Vista Home Premium Upgrade DVD Academic whats version is this?

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I can get Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium Upgrade DVD Academic for under £50 but what’s the difference between this and OEM or the full version? There needs to be a good sticky at the the of this forum explaining all the vista versions.

Anyone know is the Academic version both 64-bit and 32-bit? Does it have the same restrictions as OEM?
 
Have a look at the licencing thread. Although it doesn't specifically mention the academic upgrade, it's a very similar agreement to the retail upgrade package. Obviously you need to be a student or teacher to qualify, but it'll have the same restrictions as an upgrade licence.

I think it's both 32 and 64bit but I'm not completely sure.

Burnsy
 
It is exactly the same as the Retail version except it is only supposed to be used by schools, colleagues, students etc.
But there is nothing but your conscience stopping anyone else from using it.
I bought the same version, which should be arriving today :D
 
I work in a school so I can get it with a clear conscience. The big question is this version or the full none upgrade version.
 
Another similar question is if you have the full Academic version of XP pro can you use this to qualify buying and updating to Vista Ultimate update?

ie the xp acedemics can be picked up cheap and money could be saved doing this and buying the vista update instead of full


Any thoughts

Deks
 
Deks said:
Another similar question is if you have the full Academic version of XP pro can you use this to qualify buying and updating to Vista Ultimate update?

ie the xp acedemics can be picked up cheap and money could be saved doing this and buying the vista update instead of full


Any thoughts

Deks
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I don't think there is a full edition of the Academic licence, only upgrade. Therefore you still need an OEM or Retail product for the XP upgrade.

Burnsy
 
I have Vista Home Premium Academic Upgrade and it's EXACTLY the same as the Home Premium Upgrade version except it says "For academic use only" on the box

There's actually not even anything in the EULA about it. And you can do a clean install by installing it without the CD-Key then installing it again from that new install.

It doesn't have the same restrictions as the OEM

and it is the same as the retail boxes as per 32/64 bit - i.e. they give you a 32bit disk and you have to pay postage for the 64 bit one, but both are licensed.
 
burnsy2023 said:
Have a look at the licencing thread. Although it doesn't specifically mention the academic upgrade, it's a very similar agreement to the retail upgrade package. Obviously you need to be a student or teacher to qualify, but it'll have the same restrictions as an upgrade licence.

I think it's both 32 and 64bit but I'm not completely sure.

Burnsy
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thats not strictly true, if you are a parent, you can also use it, as long as there is a student in the household
 
DataVampire said:
thats not strictly true, if you are a parent, you can also use it, as long as there is a student in the household
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Actually, after a bit of research you don't even need to be a parent, just live in a house with a qualifying student/teacher.

Burnsy
 
do you need to have WinXP non-OEM to go for the academic upgrade for Vista ?

My wife is a full-time teacher - so definitely eligible for the academic side of things - but we only have WinXP Home OEM at the moment.

thanks, Mark.
 
vista academic

Buckster as far as i know u can upgrade your xp home oem - but your vista premium install would have the same OEM restrictions.

I am in the same situation i have premium academic version arriving monday ( 2 children one at school), thinking of doing a clean install, therefore ending up with a retail install.

I thought the following article was very good (instructions on clean install)

Winsows secrets

Mike
 
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to install an upgrade version of vista without owning a legal license for a qualifying product is piracy.

just because it installs does not make it legal.
 
Yes i agree about the piracy issue, the article was very good regarding instruction on how to do a clean install, I think peeps should at least own a valid copy of XP if they are going to do this.

I am thinking about a clean install, but worried that Vista will go off and end up having to go out and buy another version, might play it save and just upgrade.

Mike

p.s if u upgrade with the 32 bit dvd that comes in the package, can u at a later date send of for the 64 bit dvd and install that instead, or do you have to decide first and install the version u require.
 
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Sorry to hijack the thread but can you use the home premium upgrade academic version when upgrading xp home oem. The reason I ask is that they used to ask for the old disk and the copy I have is on a recovery disk (I wish they wouldn't do that) so will it upgrade it successfully?
 
Spleenus said:
Sorry to hijack the thread but can you use the home premium upgrade academic version when upgrading xp home oem. The reason I ask is that they used to ask for the old disk and the copy I have is on a recovery disk (I wish they wouldn't do that) so will it upgrade it successfully?
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You need a fully installed and activated XP install to upgrade, not just the disc.

Burnsy
 
burnsy2023 said:
You need a fully installed and activated XP install to upgrade, not just the disc.

Burnsy
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Oops forgot to mention that yes it is fully installed and activated (it's my own copy from when I got the laptop). So I presume then the upgrade will work and the fact that windows xp is on a recovery disk won't hinder it?
 
Spleenus said:
Oops forgot to mention that yes it is fully installed and activated (it's my own copy from when I got the laptop). So I presume then the upgrade will work and the fact that windows xp is on a recovery disk won't hinder it?
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Nope, you'll be fine.

Burnsy
 
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