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I bought a laptop from Best Buy just after Christmas, and they gave me a certificate for a free Vista Home Premium install disc. It should be arriving soon, and I assume it will be an upgrade disc since the laptop came with XP Media Center Edition....

I bought a Dell at Christmas time , with XP Media Center installed. I received a Vista Premium Upgrade disc with it. I ordered it equipped ready for Vista, without problems. It has an Intel Pentium D Processor 820 with Dual Core Technology, 1 GB...

I have Vista Home Premium. When shutting it down - it doesn`t !!

The `shutting down` screen comes up, but thats it, it hangs here. I have noticed that it is mainly when the computer has been on a while. If i shut it down soon after turning it on - its usually ok then - but not all the time. I have looked in the task manager before shutting down to see if anything is running - it`s not.

My computer is Packard Bell iPower FX7610sli
Processor : AMD Athlon 64 FX 57 (2.6GHz)
Hard disk : 850GB (300GB x2) (250GB x1)
RAM : 2048 MB DDR
Graphics : Nvidia GeForce 7600 GT

1st of all hi i am new..second i did some searching and found some answere but i want to make sure before i buy vista.

1. i went to best buy earlier and i ask the tech guy about the upgrade that allows you install full CD. He said its not true.
so if i buy the upgrade i can make a complete install, if i completely wipe out the HD before installing Upgrade Vista?

2. What happens to my XP Sp2 key does it expire if i install vista and it recognizes my xp key or i can use it on another pc?

3. Should i just buy Ultimate Vista instead of upgrade?

4. If i ever upgrade the mobo and cpu i could still use the same key or i need to purchase another one?

Ok i have already scanned my computer and can run Windows Vista Premium/Ultimate and the Aero functionality.

The question i have is i am running windows XP Medie Center Edition 2002 and im wondering if i need to buy the upgrade version of Vista or a regular version. Please someone has to know this and i cant find the answer anywhere i have looked.

Also i would like to do the family discount with the Ultimate Upgrade. So i would buy the Ultimate upgrade for about 260$ depending on where i bought it. then i would get it onto my 2nd XP home computer to upgrade to Home Premium ??? correct?