noPCtoday Posted October 15, 2005 Share Posted October 15, 2005 iv decided to upgrade my 5219 to 5231, but the Upgrade option is gray.? cant i upgrade my 5219 to 5231? im running the setup program under windows not dos. edit: it saids: Upgrade has been disabled. to upgrade, u must be running windows vista builld 5223, vista beta 1, win 2003, xp , win 2k sp4. 5223? is there a build called 5223? cant 5219 do that? :cry: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P!P Posted October 15, 2005 Share Posted October 15, 2005 I thought you could Vista from anything after 4074 or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noPCtoday Posted October 15, 2005 Author Share Posted October 15, 2005 aww, i dont want to make another fresh install for my vista. any suggestions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I8PP Posted October 15, 2005 Share Posted October 15, 2005 I believe the permitted upgrade route is from 2000/XP > whatever build, or from one milestone to another (Beta 1 to 2 to RC's). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandon Live Veteran Posted October 15, 2005 Veteran Share Posted October 15, 2005 Upgrades were broken in build 5222. That's why you need a support OS (2000/XP/2003/Vista b1) or a newer version of Vista to do a build-over-build install. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noPCtoday Posted October 15, 2005 Author Share Posted October 15, 2005 Upgrades were broken in build 5222. That's why you need a support OS (2000/XP/2003/Vista b1) or a newer version of Vista to do a build-over-build install. 586672999[/snapback] sorry, but i dont understand what r u saying? what if i change my build version 5219 to 5223 use regedit, will upgrade working properly? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hobsgrg Posted October 15, 2005 Share Posted October 15, 2005 They announced to us beta testers when 5219 became available that we wouldn't be able to upgrade that build to beta 2 when it became available. Sorry but you would of known this if you had read the information beforehand. You'll have to do a clean install of 5231. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandon Live Veteran Posted October 15, 2005 Veteran Share Posted October 15, 2005 sorry, but i dont understand what r u saying?what if i change my build version 5219 to 5223 use regedit, will upgrade working properly? 586673054[/snapback] No. Upgrades from 5219 are not supported for technical reasons. Not because they don't want you to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ev0| Posted October 15, 2005 Share Posted October 15, 2005 Don't upgrade betas, trust me. I have experience trying to do this from the whistler days. Just fresh install each one, each and everytime. In fact I would go so far as to say it is in your best interest to never upgrade... you'll get more functionality and better performing system if you fresh install. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nautiqueskier Posted October 15, 2005 Share Posted October 15, 2005 Betas are always buggy. So basically your trying to upgrade one buggy release with another, using a probably buggy upgrade install. Besides, since your not using Vista as a primary OS, you shouldn't have that many programs associated with it anyways :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Dee Posted October 16, 2005 Share Posted October 16, 2005 Why in heavens name would someone really want to upgrade from beta to beta, interim to interim for that matter, which are not even of beta quality. People, please understand that this is not a supported scenario on any build going forward until beta 2. The only upgrade scenarios that will be allowed or considered normal are upgrades from Windows 2000 Professional SP4 or Windows XP SP2 to Windows Vista BETA 2 just for testing real world scenarios. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noPCtoday Posted October 16, 2005 Author Share Posted October 16, 2005 thank u so much guys, iv decided to do a fresh install for my vista. and i want to know, is 5231 the final beta 2? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benjeeeboy Posted October 16, 2005 Share Posted October 16, 2005 thank u so much guys, iv decided to do a fresh install for my vista.and i want to know, is 5231 the final beta 2? 586677526[/snapback] No it is not. Your gunna have to wait just under 2 months for beta 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazket Posted October 17, 2005 Share Posted October 17, 2005 You can't upgrade from 5219 to 5231, if that 5231 Build is the leaked "5231.winmain.050912" :ninja: Wait till the real October CTP is released. Get it and try it out. It SHOULD upgrade your 5219... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thejohnnyq Posted October 17, 2005 Share Posted October 17, 2005 (edited) You can't upgrade from 5219 to 5231, if that 5231 Build is the leaked "5231.winmain.050912" :ninja: Wait till the real October CTP is released. Get it and try it out. It SHOULD upgrade your 5219... 586684594[/snapback] No is should not upgrade. MS is not support upgrades from Vista at this time, feature will not be available until later. Take it from real beta testers, either live with the pain of clean installs or the agony of upgrades. Edited October 17, 2005 by thejohnnyq Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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