Acrobat 9 upgrade from OEM Acrobat 6

I've used Acrobat standard in my business since v4.0, and upgraded once to v5.05. I am now migrating to a new WinVistaUltx64 system, and find that Acrobat 5x-8x are not compatible with Vista.
In order to reduce my costs, I am thinking of purchasing an OEM full Acrobat v6 Standard and Acrobat v9 Standard retail Upgrade. I expect to be able to install the v9 upgrade on my Vista system, using the installation CD from v6 as legacy verification for the v9 upgrade. The OEM v6 will not be installed on the Vista system. I have done this previously when I upgraded to a full retail v5 from a full retail v4, but not from an OEM version. Can anyone with more experience with Adobe Acrobat upgrades advise me of problems I might encounter in this scenario?
I know that OEM versions don't come with support options, but I have upgraded OEM OS versions to retail versions before, and support became available with the retail upgrade. Will support be attached to the Acrobat v9 retail upgrade, if I am upgrading from an OEM version?

You have to update to at least AA8.1.2 to use VISTA and 64 bit systems. I think that version will do it. Of course at this time, AA9 is what is available anyway. AA6 does not run on VISTA as far as I know. Be aware, if you do forms you need to upgrade to a PRO version. It is best to think of Std as an economy version. It left a lot out that users of AA4 and AA5 came to expect.
AA6 works fine on XP. Even AA5 works fine on XP, at least it does for me. I use AA8.1.2 on VISTA Business and AA7 on an XP tablet. As for the OEM upgrades I have no clue to help you. As far as I know, the upgrade will be to the full product. I do think that if you upgrade, the previous version that the upgrade was based upon is not supposed to be used any longer. You did not mention that scenario, but just one aspect to consider in case you had been thinking it.

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