Submitted by: kirkland on Thursday December 14th, 2006 at 05:11 PM EST

North American customers who purchase certain Hewlett-Packard PCs can sign up starting today for free upgrades to Windows Vista once the new operating system becomes available on January 30.

In addition, HP will offer customers support during the Vista installation process if they qualify for a free upgrade, the company said. Customers can register for upgrades at this Web site.

To be eligible for free upgrades starting today, customers must purchase (or have purchased) between October 26, 2006, and March 15, 2007, a new HP Pavilion, Compaq Presario, or HP Digital Entertainment Center PC bearing the "Microsoft Windows Vista Capable" designation. Purchases must come direct from HP or from select retailers, and customers can upgrade only to the version of Windows Vista that corresponds to the version of Windows XP installed on their PC, HP said.

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