Update from XP Pro to Vista Ultimate in 2013

I have a Dell desktop computer perfectly although I bought new in 2009.  I bought under Windows Vista Ultimate Bonus, which means that it's a license for Vista Ultimate, but came with the "downgrade" to XP Pro pre-installed.  Reference Dell shipped a Windows XP and a Vista Ultimate 32-bit SP1 with the PC reinstall drive.

Now that XP reaches the end of the life cycle, I am considering upgrading to Vista Ultimate, so I can get a few years out of this machine.  Is this a good idea?  I'll be able to perform an upgrade to XP using the disc to reinstall Vista from Dell?  Are there pitfalls that I should be aware?

Well, I took the lead with this update and I have to tell you, this has been the process much more time that I never crossed on a computer.  I went through a lot, too, including recently updated 5 computers to Windows 8.1 (which is from Windows 7 to 8 8 to 8.1 8.1 overview overview).

Anyway, for those who may have the same idea I had, my biggest hurdle was enter about 20 minutes in the upgrade and running the "Windows could not update the configuration to start the computer.  Not proceed with the installation. ' After several attempts and a lot of research in these discussions, I fell on my stationary.  I needed to start the computer from the disk, and then click the Windows repair option below.  A start-up error has been detected, and I chose the hotfix and restart.  Finally, I was able to restart the process of upgrading XP successfully.

A few hours later I always install hundreds of Windows, including Service Pack 2 updates, but everything seems to work.

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