A customer uses a Windows 2000 Professional computer to run

A customer uses a Windows 2000 Professional computer to run some low-level automated programs in his business. The operational lifetime of Windows 2000 has long since passed, and he wants to upgrade the computer. He realizes that upgrading to Windows 7 isn’t an option, but asks about an upgrade to Windows Vista. What do you tell him?

A. You tell him that the options for upgrading Windows 2000 Professional are Windows Vista Home Basic, Home Premium, and Business.

B. You tell him that the options for upgrading Windows 2000 Professional are Windows Vista Home Basic and Home Premium.

C. You tell him that the option for upgrading Windows 2000 Professional is Windows Vista Home Basic.

D. You tell him there is no supported option for directly upgrading Windows 2000 Professional to any version of Windows Vista.

Solution

Answer:D

D. The only way to “upgrade” his Windows 2000 Professional computer to Windows Vista would be to back up all his data and then to do a fresh installation of Windows Vista on the computer hardware, assuming the hardware is sufficient for Vista.