Buying an upgrade from 32bit to 64bit

Posted By: Cyonix | Oct 3rd, 2008 @ 6:54 AM
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#Oct 3rd, 2008 @ 6:54 AM
Cyonix
Cyonix
Me
My friend wants to move to Vista 64bit and has already bought Vista 32bit (his had it for a few months now), is it possible to buy an upgrade to go from Vista 32bit to Vista 64bit or is he required to go buy another copy? I remember with Windows XP you could trade in your 32bit XP copy for a 64bit copy... do Microsoft still have anything like that?
#Oct 3rd, 2008 @ 6:59 AM
spivonious
spivonious
I believe you can only do it with a full retail copy.  OEM and upgrades are out of luck.
#Oct 3rd, 2008 @ 7:02 AM
tfraser
tfraser
As far as I know you can't do it with a boxed copy either.

Edit 1: I'm wrong. You can go from 32-bit to 64-bit with a boxed version but only if it's Ultimate.
#Oct 3rd, 2008 @ 7:04 AM
Cyonix
Cyonix
Me
Unfortunately he has an OEM version. I guess he’ll just have to buy a new copy.
#Oct 3rd, 2008 @ 7:21 AM
spivonious
spivonious
I thought Ultimate came with both in the box?
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