Windows Vista Anytime Upgrade scheme from Microsoft enables Windows Vista users to upgrade from lower-end and lesser-feature version of Windows Vista such as Vista Home Basic and Home Premium to higher-end and more-feature Windows Vista Home Premium or full-featured Windows Vista Ultimate directly from their Vista system without the need to reinstall the operating system, by purchase a digital upgrade Vista product key online. However, for whatever reason such as system is offline or you have purchased the upgrade in Office, if you cannot perform the buy the upgrade transaction on the computer that you intends to upgrade, you can use the following steps to perform the the upgrade on the other Vista computer than the one you used to buy the upgrade.
Instruction to upgrade Windows Vista on a computer other than the one that used to buy the Windows Vista Anytime upgrade
Download the software file that prepares your computer for the upgrade.
Save the software file, and then copy it to the Windows Vista computer that you want to upgrade.
Install the software on the computer that you want to upgrade, and follow the directions on the screen.
Note
You will need the Windows Vista DVD disc to complete the upgrade. And as you should know, Windows Anytime Upgrade is not intended to upgrade your Windows XP system to Windows Vista, so do not buy the upgrade for your Windows XP or earlier Windows operating system. Beside, when you buy an upgrade for a different computer, you must indicate the edition of Windows Vista that you’re currently running on the computer that you want to upgrade, and you must also indicate the edition of Windows Vista that you want to upgrade to.
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