Upgrade to Windows 7 Pro to Vista Home Premium

I bought Windows 7 Pro 64 bit, but I'm currently running Vista Home Premium 64-bit.  I would like to avoid having to do a clean install and reinstall my programs.

What are the viable upgrade path from Vista Home Premium to Windows 7 Pro?

Do I need to move to Vista Business and then upgrade to Windows 7 Pro?  Upgrade to Windows 7 Home Edition Premium then to Pro?

You can not put Windows Vista Edition Home Premium to Windows 7 Professional.

Check this page for Vista Home Premium upgrade paths:

http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows7/help/upgrading-from-Windows-Vista-to-Windows-7

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