windows vista upgrade advisor beta

The Windows Vista Upgrade Advisor is a small beta application that you can run on your current Windows XP-based computer to find out if it's ready for an upgrade to Windows Vista. When you run the Upgrade Advisor, it will scan your computer and generate an easy-to-understand report of any known system and device compatibility issues, along with recommendations on how you can get your PC ready for Windows Vista. Microsoft plans to add functionality to Upgrade Advisor, such as checking how your software applications will run with Windows Vista. Download the beta version today and check this site in a few months for a new version.
Before You Begin Before you begin the process of finding out if your PC is ready for Windows Vista, please be sure to plug in any USB or other attachable peripheral devices (such as printers, external hard drives, or scanners) that are regularly used with the PC you're evaluating.
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=65926&clcid=0x409
-- Andre Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta

Yeh just writing an article on this :o) I'll post on VistaBase as soon as I can.
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--: Original message follows :-- "Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote in message

The Windows Vista Upgrade Advisor is a small beta application that you can run on your current Windows XP-based computer to find out if it's ready for an upgrade to Windows Vista. When you run the Upgrade Advisor, it will scan your computer and generate an easy-to-understand report of any known system and device compatibility issues, along with recommendations on how you can get your PC ready for Windows Vista. Microsoft plans to add functionality to Upgrade Advisor, such as checking how your software applications will run with Windows Vista. Download the beta version today and check this site in a few months for a new version.
Before You Begin Before you begin the process of finding out if your PC is ready for Windows Vista, please be sure to plug in any USB or other attachable peripheral devices (such as printers, external hard drives, or scanners) that are regularly used with the PC you're evaluating.
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=65926&clcid=0x409
-- Andre Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta

"Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote:

The Windows Vista Upgrade Advisor is a small beta application that you can run on your current Windows XP-based computer to find out if it's ready for an upgrade to Windows Vista. When you run the Upgrade Advisor, it will scan your computer and generate an easy-to-understand report of any known system and device compatibility issues, along with recommendations on how you can get your PC ready for Windows Vista. Microsoft plans to add functionality to Upgrade Advisor, such as checking how your software applications will run with Windows Vista. Download the beta version today and check this site in a few months for a new version.

Which is fine... however, the Upgrade Advisor does not run on Windows XP Professional x64 edition. I would like to believe that this was an oversight on the part of the development team, but considering the kind of system that I'm already running WinXP x64 on, I doubt that the Upgrade Advisor wouldn't already recognize that I have a system that's capable of running Vista. Whether I'm willing to move to Vista from an already proven stable platform is another aspect to consider here.

And it will not run on W2K3 Server SP1 either
-- Peter
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"Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote:
The Windows Vista Upgrade Advisor is a small beta application that you can run on your current Windows XP-based computer to find out if it's ready for an upgrade to Windows Vista. When you run the Upgrade Advisor, it will scan your computer and generate an easy-to-understand report of any known system and device compatibility issues, along with recommendations on how you can get your PC ready for Windows Vista. Microsoft plans to add functionality to Upgrade Advisor, such as checking how your software applications will run with Windows Vista. Download the beta version today and check this site in a few months for a new version.
Which is fine... however, the Upgrade Advisor does not run on Windows XP Professional x64 edition. I would like to believe that this was an oversight on the part of the development team, but considering the kind of system that I'm already running WinXP x64 on, I doubt that the Upgrade Advisor wouldn't already recognize that I have a system that's capable of running Vista. Whether I'm willing to move to Vista from an already proven stable platform is another aspect to consider here.

http://www.vistabase.co.uk/welcome.php?subcats/system/upgradetool There we go - up and ready :o)
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--: Original message follows :-- "Peter Foldes" wrote in message And it will not run on W2K3 Server SP1 either
-- Peter
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"Raymond Lang" wrote in message

"Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote:
The Windows Vista Upgrade Advisor is a small beta application that you can run on your current Windows XP-based computer to find out if it's ready for an upgrade to Windows Vista. When you run the Upgrade Advisor, it will scan your computer and generate an easy-to-understand report of any known system and device compatibility issues, along with recommendations on how you can get your PC ready for Windows Vista. Microsoft plans to add functionality to Upgrade Advisor, such as checking how your software applications will run with Windows Vista. Download the beta version today and check this site in a few months for a new version.
Which is fine... however, the Upgrade Advisor does not run on Windows XP Professional x64 edition. I would like to believe that this was an oversight on the part of the development team, but considering the kind of system that I'm already running WinXP x64 on, I doubt that the Upgrade Advisor wouldn't already recognize that I have a system that's capable of running Vista. Whether I'm willing to move to Vista from an already proven stable platform is another aspect to consider here.

Thats more of a tutorial than an article Zack. -- Andre Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta "Zack Whittaker" wrote in message

http://www.vistabase.co.uk/welcome.php?subcats/system/upgradetool There we go - up and ready :o)
-- Zack Whittaker » ZackNET Enterprises: www.zacknet.co.uk » MSBlog on ResDev: www.msblog.org » Vista Knowledge Base: www.vistabase.co.uk » This mailing is provided "as is" with no warranties, and confers no rights. All opinions expressed are those of myself unless stated so, and not of my employer, best friend, Ghandi, my mother or my cat. Glad we cleared that up!
--: Original message follows :-- "Peter Foldes" wrote in message And it will not run on W2K3 Server SP1 either
-- Peter
Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged.
"Raymond Lang" wrote in message "Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote:
The Windows Vista Upgrade Advisor is a small beta application that you can run on your current Windows XP-based computer to find out if it's ready for an upgrade to Windows Vista. When you run the Upgrade Advisor, it will scan your computer and generate an easy-to-understand report of any known system and device compatibility issues, along with recommendations on how you can get your PC ready for Windows Vista. Microsoft plans to add functionality to Upgrade Advisor, such as checking how your software applications will run with Windows Vista. Download the beta version today and check this site in a few months for a new version.
Which is fine... however, the Upgrade Advisor does not run on Windows XP Professional x64 edition. I would like to believe that this was an oversight on the part of the development team, but considering the kind of system that I'm already running WinXP x64 on, I doubt that the Upgrade Advisor wouldn't already recognize that I have a system that's capable of running Vista. Whether I'm willing to move to Vista from an already proven stable platform is another aspect to consider here.

However, it is still good info. :)
-- Jason Windows Vista, Build 5308
"Andre Da Costa" wrote in message

Thats more of a tutorial than an article Zack. -- Andre Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta "Zack Whittaker" wrote in message http://www.vistabase.co.uk/welcome.php?subcats/system/upgradetool There we go - up and ready :o)
-- Zack Whittaker » ZackNET Enterprises: www.zacknet.co.uk » MSBlog on ResDev: www.msblog.org » Vista Knowledge Base: www.vistabase.co.uk » This mailing is provided "as is" with no warranties, and confers no rights. All opinions expressed are those of myself unless stated so, and not of my employer, best friend, Ghandi, my mother or my cat. Glad we cleared that up!
--: Original message follows :-- "Peter Foldes" wrote in message And it will not run on W2K3 Server SP1 either
-- Peter
Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged.
"Raymond Lang" wrote in message "Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote:
The Windows Vista Upgrade Advisor is a small beta application that you can run on your current Windows XP-based computer to find out if it's ready for an upgrade to Windows Vista. When you run the Upgrade Advisor, it will scan your computer and generate an easy-to-understand report of any known system and device compatibility issues, along with recommendations on how you can get your PC ready for Windows Vista. Microsoft plans to add functionality to Upgrade Advisor, such as checking how your software applications will run with Windows Vista. Download the beta version today and check this site in a few months for a new version.
Which is fine... however, the Upgrade Advisor does not run on Windows XP Professional x64 edition. I would like to believe that this was an oversight on the part of the development team, but considering the kind of system that I'm already running WinXP x64 on, I doubt that the Upgrade Advisor wouldn't already recognize that I have a system that's capable of running Vista. Whether I'm willing to move to Vista from an already proven stable platform is another aspect to consider here.

Andre, Thanks to you guys;I ran the upgrade advisor. Guess what?? ALL SET FOR ULTIMATE!!!!! :-) It even said it reccommends Ultimate!!!! YEAY!!!!! :-) :-)!!!!! Jeff "Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote in message

The Windows Vista Upgrade Advisor is a small beta application that you can run on your current Windows XP-based computer to find out if it's ready for an upgrade to Windows Vista. When you run the Upgrade Advisor, it will scan your computer and generate an easy-to-understand report of any known system and device compatibility issues, along with recommendations on how you can get your PC ready for Windows Vista. Microsoft plans to add functionality to Upgrade Advisor, such as checking how your software applications will run with Windows Vista. Download the beta version today and check this site in a few months for a new version.
Before You Begin Before you begin the process of finding out if your PC is ready for Windows Vista, please be sure to plug in any USB or other attachable peripheral devices (such as printers, external hard drives, or scanners) that are regularly used with the PC you're evaluating.
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=65926&clcid=0x409
-- Andre Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta

Sweet! BETA 2 is coming Tuesday, the anxiety must be killing you. :) -- Andre Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta "Jeff" wrote in message

Andre, Thanks to you guys;I ran the upgrade advisor. Guess what?? ALL SET FOR ULTIMATE!!!!! :-) It even said it reccommends Ultimate!!!! YEAY!!!!! :-) :-)!!!!! Jeff "Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote in message The Windows Vista Upgrade Advisor is a small beta application that you can run on your current Windows XP-based computer to find out if it's ready for an upgrade to Windows Vista. When you run the Upgrade Advisor, it will scan your computer and generate an easy-to-understand report of any known system and device compatibility issues, along with recommendations on how you can get your PC ready for Windows Vista. Microsoft plans to add functionality to Upgrade Advisor, such as checking how your software applications will run with Windows Vista. Download the beta version today and check this site in a few months for a new version.
Before You Begin Before you begin the process of finding out if your PC is ready for Windows Vista, please be sure to plug in any USB or other attachable peripheral devices (such as printers, external hard drives, or scanners) that are regularly used with the PC you're evaluating.
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=65926&clcid=0x409
-- Andre Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta

OMG HELP How do I install it on this pc? its already setup with partitions????? "Andre Da Costa" wrote in message

Sweet! BETA 2 is coming Tuesday, the anxiety must be killing you. :) -- Andre Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta "Jeff" wrote in message Andre, Thanks to you guys;I ran the upgrade advisor. Guess what?? ALL SET FOR ULTIMATE!!!!! :-) It even said it reccommends Ultimate!!!! YEAY!!!!! :-) :-)!!!!! Jeff "Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote in message The Windows Vista Upgrade Advisor is a small beta application that you can run on your current Windows XP-based computer to find out if it's ready for an upgrade to Windows Vista. When you run the Upgrade Advisor, it will scan your computer and generate an easy-to-understand report of any known system and device compatibility issues, along with recommendations on how you can get your PC ready for Windows Vista. Microsoft plans to add functionality to Upgrade Advisor, such as checking how your software applications will run with Windows Vista. Download the beta version today and check this site in a few months for a new version.
Before You Begin Before you begin the process of finding out if your PC is ready for Windows Vista, please be sure to plug in any USB or other attachable peripheral devices (such as printers, external hard drives, or scanners) that are regularly used with the PC you're evaluating.
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=65926&clcid=0x409
-- Andre Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta

Its very simple, either launch setup from within Windows XP and select the dedicated partition and let Vista do the rest. You can also boot from the DVD and follow the same procedure, although you might be required to load drivers for your storage device, but you can use the Shift + F10 command, use diskpart to create a dedicated partition and install Vista. -- Andre Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta "Jeff" wrote in message

OMG HELP How do I install it on this pc? its already setup with partitions????? "Andre Da Costa" wrote in message Sweet! BETA 2 is coming Tuesday, the anxiety must be killing you. :) -- Andre Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta "Jeff" wrote in message Andre, Thanks to you guys;I ran the upgrade advisor. Guess what?? ALL SET FOR ULTIMATE!!!!! :-) It even said it reccommends Ultimate!!!! YEAY!!!!! :-) :-)!!!!! Jeff "Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote in message The Windows Vista Upgrade Advisor is a small beta application that you can run on your current Windows XP-based computer to find out if it's ready for an upgrade to Windows Vista. When you run the Upgrade Advisor, it will scan your computer and generate an easy-to-understand report of any known system and device compatibility issues, along with recommendations on how you can get your PC ready for Windows Vista. Microsoft plans to add functionality to Upgrade Advisor, such as checking how your software applications will run with Windows Vista. Download the beta version today and check this site in a few months for a new version.
Before You Begin Before you begin the process of finding out if your PC is ready for Windows Vista, please be sure to plug in any USB or other attachable peripheral devices (such as printers, external hard drives, or scanners) that are regularly used with the PC you're evaluating.
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=65926&clcid=0x409
-- Andre Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta

Hi, Andre.
You might want to remind Jeff that if he launches Vista Setup from within WinXP, Vista will "inherit" the drive letters he is using in WinXP. (He can set those in WinXP's Disk Management if he hasn't already.)
If he boots from the DVD to run Setup, then Vista will probably assign the letter C: to the volume where he says to install Vista. Maybe that's what he wants, but many users have been confused by the fact that Vista is now on C: and what they've always known as C: is now D: - or something else - but only when they are running Vista, not when they are running WinXP. All this doesn't confuse the computer, but it discombobulates some humans!
RC -- R. C. White, CPA San Marcos, TX rc@grandecom.net Microsoft Windows MVP
"Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote in message

Its very simple, either launch setup from within Windows XP and select the dedicated partition and let Vista do the rest. You can also boot from the DVD and follow the same procedure, although you might be required to load drivers for your storage device, but you can use the Shift + F10 command, use diskpart to create a dedicated partition and install Vista. -- Andre
OMG HELP How do I install it on this pc? its already setup with partitions????? "Andre Da Costa" wrote in message Sweet! BETA 2 is coming Tuesday, the anxiety must be killing you. :) -- Andre
Andre, Thanks to you guys;I ran the upgrade advisor. Guess what?? ALL SET FOR ULTIMATE!!!!! :-) It even said it reccommends Ultimate!!!! YEAY!!!!! :-) :-)!!!!! Jeff
The Windows Vista Upgrade Advisor is a small beta application that you can run on your current Windows XP-based computer to find out if it's ready for an upgrade to Windows Vista. When you run the Upgrade Advisor, it will scan your computer and generate an easy-to-understand report of any known system and device compatibility issues, along with recommendations on how you can get your PC ready for Windows Vista. Microsoft plans to add functionality to Upgrade Advisor, such as checking how your software applications will run with Windows Vista. Download the beta version today and check this site in a few months for a new version.
Before You Begin Before you begin the process of finding out if your PC is ready for Windows Vista, please be sure to plug in any USB or other attachable peripheral devices (such as printers, external hard drives, or scanners) that are regularly used with the PC you're evaluating.
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=65926&clcid=0x409
-- Andre

Thank you RC for the additional information, I think this is also set as a by design on one of my reports about the issue. Just one of the idiosyncracies you have to get use to in Vista I guess. -- Andre Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta "R. C. White" wrote in message

Hi, Andre.
You might want to remind Jeff that if he launches Vista Setup from within WinXP, Vista will "inherit" the drive letters he is using in WinXP. (He can set those in WinXP's Disk Management if he hasn't already.)
If he boots from the DVD to run Setup, then Vista will probably assign the letter C: to the volume where he says to install Vista. Maybe that's what he wants, but many users have been confused by the fact that Vista is now on C: and what they've always known as C: is now D: - or something else - but only when they are running Vista, not when they are running WinXP. All this doesn't confuse the computer, but it discombobulates some humans!
RC -- R. C. White, CPA San Marcos, TX rc@grandecom.net Microsoft Windows MVP
"Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote in message Its very simple, either launch setup from within Windows XP and select the dedicated partition and let Vista do the rest. You can also boot from the DVD and follow the same procedure, although you might be required to load drivers for your storage device, but you can use the Shift + F10 command, use diskpart to create a dedicated partition and install Vista. -- Andre
OMG HELP How do I install it on this pc? its already setup with partitions????? "Andre Da Costa" wrote in message Sweet! BETA 2 is coming Tuesday, the anxiety must be killing you. :) -- Andre
Andre, Thanks to you guys;I ran the upgrade advisor. Guess what?? ALL SET FOR ULTIMATE!!!!! :-) It even said it reccommends Ultimate!!!! YEAY!!!!! :-) :-)!!!!! Jeff
The Windows Vista Upgrade Advisor is a small beta application that you can run on your current Windows XP-based computer to find out if it's ready for an upgrade to Windows Vista. When you run the Upgrade Advisor, it will scan your computer and generate an easy-to-understand report of any known system and device compatibility issues, along with recommendations on how you can get your PC ready for Windows Vista. Microsoft plans to add functionality to Upgrade Advisor, such as checking how your software applications will run with Windows Vista. Download the beta version today and check this site in a few months for a new version.
Before You Begin Before you begin the process of finding out if your PC is ready for Windows Vista, please be sure to plug in any USB or other attachable peripheral devices (such as printers, external hard drives, or scanners) that are regularly used with the PC you're evaluating.
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=65926&clcid=0x409
-- Andre

Gentlemen, Over and above me. Spent the last ten years troubleshooting one of the largest networks in the world-ATT. Know all ya want about data transfer;fiber optics;transport;Cisco,Futjitsu, Switch LAN extensions,protocols;Applied Innovations;tcpip;osi;svc's pvc's etc. but; My laptop is a mystery to me!!!! Never owned a pc till 2 yrs ago!! So this part-Vista;XP o.s. in and outs is all new to me. Just to get things to run right is taxing my brain;so I'll definitely have myriads of questions!!!! LOL
Jeff
"Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote in message

Thank you RC for the additional information, I think this is also set as a by design on one of my reports about the issue. Just one of the idiosyncracies you have to get use to in Vista I guess. -- Andre Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta "R. C. White" wrote in message Hi, Andre.
You might want to remind Jeff that if he launches Vista Setup from within WinXP, Vista will "inherit" the drive letters he is using in WinXP. (He can set those in WinXP's Disk Management if he hasn't already.)
If he boots from the DVD to run Setup, then Vista will probably assign the letter C: to the volume where he says to install Vista. Maybe that's what he wants, but many users have been confused by the fact that Vista is now on C: and what they've always known as C: is now D: - or something else - but only when they are running Vista, not when they are running WinXP. All this doesn't confuse the computer, but it discombobulates some humans!
RC -- R. C. White, CPA San Marcos, TX rc@grandecom.net Microsoft Windows MVP
"Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote in message Its very simple, either launch setup from within Windows XP and select the dedicated partition and let Vista do the rest. You can also boot from the DVD and follow the same procedure, although you might be required to load drivers for your storage device, but you can use the Shift + F10 command, use diskpart to create a dedicated partition and install Vista. -- Andre
OMG HELP How do I install it on this pc? its already setup with partitions????? "Andre Da Costa" wrote in message Sweet! BETA 2 is coming Tuesday, the anxiety must be killing you. :) -- Andre
Andre, Thanks to you guys;I ran the upgrade advisor. Guess what?? ALL SET FOR ULTIMATE!!!!! :-) It even said it reccommends Ultimate!!!! YEAY!!!!! :-) :-)!!!!! Jeff
The Windows Vista Upgrade Advisor is a small beta application that you can run on your current Windows XP-based computer to find out if it's ready for an upgrade to Windows Vista. When you run the Upgrade Advisor, it will scan your computer and generate an easy-to-understand report of any known system and device compatibility issues, along with recommendations on how you can get your PC ready for Windows Vista. Microsoft plans to add functionality to Upgrade Advisor, such as checking how your software applications will run with Windows Vista. Download the beta version today and check this site in a few months for a new version.
Before You Begin Before you begin the process of finding out if your PC is ready for Windows Vista, please be sure to plug in any USB or other attachable peripheral devices (such as printers, external hard drives, or scanners) that are regularly used with the PC you're evaluating.
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=65926&clcid=0x409
-- Andre

Looking forward to them, I am sure Zack is too. :) -- Andre Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta "Jeff" wrote in message

Gentlemen, Over and above me. Spent the last ten years troubleshooting one of the largest networks in the world-ATT. Know all ya want about data transfer;fiber optics;transport;Cisco,Futjitsu, Switch LAN extensions,protocols;Applied Innovations;tcpip;osi;svc's pvc's etc. but; My laptop is a mystery to me!!!! Never owned a pc till 2 yrs ago!! So this part-Vista;XP o.s. in and outs is all new to me. Just to get things to run right is taxing my brain;so I'll definitely have myriads of questions!!!! LOL
Jeff
"Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote in message Thank you RC for the additional information, I think this is also set as a by design on one of my reports about the issue. Just one of the idiosyncracies you have to get use to in Vista I guess. -- Andre Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta "R. C. White" wrote in message Hi, Andre.
You might want to remind Jeff that if he launches Vista Setup from within WinXP, Vista will "inherit" the drive letters he is using in WinXP. (He can set those in WinXP's Disk Management if he hasn't already.)
If he boots from the DVD to run Setup, then Vista will probably assign the letter C: to the volume where he says to install Vista. Maybe that's what he wants, but many users have been confused by the fact that Vista is now on C: and what they've always known as C: is now D: - or something else - but only when they are running Vista, not when they are running WinXP. All this doesn't confuse the computer, but it discombobulates some humans!
RC -- R. C. White, CPA San Marcos, TX rc@grandecom.net Microsoft Windows MVP
"Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote in message Its very simple, either launch setup from within Windows XP and select the dedicated partition and let Vista do the rest. You can also boot from the DVD and follow the same procedure, although you might be required to load drivers for your storage device, but you can use the Shift + F10 command, use diskpart to create a dedicated partition and install Vista. -- Andre
OMG HELP How do I install it on this pc? its already setup with partitions????? "Andre Da Costa" wrote in message Sweet! BETA 2 is coming Tuesday, the anxiety must be killing you. :) -- Andre
Andre, Thanks to you guys;I ran the upgrade advisor. Guess what?? ALL SET FOR ULTIMATE!!!!! :-) It even said it reccommends Ultimate!!!! YEAY!!!!! :-) :-)!!!!! Jeff
The Windows Vista Upgrade Advisor is a small beta application that you can run on your current Windows XP-based computer to find out if it's ready for an upgrade to Windows Vista. When you run the Upgrade Advisor, it will scan your computer and generate an easy-to-understand report of any known system and device compatibility issues, along with recommendations on how you can get your PC ready for Windows Vista. Microsoft plans to add functionality to Upgrade Advisor, such as checking how your software applications will run with Windows Vista. Download the beta version today and check this site in a few months for a new version.
Before You Begin Before you begin the process of finding out if your PC is ready for Windows Vista, please be sure to plug in any USB or other attachable peripheral devices (such as printers, external hard drives, or scanners) that are regularly used with the PC you're evaluating.
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=65926&clcid=0x409
-- Andre

I ammmmm :o)
-- Zack Whittaker » ZackNET Enterprises: www.zacknet.co.uk » MSBlog on ResDev: www.msblog.org » Vista Knowledge Base: www.vistabase.co.uk » This mailing is provided "as is" with no warranties, and confers no rights. All opinions expressed are those of myself unless stated so, and not of my employer, best friend, Ghandi, my mother or my cat. Glad we cleared that up!
--: Original message follows :-- "Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote in message

Looking forward to them, I am sure Zack is too. :) -- Andre Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta "Jeff" wrote in message Gentlemen, Over and above me. Spent the last ten years troubleshooting one of the largest networks in the world-ATT. Know all ya want about data transfer;fiber optics;transport;Cisco,Futjitsu, Switch LAN extensions,protocols;Applied Innovations;tcpip;osi;svc's pvc's etc. but; My laptop is a mystery to me!!!! Never owned a pc till 2 yrs ago!! So this part-Vista;XP o.s. in and outs is all new to me. Just to get things to run right is taxing my brain;so I'll definitely have myriads of questions!!!! LOL
Jeff
"Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote in message Thank you RC for the additional information, I think this is also set as a by design on one of my reports about the issue. Just one of the idiosyncracies you have to get use to in Vista I guess. -- Andre Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta "R. C. White" wrote in message Hi, Andre.
You might want to remind Jeff that if he launches Vista Setup from within WinXP, Vista will "inherit" the drive letters he is using in WinXP. (He can set those in WinXP's Disk Management if he hasn't already.)
If he boots from the DVD to run Setup, then Vista will probably assign the letter C: to the volume where he says to install Vista. Maybe that's what he wants, but many users have been confused by the fact that Vista is now on C: and what they've always known as C: is now D: - or something else - but only when they are running Vista, not when they are running WinXP. All this doesn't confuse the computer, but it discombobulates some humans!
RC -- R. C. White, CPA San Marcos, TX rc@grandecom.net Microsoft Windows MVP
"Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote in message Its very simple, either launch setup from within Windows XP and select the dedicated partition and let Vista do the rest. You can also boot from the DVD and follow the same procedure, although you might be required to load drivers for your storage device, but you can use the Shift + F10 command, use diskpart to create a dedicated partition and install Vista. -- Andre
OMG HELP How do I install it on this pc? its already setup with partitions????? "Andre Da Costa" wrote in message Sweet! BETA 2 is coming Tuesday, the anxiety must be killing you. :) -- Andre
Andre, Thanks to you guys;I ran the upgrade advisor. Guess what?? ALL SET FOR ULTIMATE!!!!! :-) It even said it reccommends Ultimate!!!! YEAY!!!!! :-) :-)!!!!! Jeff
The Windows Vista Upgrade Advisor is a small beta application that you can run on your current Windows XP-based computer to find out if it's ready for an upgrade to Windows Vista. When you run the Upgrade Advisor, it will scan your computer and generate an easy-to-understand report of any known system and device compatibility issues, along with recommendations on how you can get your PC ready for Windows Vista. Microsoft plans to add functionality to Upgrade Advisor, such as checking how your software applications will run with Windows Vista. Download the beta version today and check this site in a few months for a new version.
Before You Begin Before you begin the process of finding out if your PC is ready for Windows Vista, please be sure to plug in any USB or other attachable peripheral devices (such as printers, external hard drives, or scanners) that are regularly used with the PC you're evaluating.
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=65926&clcid=0x409
-- Andre