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Our hardware vendor has sold us a laptop that comes with Windows 7 Pro OEM. Since we want Windows 7 Enterprise (for features like DirectAccess and BitLocker), the vendor has supplied us with a Software Assurance only license to upgrade OEM Win 7 Pro to...
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at superuser):
Enterprise is not an edition that is commonly available in shops to the general... .
You will need to do a fresh install (or possibly an upgrade if you wish).
There is a Windows Anytime Upgrade , but that would like involve extra cost.
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I have a retail version of Windows XP on a PC I no longer use. I would like to install Windows 7 on a new pc (nothing is on the hard drive). Can I purchase a Windows 7 upgrade, and install it using the existing Windows XP CD to upgrade from?
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Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at superuser):
Yes,
If you have a retail version of XP, you can buy the Upgrade edition of Windows 7, however you on the Microsoft Store
Running earlier versions? If you have Windows XP, you can purchase Windows 7 Upgrade....
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I need to get a laptop with Vista Home Premium onto a domain, which requires Business or Ultimate. The computer, with Home Premium, is already registered for the free Windows 7 upgrade. If I upgrade the Vista version now via Microsoft's 'anytime upgrades...
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Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at superuser):
You need Windows....
You will then need to do the anytime upgrade to Windows 7 Professional to be able to join it to a domain.
Unfortunately, you will only get Windows 7 Home Premium edition out of the free upgrade.
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I have an old Vista box sitting around, and I'm thinking of upgrading it to Windows 7 64-bit, as it has 4gb of RAM. Well, I know that there's an "in-place" upgrade from Vista, but does it work from 32-bit to 64-bit?
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Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at superuser):
If you are currently running a 32-bit version of Windows, you can only perform an upgrade to another perform an upgrade....
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Can I upgrade from a 32-bit version of Windows to a 64-bit version of Windows?
No.
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Every time i run windows 7 set up i get the following compatibility report:
The following issues are preventing Windows from upgrading. Cancel the upgrade, complete each task, and then restart the upgrade to continue.
You can’t upgrade 64-bit Windows ...
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Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at superuser):
If you want to continue to upgrade, you must have a 64 bit Windows upgrade....
Versions on it, I'm looking at it right now! It won't work for an upgrade from Vista 64 to Windows 7 are trying to use a 32 bit disk.
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Is it possible to upgrade from Windows Vista Home Premium (x64) to Windows 7 Home Premium (x64) without losing the current programs, their settings and the data in the hard disk? If possible, how much time does it take to finish the full upgrade? Is it...
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Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at superuser):
This question shows you the upgrade paths available from Vista to 7..
From Vista Business to Windows 7 Professional in about 2.5 hours, even though I had quite a lot of apps.
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Hi,
I currently am running Windows 7 RC (Build 7100) 2 and want to make the jump to Windows 7. I was looking at the Windows 7 Home Premium Family pack and from what I understand it is identical to the Windows 7 Home Premium DVD, just with three licenses...
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Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at superuser):
(Installing from the RC of Win7 should not upgrade - it....
That should include the RC (there was no RC2) of Windows 7.
And Windows 7 must have the upgrade started from within a working version of Windows.
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My understanding is to use Windows 7 upgrade media you must install and activate Windows Vista or Windows XP. In the case of upgrading from Windows XP a "clean install" is performed, but in reading about this, it sounds like this may just be overwriting...
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at superuser):
Windows 7 will function as new (except....
So, just, but there will be leftovers of old OS everywhere on hard drive .
You can do a clean install using an upgrade DVD, it's the same Windows inside.
Windows 7 setup.
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Hi,
Suppose I'm able to install Windows 7 Home Premium on my computer using a Family Pack key, would I be able to upgrade to Windows 7 Ultimate using the Anytime Upgrade option?
Considering that the Family Pack only uses 1 key to activate 3 PCs, what ...
Started by krebstar on
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Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at superuser):
When using Anytime Upgrade you receive a new product key that works in conjunction with the existing key..
Yes, you can use Anytime Upgrade to upgrade a single machine.
Pack Eula that you have.
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Is it possible to upgrade windows 7 to the ultimate(from professional) edition without reinstalling.
I want to upgrade a windows 7 professional installation to windows 7 ultimate. Is that possible without reinstalling?
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Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at serverfault):
I think what you are looking for is Windows Anytime Upgrade but it doesn't appear to get around....
The Windows Anytime Upgrade Experience for Windows 7 at the Windows Team Blog walks you through the process.
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