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    Has anyone successfully upgraded from Vista Business to Vista Ultimate on a Sony SZ?

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by Rachel, Nov 22, 2008.

  1. Rachel

    Rachel Busy Bee

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    I own a Sony SZ7 and i have been having problems upgrading from Vista Business to Vista Ultimate. I have not done a clean install so i still have the Sony OS recovery software on my laptop. I also would prefer to keep this as well.
    If anyone has upgraded then i know that it is not Sony that have caused these difficulties for me.
     
    Rachel, Nov 22, 2008
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    techadventures Notebook Consultant

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    Do a clean install and everything will work just fine. You can download everything you need from the sony support site (drivers I mean)
     
    techadventures, Nov 22, 2008
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    Mujja Notebook Evangelist

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    You've probably got it sorted now.

    But if you want to do a clean install on an SZ7 you can get all the drivers and utils from my SZ7 post.

    I had the exact same model as you and all the utils worked 100%
     
    Mujja, Jan 2, 2009
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    Thanks, i got there in the end.
    I did a fresh install but the problem was caused by something else i think. I bought the Ultimate steal deal from Microsoft but when i went to download it later i was missing the file i needed and i never realised. They ended up sending me the correct link via email and it worked after that.

    Btw, Vista Business i find boots a little quicker than Vista Ultimate. It is understandable really though given that one OS is more resource heavy than the other.

    Btw, with Windows 7 being released maybe later this year i am kind of regretting a little upgrading to Vista Ultimate because i will upgrade to Windows 7 as well.
     
    Rachel, Jan 2, 2009
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