In a blog post on Tuesday, Ed Bott went into detail about instant Windows Vista upgrades. With the instant upgrades, users will be able to upgrade from Home Basic to Home Premium to Ultimate from the ...

Way back in February 2006, nearly a year before the consumer launch of Windows Vista, I noted the first appearance of Microsoft’s Windows Anytime Upgrade program in a Vista beta build. The theory ...

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The change, effective immediately, brings Anytime Upgrade versions of Vista in line with retail editions’ EULA language. Last November, Microsoft bowed to pressure from enthusiasts and system builders ...

Windows Anytime Upgrade (WAU) is an upgrade method offered by Microsoft and selected resellers for users who wish to upgrade their edition of Windows Vista by buying a license. As we talked about in ...

According to a recent blog post from Microsoft’s Brandon LeBlanc, Windows 7 will include a tool that will allow users to upgrade from a basic version of the OS to one of the more feature-rich versions ...

During her years at CNET News, Ina Fried changed beats several times, changed genders once, and covered both of the Pirates of Silicon Valley. Microsoft said late last week that it will make a change ...