[Answered] How do I upgrade from vista home premium to vista ultimate?

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  1. ccypruss000

    ccypruss000 MDL Senior Member

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    How do I upgrade from vista home premium to vista ultimate?
    without losing anything at all from my programs and system files. I would like to upgrade without losing anything, just to have the capabilities of the ultimate
     
  2. thetank18

    thetank18 MDL Member

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    Get a Windows Vista Ultimate installation ISO (same arch and language) and pkey (I recommend a full edition key to avoid problems), then choose "Upgrade" at Setup. Make sure you're not booting into the disc, you're going into setup.exe while in Windows.

    Fun fact: Windows Anytime Upgrade discs are just standard upgrade-only discs, the product key does all the work there.
     
  3. ccypruss000

    ccypruss000 MDL Senior Member

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    Where can I find this magic DVD rom?
     
  4. dudeluv

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    pm67310 MDL Guru

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    delete ei.cfg from vista iso unlock all sku
     
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  6. Tito

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    No need, cause Microsoft didn't put ei.cfg-based edition locking on Vista ISOs.
     
  7. ccypruss000

    ccypruss000 MDL Senior Member

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    Windows Vista Home Premium (With Installing Service Pack 1 and Greek MUI Lanugager) How to Upgrade To Ultimate ?
     
  8. Carlos Detweiller

    Carlos Detweiller Emperor of Ice-Cream
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  9. LuKaWin10

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    Show us an image of it. Use snipping tool to capture an image and post it on imgur and send the link so we see what it looks like. I can PM you some Vista Upgrade keys if I have some I gotta check!!
     
  10. Carlos Detweiller

    Carlos Detweiller Emperor of Ice-Cream
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    Snipping tool only exists since Windows 10.

    Using the PrtScr key, and pasting the image into MS Paint, works in Vista.
     
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  11. LuKaWin10

    LuKaWin10 MDL Member

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    No I think it exists, or it may be my false memory that's f**ked up.
     
  12. Tito

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  13. Carlos Detweiller

    Carlos Detweiller Emperor of Ice-Cream
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    First time I heard the tool's name was in Windows 10. So, no Mandela effect, I just did, not even once, see that tool under Vista, 7 or 8. Always used PrtScr or Alt+PrtScr, and later Greenshot.
     
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