Am I eligible to get Windows Vista Home Premiume free?

Have windows vista family premium version 6 w/sp2.can get the new windows vista w/sp2 they offer for free.am not ready for windows 7 yet.

Hello

Which offers free Windows? This isn't his legitimate for me. Since you have no later
Service Pack (SP2) there are no newer versions of Vista Home Premium. There are the Businessl
and versions Ultimate from Vista which you probably need not and are not free.

Compare the Versions of Vista - click the editions of Windows Vista
http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows-Vista/products/compare

Wiki - comparison of Vista
http://en.Wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Vista_editions#Comparison_chart

I hope this helps and happy holidays!

Rob Brown - MS MVP - Windows Desktop Experience: Bike - Mark Twain said it right.

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