I am running Vista Home Basic. When I check the version of the copyright law is 2007. It's 2010. You want to tell me my version with service pack 2 cannot be updated?... scottG.

Similar Questions

• Unspecified error occurred during System Restore.Running Vista Home Basic 32 bit

  After running system restore and restart my computer, I get the message "unspecified error occurred during system restore. I'm running Vista Home Basic

  32-bit. someone at - it a response? I have no idea what to do next.

  Hello

  This can help you:

  1. If you are using Norton, you should disable Norton inviolable Protection before using the system restore.

  http://Service1.Symantec.com/support/sharedtech.nsf/pfdocs/2005113009323013

  2. try to use Safe Mode system restore.

  http://bertk.MVPs.org/html/restoresysv.html

  3 Malware will stop at the system restore.

  Download, install, update and scan your system with the free version of Malwarebytes AntiMalware, if necessary in Mode safe mode with networking:

  http://www.Malwarebytes.org/products/malwarebytes_free

  And here's how to go in Safe Mode options; Select safe mode with networking from the list of options:

  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows-Vista/start-your-computer-in-safe-mode

  See you soon.

• I am running vista home basic, how you can increase the size of the D: Recovery drive

  I am running vista home basic, how you can increase the size of the D: Recovery drive

  Hello

  You use the D: Partition of recovery in 3 different ways to reinstall the operating system.

  1. you press a particular key or key combination at startup, F10, F11, Alt + F10 etc. to begin the process of recovery in new condition (as you bought) in the event of system failure.

  2. start > programs > find software from the manufacturer of your computer > look for a recovery method

  3. you can do recovery disk to reinstall the operating system in case of hard drive failure.

  This will save you the purchase of the computer manufacturer's recovery disks.

  The manufacturer will advise you on the options

  See you soon.

• My Apple Macbook late 2009 has been upgraded to 4 GB and Mountain Lion but runs very slowly. When I check the memory system activity monitor, I see that there are 1.6 GB inactive. Is this the cause of the slowness and what I can do?

  My Apple Macbook late 2009 has been upgraded to 4 GB and Mountain Lion but runs very slowly. When I check the memory system activity monitor, I see that there are 1.6 GB inactive. Is this the cause of the slowness and what I can do?

  Reinstall OS X from scratch and add more RAM.

  Ways to help make a slow Mac faster

  17 reasons why your Mac runs slower than expected

  Slow performance of Mac? This Article addresses!

  Difficulty of slow start in OS X | MacFixIt - CNET Reviews

  6 easy tips to speed up OS X Yosemite on your Mac.

  Avoid using third-party software that claims to clean your computer. This software does more harm than good. In addition, you don't need it. Note that all computers become slower over time even in the normal conditions of use. Generally, the experienced users erasing the hard drive and do a clean install from scratch at least once a year or every time that the installation of a major upgrade of the OS. Well sure doing so also means that you need to maintain regular and several backups.

  Add more RAM or reduce the number of simultaneously executed from applications and utilities. Remove unnecessary software such as anti-malware and that promises to clean your Mac. Look for the runaway process: Runaway applications can shorten the battery life, affect performance and increase the heat and fan acti... See also:

  Before Mavericks

  Open the activity monitor in the Utilities folder.  Select all processes in the drop process .  Click the % CPU column heading twice to display in descending order.  If find you a process that uses a large amount of time processor (> = 70,) then select the process, and then click the quit icon in the toolbar.  Click the force quit button to kill the process.  See if that helps.  Don't forget to mention the name of the runaway process, so you can find the cause of the problem.

  Mavericks and later versions

  Open the activity monitor in the Utilities folder.  Select all processes in the menu display .  Click the CPU tab in the toolbar. Click the % CPU column heading twice to display in descending order.  If you find a process that uses a large amount of CPU %, then select the process, then click on the quit icon in the toolbar.  Click the force quit button to kill the process.  See if that helps.  Don't forget to mention the name of the runaway process, so you can find the cause of the problem.

  Things you can do to solve the slow Downs

  If your computer seems to run slower, here are some things you can do:

  Start with tours: OS X maintenance - MacAttorney;

  The X Lab: the X-frequently asked questions.

  " Safe mac" Mac Performance Guide;

  " Safe mac" the myth of the dirty Mac;

  Maintenance fast Mac Help.

  Start in Safe Mode , and then repair your hard disk and permissions:

  Fix the hard disk and permissions before Lion

  Boot from your OS X install disk. After the installer loads, choose your language and click on the button continue. When the menu bar appears select utility drive in the Utilities menu. After that the charges of THE select your entry from hard drive (mfgr. ID and car size) in the list on the left.  In the status area, you will see an entry for the S.M.A.R.T. status of the hard drive.  If it does not say "Verified" then the hard drive is faulty or has failed. (State SMART is not reported on external drives Firewire or USB). If the drive is "verified", then select your OS X volume in the list on the left (subentries under the entry for the road), click the first aid tab, then click the repair disk button. If THE reports any errors that have been corrected, and then run repair disk again until no errors are reported. If no errors are reported, click repair permissions. Wait until the operation is complete, then exit FROM and return to the installer.

  Repair the hard drive - Lion-Lion/mountain/Mavericks

  HD recovery start:

  Restart the computer and after the buzzer, press on and hold down the COMMAND and R until it appears the screen of Menu utilities. Otherwise, restart the computer and after the buzzer, press on and hold down the OPTION key until the Boot Manager screen. Select recovery HD disk icon and click on the button below.

  When the recovery menu appears, select disk utility. After that the charges of THE select your entry from hard drive (mfgr. ID and car size) in the list on the left.  In the status area, you will see an entry for the S.M.A.R.T. status of the hard drive.  If it does not say "Verified" then the hard drive is faulty or has failed. (State SMART is not reported on external drives Firewire or USB). If the drive is "verified", then select your OS X volume in the list on the left (subentries under the entry for the road), click the first aid tab, then click the repair disk button. If THE reports any errors that have been corrected, and then run repair disk again until no errors are reported. If no error is not reported, then click repair permissions. Wait until the operation is complete, then exit FROM and return to the main menu. Select restart from the Apple menu.

  Restart your computer normally and see if it helped at all. Then do little maintenance:

  For disk utility can't handle situations, the best third party is Disk Warriorutility;  Fixed DW only for problems with the disk directory, but most disk problems are caused by the corruption of directory; Warrior drive 4.x is now compatible with Intel Mac.

  Note: Alsoft ships DW on a bootable DVD that will boot Mac running Snow Leopard or earlier. He cannot start Mac that came with Lion or later preinstalled, however, DW will work on these models.

  Suggestions for OS X maintenance

  OS X performs certain maintenance functions that are supposed to take place on a daily, weekly, or monthly period. Maintenance scripts that are run at the beginning AM only if the computer is turned on 24/7 (no sleep). If this isn't the case, then a great solution is to download and install a shareware like Macaroni, JAW PseudoAnacronor Anacron utility that will automate the maintenance regardless of whether activity if the computer is off or asleep.  Dependence on third-party utilities to run periodic maintenance scripts has been significantly reduced since Tiger.  These utilities have little or no functionality with Snow Leopard or later version, and must not be installed.

  OS X automatically defrags files smaller than 20 MB in size, so unless you have a disk full of very large files it little need to defragment the hard drive.

  Under no circumstances should you install operating MacPaw or ZeoBit software (CleanMyMac/CleanMyDrive or Mac Keeper, respectively.) You don't need special software to keep your computer.

  Useful links about malware Protection

  "If you have an immediate problem with ads popping up see the Mac without danger" Adware removal Guide and AdwareMedic.

  Open Safari, select Preferences from the Safari menu. Click the Extensions icon in the toolbar. Disable all Extensions. If it stops your problem, then re-enable one by one until the problem returns. Now remove this extension as it is the origin of the problem.

  The following comes from user stevejobsfan0123. I made minor changes to adapt to this presentation.

  Difficulty a few pop ups browser that supported Safari

  Common pop - ups include a message saying that the Government has taken over your computer and you pay release (often called "Moneypak"), or a false message saying that your computer has been infected and you need to call a number of tech support (sometimes claiming to be Apple) to get it to be resolved. First of all, understand that these pop-ups are not caused by a virus and that your computer has not been assigned. This "hack" is limited to your web browser. Also understand that these messages are scams, so don't pay not money, call number, or provide personal information. This article will give an overview of the solution to remove the pop-up window.

  Quit Safari

  Usually, these pop-ups will not go by clicking 'OK' or 'Cancel '. In addition, several menus in the menu bar may become disabled and show in grey, including the option to leave Safari. You'll probably force quit Safari. To do this, press command + option + ESC, select Safari, press on force quit.

  Relaunch Safari

  If you restart Safari, the page will reopen. To avoid this, hold the "Shift" key when opening Safari. This will prevent windows since the last time that Safari was running since the reopening.

  It will not work in all cases. The SHIFT key must be maintained at the right time, and in some cases, even if done correctly, the window is displayed again. In these circumstances, after force quit Safari, turn off Wi - Fi or disconnect Ethernet, depending on how you connect to the Internet. Then restart Safari normally. He'll try to reload the malicious Web page, but without a connection, it will not be able to. Leave this page by entering a different URL, i.e. www.apple.com and try to load it. Now you can reconnect to the Internet and the page that you entered is displayed rather than the malicious.

  An excellent link to read is Tom Reed Mac Guide of malicious programs.

  Also, visit the FAQ XLab and read of detection and avoid malicious software and spyware.

  Check out these articles from Apple:

  Mac OS X Snow Leopard and malware detection

  OS X Lion-Protect your Mac against malicious software

  OS X Lion mountain - protect your Mac against malicious software

  OS X Mavericks-Protect your Mac against malicious software

  On the quarantine of file under OS X

  If you need antivirus protection Thomas Reed recommends to use ClamXAV. (Thanks to Thomas Reed to this recommendation.)

  The user Joe Bailey comes this equally useful advice:

  The facts are:

  1. There is no anti-malware software can detect 100% of malware out there.

  2. There is no anti-malware that can detect all targeting the Mac.

  3. the best way to prevent breaches the most is for you as the user is aware that

  the most successful malware attacks rely on sophisticated social engineering

  techniques preying on human greed, * and fear.

  4 Internet pop-up windows telling the FBI, NSA, Microsoft, your ISP has detected malware on

  your computer is designed to trick you into installing their malware thinking it's a

  protection against malware.

  5. some of the anti-malware market products are worse than malware

  go where they are supposed to protect you.

  6. be careful where you go on the internet.

  7. don't download anything from sites, you know are safe.

  8 avoid links that you receive in email, always be wary, even if you get something

  you think a friend is, but that you did not expect.

  9. If there is any question in your mind, then assume that it is malware.

  Troubleshooting Applications

  I recommend that you download a utility such as TinkerTool System, OnyX, Mavericks Cache Cleaneror hiding a Cocktail that you can use to delete the former newspapers and archives, cleaning, etc. Corrupted cache, logs or temporary files can slow down the application or OS X crashes and panics of the kernel.

  If you have leopard snow or leopard, then for similar repairs install Applejackfreeware utility.  If you do not start in OS X, you can boot into single-user mode , where you can run Applejack to make a set of routines for repair and maintenance of the command line.  Note that it takes 1.5 AppleJack for Leopard. AppleJack 1.6 is compatible with Snow Leopard. Applejack does not work with Lion and later versions.

  Basic backup

  For some people, Time Machine will be more than enough. Time Machine is part of Mac OS X. There are two components:

  1. a panel of Time Machine preferences as part of the system of preferences;

  2. a request for Time Machine, located in the Applications folder. It's

  used to manage backups and restore backups. Time Machine

  requires a backup drive that is at least twice the capacity of the

  drive being backed up.

  You can also get an external drive at least equal to the size hard disk internal and make (and maintain) a bootable clone/backup. You can make a bootable clone using the disk utility's restore option. You can also create and maintain clones with good backup software. My personal recommendations are (the order is not significant):

  1 Carbon Copy clone

  2. get backup

  3 already seen

  4 superDuper!

  5. Synk Pro

  6. Tri-Backup

  Visit The FAQ XLab and read the FAQ on the backup and restore.  Also read How to back up and restore your files. For using Time Machine, visit FAQ Time Machine of Pondini for help with all this time Machine.

  Referenced software can be found at MacUpdate .

  Additional tips

  Make sure you have a sufficient amount of RAM installed for the number of applications you run simultaneously. Make sure to leave a minimum of 10% of the capacity of the hard disk as free space.

  Add more RAM. If your computer less than 2 GB of RAM and you use OS X Leopard or later, then you can do it with more RAM. Snow Leopard and Lion works much better with 4 GB of RAM that is their system. Most concurrent applications, that you tend to use the more RAM you should have.

  Always have at least 15 GB, or 10% of the capacity of your hard disk as free space, the largest. OS X frequently accesses your hard disk, so offering enough free space will keep things slow down.

  Check for applications that may be hogging the CPU:

  Before Mavericks

  Open the activity monitor in the Utilities folder.  Select all processes in the drop process .  Click the % CPU column heading twice to display in descending order.  If find you a process that uses a large amount of time processor (> = 70,) then select the process, and then click the quit icon in the toolbar.  Click the force quit button to kill the process.  See if that helps.  Don't forget to mention the name of the runaway process, so you can find the cause of the problem.

  Mavericks and later versions

  Open the activity monitor in the Utilities folder.  Select all processes in the menu display .  Click the CPU tab in the toolbar. Click the % CPU column heading twice to display in descending order.  If find you a process that uses a large amount of time processor (> = 70,) then select the process, and then click the quit icon in the toolbar.  Click the force quit button to kill the process.  See if that helps.  Don't forget to mention the name of the runaway process, so you can find the cause of the problem.

  This problem occurs often because of a corrupted cache or the preferences file or an attempt to write in a corrupted log file.

• Why am I constantly being asked to install updates on my Vista Home Basic, when all I have is Internet Explorer - no operating system.

  I do not use a Word to all operating system only Internet Explorer. I am constantly being asked to install the updates that take up a lot of space. Why do I need to install?

  Let's cut right to the Chase here: Vista Service Pack 2 installed? If you are unsure, check this page-online http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows7/help/which-version-of-the-windows-operating-system-am-i-running

• My turns Windows Vista Home off when I close the lid and custom back on unless I restart my computer wireless

  I have a Toshiba laptop Windows Vista Home. Recently, every time I close my laptop lid, and try to turn it on a few minutes later, the wireless devices were disabled. When I try to reactivate it from ConfigFree on wireless network connection to activate, it said everything was active except for wireless devices. The only way I can turn it back on is by restarting my computer. It only started happening recently and for first of all, I would stay on. No idea what's wrong?

  Hello

  Maybe this can help.

  Assuming that the signal is strong, and that there is no noise in the electrical environment (http://www.ezlan.net/wbars.html ).

  Uncheck the box to the NIC of energy economy (I.e., do not leave the card save energy).

  There may be some variations on where is the energy saving setting.

  Here are a few examples, YMMV, look around your systems.

  Example, http://www.ezlan.net/example/powersave.jpg

  Example, http://www.ezlan.net/Win7/power_sav_wireless..jpg

  Example, http://www.ezlan.net/Win7/power_save_win7.jpg

  Example, http://www.ezlan.net/Win7/adv_power-sav.jpg

  ----------------------------

  Still a problem?

  Check support for the router and make sure that your using the latest firmware for the router.

  Check the support site for the manufacturer of the computer and make sure that you use the latest drivers.

  If the support site has a newer version of the drivers and installed current ask drivers the most up-to-date drivers use this method.

  Download the drivers and extract them to a folder of your choice.

  In Device Manager, right-click on the adapter.

  Click Update drivers and choose her browse my computer for drivers.

  Choose let me a list of choices, click on disk and point to the folder with the drivers.

• I've lost games that came with my windows Vista Home Basic, how to restore the

  I can't find the games which originally came with my Windows Vista Basic Home Edition, I probably deleted or uninstalled by mistake, how can I restore them for example. Solitaire, spider solitaire, etc.

  Hello

  Is that what you brought no change until this problem occurred?

  Enable and disable the feature set of windows turn on or off feature.

  Turn Windows features on or off the.

  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows-Vista/turn-Windows-features-on-or-off

  (a) click Start and select Control Panel.

  (b) click on programs and features.

  (c) click on the feature to turn on or off windows.

  (d) locate and expand the function of a part.

  (e) check the reqiured games, click ok.

  (f) restart the computer.

• ERROR CODE 0 X 080240022 SECURITY ESSENTIALS RUNNING VISTA HOME BASIC 32-BIT

  I GOT THIS PC A WHILE NOW AND IT IS A DELL VOSTRO 200, ILS HAVE ALREADY REPLACED THE MOTHERBOARD AND THE DRIVE IN OCTOBER LAST AND ME IT IS AS IF I HAD NOTHING ELSE THAT PROBLEMS AND THINGS KEEP RUIN, ALL MY TYPED OUT WORK REMOVES ITSSELF AS I AM TO FINISH IT, MY PRINTER KEEPS HAVING TO BE UNINSTALLED AND REINSTALLED , THE SCREEN KEEPS FREEZING UPWARDS, MY MOUSE STOP WORKING... I REPLACED AND NOW IT... A MICROSOFT LASER MOUSE DOES THE SAME THING - I COULD GO ON AND ON BUT MY CONCERN EVERYTHING AT THIS POINT IS I HAD ORIGINALLY BOTH WINDOWS DEFENDER AND ESSENTIALS AND THEY BOTH WORK. NOW DEFENDER DOSENT AND I WAS TOLD I HAVE NO NEED OF THE TWO (BY A MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY). AND I'M STARTING TO HAVE PROBLEMS WITH THE UPDATE ESSENTIALS. I SCAN ALMOST DAILEY ON a CALENDAR AND THO ALL REPORTED AS BEING FINE I THINK NOT ASTODAY HE WATCHED AS SOME FOREIGNERS WRITE ON MY TYPED LETTERS. NOW WHAT?

  Microsoft Security Essentials has its own integrated version of the defender and it automatically disables the version of Vista in Windows Defender.

  If it's not:

  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows-Vista/turn-Windows-Defender-on-or-off

  Turn Windows Defender on or off the information on the link above of Microsoft.

  Hope the foregoing explains the common compatibility issues with Windows Defender and MSE.

  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

  Microsoft Security Essentials questions should be directed to the MSE Forums:

  http://social.answers.Microsoft.com/forums/en-us/msescan/threads

  Analysis, detecting, and removing threats Forum at the link above

  http://social.answers.Microsoft.com/forums/en-us/mseupdate/threads

  Updating Virus and Spyware definitions Forum at the link above

  See you soon.

  Mick Murphy - Microsoft partner

• Vista Home Basic stopped connecting to the network and hangs at logoff

  In recent weeks, my Vista system has started to not want to connect to my local network and hangs at logoff screen.

  It all works fine in "safe mode with networking" and connects quite happily - but not in normal mode.  This has not immediately after loading new software.

  I can't find the errors or warnings in the event viewer - except that it is unable to connect to the LAN or.

  Help!

  Hi olliecox,

  ·         Did you the latest changes on the computer?

  I suggest you try the steps mentioned below and check if it helps.

  Step 1: Temporarily disable the security software.

  Note: Antivirus software can help protect your computer against viruses and other security threats. In most cases, you should not disable your antivirus software. If you do not disable temporarily to install other software, you must reactivate as soon as you are finished. If you are connected to the Internet or a network during the time that your antivirus software is disabled, your computer is vulnerable to attacks.

  Step 2: Follow the provided items.

  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows-Vista/troubleshoot-network-connection-problems

  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows/help/network-connection-problems-in-Windows?T1=Tab03

• Can I switch to Win 7 SP1 of Vista Home Basic (without Service Pack)?

  Hello, currently I run Vista home basic 32-bit without the service Pack installed. I did once try and install but I got was a never-ending startup sequence (the BONES do not start) and I had to restore a backup copy of previous Vista before installing SP1. So it's just a quick question: can I go directly to Win 7 Ultimate 32-bit SP1 without having all the service packs currently? I don't have a lot of free time to do a clean install and restore programs and games, and configure them.

  Microsoft recommends that you have at least Service Pack 1 installed.

  You can try to install without MS, if you wish.

  And if you have a problem, follow this information.

  Click Start > right click on computer > left click on properties > see if you have Vista 32 bit or Vista 64-bit installed.

  Then, choose the download of 'bit' OK to use to install Service Packs, first of all the installation of SP1.

  Vista SP1 32-bit (x 86): http://www.microsoft.com/en-au/download/details.aspx?id=30

  Vista SP1 64-bit: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=21299

  Vista SP2 32-bit (x 86): http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=16468

  Vista SP2 64-bit: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=17669

  See you soon.

• Update Vista Home Basic to Premium Edition Office to allow access by laptop running Windows 7

  Could someone please advise if I have Vista Home basic desktop Home Premium so I can use laptop running preloaded Windows 7 Office Access? I saw advice that W7 can only comm if Office Home basic is updated! If PORTABLE PERFORMER pre-installed w7 MAY ACCESS DESKTOP. Is this possible and how?

  You can move from Home Basic to Home Premium, but Microsoft sells more than Vista.  You need to find a copy of retail, Vista Home Premium (not OEM) somewhere like eBay.  You can use either a copy of the upgrade or full license to do the upgrade.  eHow has an article on the actual upgrade process.

  http://www.ehow.com/how_6297506_upgrade-Vista-Home-Basic-Premium.html

  The article mentions that you need some version of upgrade, but they speak the old Anytime Upgrade which is no longer available.  Ignore this.

• Accidentally deleted the folder Microsoft Games (VISTA Home Basic)

  My mother had problems with solitaire and other games included with his eMachines desktop computer in the Microsoft Games folder.  His machine is running Vista Home Basic.  I tried to fix it by copying it in the folder Microsoft Games laptop (Vista Home Premium) wife.  However after that I copied on games, when I tried to launch the game, I got an error message that the games would not be on this version of Windows Vista.  Where can I get copies of these games that will run on Windows Vista Home Basic?  All software has been preloaded on the machine when she bought (not Windows discks, etc.).  These were included with the machine.

  Thank you

  Steve

  Click the button start , click Control Panel, click programs and then click turn on turn Windows features on or off. In the Windows features dialog box, select the Games check box, and then click OK.

  If it is already selected it disable the option and press OK and then select it again and press OK.

  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows-Vista/learn-about-Windows-games

  If this post answers your question, click mark as answer .

• Unidentified network Local Access only on Vista Home Basic using Ethernet.

  Have 2 laptops not identified network Local Access only on Windows Vista Home Basic.  One is a Toshiba and the other is a Dell.  I can use the Ethernet on the Toshiba to one of the The Fire Dept. I work at. (From lastweek, haven't checked since.)  I can't go to the other Station.  Get Local access to the unidentified network only.  I get also home and when I checked the Dell, get the same message.  I can connect wirelessly.  How can I solve the unidentified network problem?

  Hello

  If your system is running Hello , Netmagic or any other party 3rd network try to uninstall.

  Try also.

  Type Cmd in the search text box.

  Press Ctrl-Shift-Enter keyboard shortcut to run a command as administrator prompt.  Allow the elevation.

  Type route delete 0.0.0.0 press ENTER.

  Type ipconfig/flushdns press enter

  Restart your computer.

  Jack-MVP Windows Networking. WWW.EZLAN.NET

• Can I Exchange BONES? I have a laptop running Windows 7 and desktop running Vista Home Prem Home Prem I have the OS disc.

  Hi, can I Exchange OS? I have a Dell laptop under Windows 7 Home Prem and a desktop Dell running Vista Home Prem. I have the OEM operating system disc. What I would do is put Vista on the computer laptop and Windows 7 on the desktop. The office is very capable of running Windows 7 BTW. Thank you

  Hello

  N °

  You can not do

  Dell machines come with preinstalled operating systems

  the operating systems pre-installed are OEM licenses

  OEM licenses are tied to original material, they are installed on this machine life

  When the machine dies dies of windows with her license

• Why don't you upgrade from Vista home basic or premium 7 Professional, but you can at Ultimate Ultimate has the same features but also some?

  I wonder why the limitation of the upgrade to Windows 7, but the ability to upgrade to Ultimate from Vista Home.  Is it simply to get people to pay more for the programs as Ultimate contains the same features as the professional, or am I misunderstood features of the upgrade to Ultimate?

  Because Windows 7 Professional and Windows Vista Home Basic do not share the same basic architecture with respect to features.

  Windows Vista Home Basic doesn't have many main basic Windows 7 Home Edition network such as Domain Join, backup features, other features such as group policy and network encryption.

  If you want to upgrade to Windows 7 while preserving your personal files, settings and installed applications, you will need to upgrade to Windows 7 Ultimate.

  Windows Vista Home Basic > Windows 7 Home Basic, Premium or Ultimate

  Windows Vista Edition Home Premium > Windows 7 Home Premium or Ultimate

  Windows Vista Business > Windows 7 Professional, enterprise or ultimate edition

  Windows Vista Business > Windows 7 Enterprise

  Windows Vista Ultimate > Windows 7 Ultimate.

  Update of prices:

  http://www.microsoftstore.com/store/msstore/HTML/pbPage.Windows_Upgrade_Matrix