Microsoft Windows Vista Business UPGRADE [DVD] [OLD VERSION]
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Software Reviews of Microsoft Windows Vista Business UPGRADE [DVD] [OLD VERSION]
Customer Review: I loved Vista
Summary: 4 Stars
Since I knew upgrade from an existing operating system is always troublesome, I selected a clean Windows Vista install over Windows XP. Installation was smooth and did not cause any problem. All drivers were loaded automatically. Windows Vista even finds most recent drivers.
I liked Vista so far. User interface is awesome. Sidebar is cool. I liked the way Microsoft put security features into Vista. I heard some people complaining about it asking too many questions for approval. I think there is a trade-off. If you let everything go without your knowledge, then you are in trouble.
I highly recommend Vista compatibility test before installing. I also recommend a clean Vista installation instead of upgrade from XP (you may need to re-install all the applications in this case). My friend had problems when upgrading from XP and he says Vista installation safely returns back the original without any problem in case of any error.
Customer Review: Well Well
Summary: 4 Stars
there is no wow form, the OS is ok, i like the way it looks, and works, but is nothing from the other world, what i hate is that my sound card is not working i am expecting for a solution very soon, no matter of that, is a Windows XP Pro with a different look, i could say a better look, so is ok not great just ok! Customer Review: Pretty but SLOW to boot and shutdown
Summary: 2 Stars
Slow from power on pc to desktop and shutdown slower than XP as well. As other reviewer mentioned you cant use upgrade DVD to ever do a clean install if needed, in the past XP allowed that. The speed of the Vista once loaded feels the same to me as xp but it just seems like they could had trimmed some time off the boot up or shut down.Customer Review: A WARNING ABOUT THIS PRODUCT
Summary: 1 Stars
I've just finished upgrading to Vista Business using the Upgrade DVD. During the upgrade from Windows XP pro, the upgrade failed. Because of the timing of the upgrade process, I was left with a non working machine. Every attempt I made to fix the broken upgrade failed as well. As I saw it, the only way to fix this was to install an clean version of the OS to get back to my data. Unfortunately I was wrong (I'll get to that later.) During the clean install, when I entered my product key I was informed that the key was only for upgrades, not clean installs. But, at this point, what could I do, the upgrade failed and my machine was dead. There was an option to not enter the product key at this point, and re-enter it after the OS was running. SO... I continued with the install. After that the install went quite smooth, Vista is up and running on my machine right now as I right this warning message. It looks cool, there are a few issues such as my bluetooth wireless drivers aren't available yet, but I knew about that in advance when I ran the upgrade adviser. BUT now for the BIG issue. When I attempted to use my valid product key to activate Windows Vista, I was informed that my KEY wasn't valid because I did a clean install. After spending 2 hours arguing with MS tech support, they basically told me this... I had to do a clean install of XP and then attempt to do the UPGRADE again!!! WTF!!! They expect me to spend another 8 hours (after I've already spend 5 hours to this point) putting XP back on just to ATTEMPT the upgrade again (which might fail again!??!!?) OR my other option is to spend $299 for the Full install version to avoid the 8 hours of wasted time. This is complete bull! I've been working with MS products for a very long time and every "upgrade" product in the past allowed you to do a clean install if you provided a valid key of a previous product during the clean install process. This product isn't ready for you! Please save yourself time and energy fixing issues that MS should have had worked out. DO NOT buy the UPGRADE DVD, because you are risking $200 on a possible upgrade failure, then will have to spend a lot more time OR another $300 to get another product key.