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28-Oct-2007, 02:10 PM #1
Upgrading to Vista
What kind of issues am I looking at for upgrading from XP to Vista?

I'm probably going to sometime today, and I'd like to prepare installers and such for programs that have different versions for Vista and XP, y'know?

By "upgrading", I mean using the upgrade option in the Vista installer, so I don't have to reformat.
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28-Oct-2007, 02:20 PM #2
When I upgraded to Vista Business, I did a "clean install" and I haven't had any problems.

Have you tested to see if your XP meets the needed requirements?
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28-Oct-2007, 02:46 PM #3
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When I upgraded to Vista Business, I did a "clean install" and I haven't had any problems.

Have you tested to see if your XP meets the needed requirements?
You mean the hardware requirements? Yes.

I'm upgrading specifically for DirectX10 for Hellgate: London and Gears of War and such.
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28-Oct-2007, 03:07 PM #4
An 'upgrade' clean install tutorial:

http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/topic79852.html
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28-Oct-2007, 03:23 PM #5
(Slightly off topic)

To MercZire,

I have upgraded to vista (long story) and just to tell you, that if you have a macho-enough graphics card and processor, then Dx10 is all its cracked up to be. Its well worth upgrading. Many people say there are too many problems with vista, but in my view, any faults vista has are far outwieghed by the stunning effects of Dx10. When you make the journey to Vista, its worth trying out 'World in Conflict' and 'Company of Heroes', both of which are high calibre Dx10 games with awesome visuals. I personally cannot wait for the upcomming 'Crysis'! (16/11/07)

Sorry this was off topic, and hope it didn't sound too cheesy.

Vista is well worth the upgrade!

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28-Oct-2007, 03:46 PM #6
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(Slightly off topic)

To MercZire,

I have upgraded to vista (long story) and just to tell you, that if you have a macho-enough graphics card and processor, then Dx10 is all its cracked up to be. Its well worth upgrading. Many people say there are too many problems with vista, but in my view, any faults vista has are far outwieghed by the stunning effects of Dx10. When you make the journey to Vista, its worth trying out 'World in Conflict' and 'Company of Heroes', both of which are high calibre Dx10 games with awesome visuals. I personally cannot wait for the upcomming 'Crysis'! (16/11/07)

Sorry this was off topic, and hope it didn't sound too cheesy.

Vista is well worth the upgrade!

Gormless_Git
Thank you very much. I needed feedback from another gamer. I guess I'll be dedicating today to upgrading to Vista...

By the way, Jacee, what are you talking about a clean install? I have the non-upgrade Vista Ultimate. I got it free because of my college's software licensing thingy, and the reason I'm gonna do an upgrade is because I have too much ****, and no second HDD with which to back things up to reformat.
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28-Oct-2007, 04:36 PM #7
Are you going to dual boot, or were you thinking of an over the top install with Vista?
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28-Oct-2007, 04:48 PM #8
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Are you going to dual boot, or were you thinking of an over the top install with Vista?
An upgrade install. The dual-boot's outta the question now because I don't want to have to reinstall all my DX10 games on a second partition.
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29-Oct-2007, 10:22 AM #9
Absolutely do a clean install, avoid the problems so many people have. If Vista is an upgrade you probably will have to install it twice to do a clean install. For the first install do not enter the product code, after the install completes put Vista back in and reinstall entering the "key" and opting for a clen install when asked, it works.
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