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Install Vista Upgrade Without Preexisting XP 196

Posted by kdawson on Thursday February 01, 2007 @10:36AM from the loophole dept.

Johannes K. writes "It has previously been claimed that to install Windows Vista from an upgrade DVD requires having Windows XP installed on your computer. DailyTech reports on a workaround: no previous version of Windows is required at all." Anyone know whether this workaround moots the finding by LXer that during upgrade Microsoft invalidates your original XP CD-key?

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It's a naive, domestic operating system without any breeding, but I think you'll be amused by its presumption.