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I bought a new machine over the weekend with Vista Basic. I was a Vista beta tester and I should be getting a copy of Premium in the mail shortly, so I opted out of the upgrade at the store. When my Premium arrives, can I just throw it in and have it upgrade over Basic, or do I need to purchase the "anytime upgrade" CD to do this?

I never really had much of a chance to do much with the Beta version, so I'm sure that once I'm up and running with this new machine, I'll be 'round here a bunch, so thanks in advance.

Beta has very few drivers included. The hardware may be too old to be supported, or it might just have been under development during the release of your beta.

For anyone who hasn't yet seen it yet, a Vista compatible beta of zonealarm is available for download here:

Check Point ZoneAlarm Open Beta Program

I know that debate rages as always about pros and cons of different firewalls but I've always liked zonealarm on the basis that it gives me all the features I need with maximum flexibility and control so I was pleased to see this beta available. I have only enabled the firewall element of the download as I like to operate separate firewall and antivirus systems soI am continuing with Avast antivirus.

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