http://www.technotheory.com/2007/02/upgrading-to-vista-can-be-a-nightmare/ Time-saving reflections on lifehacking, social media, and technology. Mon, 30 Dec 2013 18:20:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4 http://www.technotheory.com/2007/02/upgrading-to-vista-can-be-a-nightmare/comment-page-1/#comment-1307 Jared Goralnick Sun, 11 Mar 2007 16:48:34 +0000 http://www.technotheory.com/2007/02/upgrading-to-vista-can-be-a-nightmare/#comment-1307 It turns out she was right--but there were specific steps to follow, as <a href="http://www.technotheory.com/2007/03/thumbs-up-microsoft-thumbs-down-apple/" rel="nofollow">I mentioned here</a>. It turns out she was right–but there were specific steps to follow, as I mentioned here.

]]> http://www.technotheory.com/2007/02/upgrading-to-vista-can-be-a-nightmare/comment-page-1/#comment-1004 Jared Goralnick Wed, 14 Feb 2007 17:30:48 +0000 http://www.technotheory.com/2007/02/upgrading-to-vista-can-be-a-nightmare/#comment-1004 Hmm, that's an interesting idea, Kellly. I'll have to look into whether the clean install over itself will qualify as upgrade. Intuitively that seems like more of a hack than a as-designed behavior Hmm, that’s an interesting idea, Kellly. I’ll have to look into whether the clean install over itself will qualify as upgrade. Intuitively that seems like more of a hack than a as-designed behavior

]]> http://www.technotheory.com/2007/02/upgrading-to-vista-can-be-a-nightmare/comment-page-1/#comment-951 Kellly Thu, 08 Feb 2007 01:01:02 +0000 http://www.technotheory.com/2007/02/upgrading-to-vista-can-be-a-nightmare/#comment-951 You can do a "clean" install of Vista by installing it over itself. You do the first install on a fresh partition without entering the product key. Then you do the second install after you boot into Vista, installing over itself and entering the product key. You can do a “clean” install of Vista by installing it over itself. You do the first install on a fresh partition without entering the product key. Then you do the second install after you boot into Vista, installing over itself and entering the product key.

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