Upgrading Factory Win Vista Bus to Vista Ultimate

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#1 Post by **shfawaz** » Tue Nov 25, 2008 11:00 pm

I have an X301 with a Win Vista bus SP1 pre-load. I want to upgrade to Vista Ultimate. I have a FULL version Vista Ultimate disc/license, but when I boot from within Vista, the upgrade option is greyed out and not selectable. I don't want to setup a new partition.

Anyone have ideas? Does the full Vista install disc not do upgrades? Has anyone done this successfully? And if so, what Vista disc did you use?

AvalonXIII · #2 Post by **AvalonXIII** » Wed Nov 26, 2008 12:14 am

Of course they don't let you do an upgrade, since you already have Vista

Your best bet is to do a reinstall. There's no other way that I can think of.

bananaman · #3 Post by **bananaman** » Wed Nov 26, 2008 8:40 am

Hi shfawaz, this seems a bit odd!

What do you mean by "boot within Vista"?

With Vista Business running, you insert the Vista Ultimate DVD and let it autorun the setup.exe or run it manually right?

DirkM · #4 Post by **DirkM** » Wed Nov 26, 2008 9:35 am

Have you tried to change the license key and see if the anytime upgrade allows to add the Ultimate components?

#5 Post by **jdhurst** » Wed Nov 26, 2008 10:17 am

I am running Vista Business 64-bit, and I can get to the upgrade site (that is, it is not greyed out). Are you the Administrator? And do you have UAC running (I turn this bug off). ... JDH

dmunjal · #6 Post by **dmunjal** » Wed Nov 26, 2008 12:34 pm

Can you upgrade from Vista Bus 32 to Vista Bus 64?

#7 Post by **jdhurst** » Wed Nov 26, 2008 12:40 pm

dmunjal wrote:Can you upgrade from Vista Bus 32 to Vista Bus 64?

I don't think so. I think I read that somewhere, but I cannot put my finger on it. Someone else can perhaps chime in. ... JDH

#8 Post by **shfawaz** » Wed Nov 26, 2008 10:46 pm

What I mean is that I can run the Vista setup from the FULL version install disc while booted into Vista Business. However when I am supposed to choose upgrade current Vista partition or create a new Vista partition, the upgrade option is grayed out and not available.

This X301 came with Win Vista Business SP1 pre-installed. An upgrade to Windows Ultimate is a valid upgrade path. I'm thinking that since the Vista Ultimate install disc I have is pre-SP1, this is why the Vista Upgrade is not being allowed. Only reason I can think of. Which means I have to get a Vista Ultimate install disc with SP1, or in the alternative, is it possible to uninstall the SP1 update temporarily to facilitate the upgrade? If so, would that work?

I am not or have not tried to go from Vista 32 to Vista 64.

And yes, I am the administrator. I have tried the upgrade with and without entering the disc key when requested. Makes no difference. UAC is enable, I'm not certain that this would make a difference.

bananaman · #9 Post by **bananaman** » Thu Nov 27, 2008 6:21 pm

shfawaz that sounds frustrating.

I would have expected the Vista installer to go download the SP1 update and continue when using a pre-SP1 install disk to upgrade an SP1 system... but I've never actually done it.

To make your own Vista SP1 Ultimate install DVD, Google "slipstream Vista SP1".

Upgrading Factory Win Vista Bus to Vista Ultimate

Upgrading Factory Win Vista Bus to Vista Ultimate

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