to do the clean install option and lose all my programs and data? |
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bellum99
Joined: 23 Jan 2003
Location: don't need to know
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| Posted: Thu Feb 01, 2007 7:49 pm Post subject: |
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| Does the validation check from Microsoft show it as legit? If it does then I bet it will work just fine. |
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Wrench
Joined: 07 Apr 2005
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| Posted: Thu Feb 01, 2007 7:58 pm Post subject: |
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| eamo wrote: |
| Anyone willing to guess if legit Vista will install from a pirated version of XP? Or would I have to do the clean install option and lose all my programs and data? |
Just buy the upgrade version and install it WITHOUT THE KEY. This will give you a trial for 30 days. Then do a reinstall and this time use your key.. There is a bug that enables to upgrade from the upgrade... Good ole' MS. |
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SuperHero
Joined: 10 Dec 2003
Location: Superhero Hideout
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| Posted: Thu Feb 01, 2007 7:58 pm Post subject: |
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| eamo wrote: |
| Anyone willing to guess if legit Vista will install from a pirated version of XP? Or would I have to do the clean install option and lose all my programs and data? |
| Computer World wrote: |
| Microsoft does require you to have Windows XP or 2000 installed on your PC in order to use the upgrade version of Vista, but you do not have to activate the previous version of Windows. |
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eamo
Joined: 08 Mar 2003
Location: Shepherd's Bush, 1964.
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| Posted: Thu Feb 01, 2007 8:13 pm Post subject: |
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Cheers guys.
I'm looking forward to being a legit Windows user later this year. For the first time ever!!!!  |
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Giant
Joined: 14 May 2003
Location: South Korea
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| Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2007 6:33 pm Post subject: |
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So far I have not been impressed at all with VISTA, It's just a resource hog. I have a pretty good laptop, XP runs like a dream. I installed the ultimate version (legit) and its sluggish to say the least. Just bloat-ware!!!
It's just going to be a pain in the ass to buy new software all over again.
I do not actually see any reason to upgrade to Vista for the average user. Yes you gamers with the DX10 blah blah blah, but honestly, give me a few good reasons to upgrade, and dont give me that nonsense about security, we all know how good MS is at security.
I am listening... |
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Demophobe
Joined: 17 May 2004
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| Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2007 8:16 pm Post subject: |
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I hear you and too, am listening.
DX10...yeah, they have us at gunpoint on that one. When it becomes necessary, I will download Vista. Yes, download. It will be the first time in my computing history that my OS will not have been legit. By the time DX10 is a fact of life, Vista will be Swiss cheese and very workable. |
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Hollywoodaction
Joined: 02 Jul 2004
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| Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2007 1:29 am Post subject: |
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| I'd like to try Vista, but I'd rather not. I know I'll end up wasting a million won to upgrade my computer if I do. |
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Wrench
Joined: 07 Apr 2005
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| Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2007 4:00 am Post subject: |
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To be honest with you this OS is stupid fast actually.
Faster then XP. Boots faster WAY faster. Things just seem to come a live quicker.. More responsive in many ways..
I got a x2 3800
2 gigs of ram
320 gig HD.. (I had one crash on me recently) One is at my friends in external case.
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Giant
Joined: 14 May 2003
Location: South Korea
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| Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2007 5:16 pm Post subject: |
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Sorry, what do you mean by 'stupid fast'?
Of course if you have a clean install, it may 'seem' faster, but wait a while.
Also, you do have a system that seems to be above average, but I dont feel like upgrading my system for a OS that does not give me any benifit. |
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Wrench
Joined: 07 Apr 2005
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| Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2007 6:56 pm Post subject: |
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| I am suprised how well MS has packadged the OS. MS did an excelent job at scheduling maintanence on the OS. Plus the monitoring software thats included in Vista does a good job telling you and helping you optimize the OS. |
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Giant
Joined: 14 May 2003
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| Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2007 8:31 pm Post subject: |
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| Well I am glad you are happy with it. I will also cross that line soon (I have to), but I am not ready yet. |
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Wrench
Joined: 07 Apr 2005
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| Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2007 9:20 pm Post subject: |
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| I had the same aprehensions in the beta. Resource Hog, I'm kinda glad.. Now at least my 2gigs gets passed 1.2 in usage. |
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Thunndarr
Joined: 30 Sep 2003
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| Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2007 9:58 pm Post subject: |
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| I just read some reviews comparing a clean install and and upgrade install of Windows Vista. It turns out that they're pretty much dead even in performance. |
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Hollywoodaction
Joined: 02 Jul 2004
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| Posted: Thu Feb 08, 2007 3:42 pm Post subject: |
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| I just read some reviews comparing a clean install and and upgrade install of Windows Vista. It turns out that they're pretty much dead even in performance. |
There probably is really no such thing as an upgrade. They are all full install. The upgrade is just a cheaper license to entice those who already own an Windows OS. |
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