Upgrade from Vista Home Premium to Ultimate

My 32 bit HP came with Vista Home Premium which is updated with SP2.   I'm trying to upgrade to Vista Ultimate, but get this message: could not start the upgrade.  To update, cancel the installation and choose to upgrade to a version of Windows that is newer than the version you are currently using. "The choice of installation custom is available, but I n
' t want to lose my Office 2007 files and other programs that I have.  I bought Ultimate on the Microsoft Store and downloaded online.  I tried to use the Windows Anytime Upgrade, but would still pay for the software.  Thanks in advance.

Uninstall vista SP2 on your computer.

The Service Pack level on your computer does not have to be communicated more top/more later then the Service Pack to upgrade.

If the SP1 upgrade, uninstall SP2 from the computer, etc..

If it is higher on the computer, you must do a clean install, as the upgrade is an earlier version of Vista.

See you soon. Mick Murphy - Microsoft partner

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