Some bad news, About Win7 Upgrade - Page 8

07-23-09, 11:19 AM

Well that's what the guy in that last post of mine said Ghosthunter. I don't think anyone has a definate answer to it yet.

Ghosthunter · 09-01-09, 11:44 AM

ok it has been a while...any official updates to this?

**mailman2** · 09-02-09, 09:35 AM

I don't know why you'd want to do an upgrade. Clean install, Windows 7 runs amazing.

Installed on all 4 machines here, wouldn't even think to try and upgrade Vista to 7. It wouldn't be fair to 7

shteve · 09-02-09, 10:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mailman2

I don't know why you'd want to do an upgrade. Clean install, Windows 7 runs amazing.

Installed on all 4 machines here, wouldn't even think to try and upgrade Vista to 7. It wouldn't be fair to 7

I don't think anyone would. The issue here is that installing an upgrade version of Win7 may require a previous activated OS to be on the computer - so you'd be forced to perform an upgrade.

**mailman2** · 09-02-09, 10:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by shteve

I don't think anyone would. The issue here is that installing an upgrade version of Win7 may require a previous activated OS to be on the computer - so you'd be forced to perform an upgrade.

Gotcha.

seeker · 09-02-09, 03:05 PM

At first, this seemed simple enough, but the more that I read, the more confused that I get. This page was linked in a MS newletter that I just received:

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/l...?ITPID=insider

Maybe I'm misreading, but it sounds as though the only way to upgrade is if you have Vista, and I don't. Will this upgrade MCE, XP x64 or WS2K8 or not? If not, then I need to cancel my preordered upgrade now.

**Rakeesh** · 09-02-09, 05:29 PM

I don't see why you couldn't just download and burn any old version of windows to a DVD and when the windows 7 install asks for that, just put that in. Windows cd's and dvd's don't contain any sort of odd copy protection mechanism pressed into the discs, so I don't see how the installation software would know the difference between a pressed copy and a burned one. So long as your key to your original copy is legit, I don't see where there would be a problem.

Ghosthunter · 09-03-09, 08:35 AM

out of curiosity did they ever announce OEM pricing for Windows 7?

i have been searching technet forums and there are still no official announces and things are not looking good

Ghosthunter · 09-03-09, 09:15 AM

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Originally Posted by AlphaWolf_HK

I don't see why you couldn't just download and burn any old version of windows to a DVD and when the windows 7 install asks for that, just put that in. Windows cd's and dvd's don't contain any sort of odd copy protection mechanism pressed into the discs, so I don't see how the installation software would know the difference between a pressed copy and a burned one. So long as your key to your original copy is legit, I don't see where there would be a problem.

So you are saying I can use any copy of Windows 7 as long as I have a legit key? I mean i have access to All of technet here at work

seeker · 09-03-09, 03:56 PM

I just got off the phone with the MS Store, and they confirmed that I could use my XP CD to validate W7's upgrade. That is good, but they sure need to learn how to make themselves more clear in the newsletters and articles.

07-23-09, 11:19 AM	#85
betterdan Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Some bad news, About Win7 Upgrade Well that's what the guy in that last post of mine said Ghosthunter. I don't think anyone has a definate answer to it yet.

09-01-09, 11:44 AM	#86
Ghosthunter Registered User Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: New York Posts: 885	Re: Some bad news, About Win7 Upgrade ok it has been a while...any official updates to this? __________________ Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UD5H Intel i5-3570k @ 4.3 Thermalright True Spirit 120 G.Skill 16 GB Ram DDR3-1600 EVGA GTX 680 SC Crucial M4 128 GB SSD 2x Samsung 1 TB Spinpoint 7200 RPM SATA HD103SJ WD SE16 7200 RPM SATA 640 GB SAMSUNG 22X SATA DVD Burner CORSAIR 750TX PSU LIAN LI Lancool PC-K7B Asus 25 inch VE258Q Win7x64

09-02-09, 03:05 PM	#90
seeker AKA seekermeister Join Date: May 2005 Location: At home Posts: 1,442	Re: Some bad news, About Win7 Upgrade At first, this seemed simple enough, but the more that I read, the more confused that I get. This page was linked in a MS newletter that I just received: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/l...?ITPID=insider Maybe I'm misreading, but it sounds as though the only way to upgrade is if you have Vista, and I don't. Will this upgrade MCE, XP x64 or WS2K8 or not? If not, then I need to cancel my preordered upgrade now. __________________ Rig 1: HAF 922, X2 4400+, Asus A8N32-SLI Deluxe , 4x1GB DDR400, 2x500GB, 1x80GB & 1x250GB + ESATCASE2 w/2x1TB HDs, LG CH10LS20 & GH22LS50, Samsung SH-S202N, Asus Xonar D2X,Creative 5.1, GTX460 SC, FusionHDTV7 Gold RT, Acer X233H, Arris TM520G, Cisco E3000, Scythe Kama, CM RS600 PS,HP 5510v,APC BX1000, XP x64, W7 & Kubuntu 9.10 Rig 2: Antec SX1040BII, A8N-SLI, 2x1GB DDR400, 8800GTS, 1x500GB & 1x1TB HDs, Liteon LH-20AIL and Pioneer DVR-111, Audigy 2 ZS, Creative T20 2.1, Antec 500SP, W7 x64 & XP MCE

09-02-09, 05:29 PM	#91
Rakeesh Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Sonoran Desert Posts: 6,863	Re: Some bad news, About Win7 Upgrade I don't see why you couldn't just download and burn any old version of windows to a DVD and when the windows 7 install asks for that, just put that in. Windows cd's and dvd's don't contain any sort of odd copy protection mechanism pressed into the discs, so I don't see how the installation software would know the difference between a pressed copy and a burned one. So long as your key to your original copy is legit, I don't see where there would be a problem.

09-03-09, 08:35 AM	#92
Ghosthunter Registered User Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: New York Posts: 885	Re: Some bad news, About Win7 Upgrade out of curiosity did they ever announce OEM pricing for Windows 7? i have been searching technet forums and there are still no official announces and things are not looking good __________________ Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UD5H Intel i5-3570k @ 4.3 Thermalright True Spirit 120 G.Skill 16 GB Ram DDR3-1600 EVGA GTX 680 SC Crucial M4 128 GB SSD 2x Samsung 1 TB Spinpoint 7200 RPM SATA HD103SJ WD SE16 7200 RPM SATA 640 GB SAMSUNG 22X SATA DVD Burner CORSAIR 750TX PSU LIAN LI Lancool PC-K7B Asus 25 inch VE258Q Win7x64

09-03-09, 03:56 PM	#94
seeker AKA seekermeister Join Date: May 2005 Location: At home Posts: 1,442	Re: Some bad news, About Win7 Upgrade I just got off the phone with the MS Store, and they confirmed that I could use my XP CD to validate W7's upgrade. That is good, but they sure need to learn how to make themselves more clear in the newsletters and articles. __________________ Rig 1: HAF 922, X2 4400+, Asus A8N32-SLI Deluxe , 4x1GB DDR400, 2x500GB, 1x80GB & 1x250GB + ESATCASE2 w/2x1TB HDs, LG CH10LS20 & GH22LS50, Samsung SH-S202N, Asus Xonar D2X,Creative 5.1, GTX460 SC, FusionHDTV7 Gold RT, Acer X233H, Arris TM520G, Cisco E3000, Scythe Kama, CM RS600 PS,HP 5510v,APC BX1000, XP x64, W7 & Kubuntu 9.10 Rig 2: Antec SX1040BII, A8N-SLI, 2x1GB DDR400, 8800GTS, 1x500GB & 1x1TB HDs, Liteon LH-20AIL and Pioneer DVR-111, Audigy 2 ZS, Creative T20 2.1, Antec 500SP, W7 x64 & XP MCE