Allen Drake wrote:

I am planning on a fresh install of W7 from my original Home Premium
full version disk that has been upgraded to Ultimate with Anytime
Upgrade so I need to know the procedure well before I begin.

Since it is an *upgrade*, you'll have to install the base version upon
which the upgrade applies.

I need to have the key available that will install Ultimate. I tried a
repair install in the past but that only got me to the original
version and would not accept the key I used using Belarc Advisor so I
have to restore my system with a cloned copy and was back at square
one.

Use the product key on the COA sticker.

Is this something that can be done with a call to MS when I try to
activate or some other way?

They won't give you a product key unless you can prove to them that you
bought a legitimate license for the Home Premium edition.

I haven't used the Anytime upgrade licenses. Doesn't it come with its
own product key? The key reflects the product installed. So you could
install Home Premium (without validation or its product key since you
get a 30-day trial after which it disables or cripples itself), install
the Anytime upgrade, and use the product key that came with the
upgrade.

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/w...nytime-upgrade

Since you already have Windows 7 Home Edition installed, the article
says "follow the instructions that came with your upgrade key." You
need to apply the new product key to reflect the correct version and
edition of Windows that you will validate.