I'm a college student considering purchasing Windows Vista Ultimate Upgrade Red Edition (http://www.microsoft.com/student/discounts/theultimatesteal-us/default.aspx).

Two questions:

1. I'm currently running Vista Home Premium which came installed on my Toshiba laptop and experience few problems. As long as my computer meets the specs for Ultimate, would upgrading my be likely to OS introduce problems that weren't present on my computer before?

2. Do these upgrade packages take off the old OS and put on the new one, or is it installed more like an update such as SP1?

Thanks,
Dr. Geekyburger

Windows Vista Ultimate offers all of the features found in Windows Vista Home Premium, including Windows Media Center, Windows Movie Maker with high-definition support, and Windows DVD Maker. It also offers all of the features found in Windows Vista Business, including business networking, centralized management tools, and advanced system backup features. And Windows Vista Ultimate has all of the new security and data protection features that help take Windows Vista to a whole new level of dependability.
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oliviaharis

@OzSpitt
Upgrading from one version of Vista to another does not give you a windows.old file from a previous install. It merely upgrades the OS. I have upgraded from Business to Ultimate on my desktop and can speak from experience.

You probably booted to the DVD instead of upgrading from within the previous OS like you should normally do for an upgrade.

lol, you're 100% wrong :::points and laughs at the courtjester:::

mumblingtomyselfthisshouldbefun

i had the original vista home premium disk and ugrade to ultimate and i was able do a fresh install using both. you have to reinstall both. after you install ultimate you can set up a complete restore and use that as a new reinstall/back-up if anything happens in the future.