Clean Install

[jbbarker]

Ordered DVD set from Microsoft 06/14/06. Received 06/19/06. Both X86 and 64bit were included. Installed X86 on Intel P 4 2.8GHz, Radeon 128MB Video, 1 GB Memory, 250GB SATA WD HD. Aero enabled.

Less than 50 min. Installed Office 2003. Activated. No problems encounterd.

[MrGuy]

My experience was similar regarding a clean install however: both my pc and my co-workers pc would not install using the XP Pro to Vista upgrade--it would start, install, and then bomb out on re-boot. Never got to desktop trying the Vista upgrade option. We both threw in new drives and started from scratch. Good news is I can always swap my purchased softawre back in once the demos expire, bad news is I had to install everything all over again on the new Vista drive. All my apps and updated drivers worked except for Symantec Corporate Antivirus version 10. Suppose to be a Vista Update but we couldn't find it. Also Citrix Metaframe XP drivers give you an error (which you can disable) everytime you start an app--these drivers are SUPPOSED to be compatible with Vista--NOT.

[ddebacker]

Be sure to run the Migration Upgrade Advisor before trying to upgrade XP to Vista.

There are a some drivers/apps that will get your upgrade to fail. Got an issue where a Toshiba App (CPL file) got my Control Panel to crash every time I tried to open it.

Get the Upgrade Avisor here:

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsvista/getr...or/default.mspx