Re: Upgrade to vista ultim

[Lukas Beeler <lukas.beeler@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 17:12,  <DLee@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> The long story is I already have a win 7 professional in the box, which I
> probably shouldn't have purchased. (Walmart)
> To get from vista home edition, to win 7 professional there's not a direct
> path that I know of.

Do a custom install. That's the best way to do it anyway. No need to
do anything special - just select custom install.

Or, do an inplace upgrade to Home Premium without a key, then do an
anytime upgrade to Professional using your normal key.

> So I'm opting to go to vista Ultimate to get the remote desktop, which is
> what I'm really after. ÂOnce there, I'm thinking I can go to win 7 pro
> anytime I'm ready.

No, you can't downgrade the edition.

> Is there is a difference in the package I need if loading to a laptop as
> opposed to a desktop computer?

No.