Win8 $14.99 Upgrade Offer Question

Bill,
Look a bit deeper..

"If you bought Windows 8 and you have a Windows 8 product key"
- what do think it checked when you bought it --- a qualifying o/s (XP, Vista, Win7, Win8 but not DP, CP, RP)

Once you've the file you can install upgrade it on top of XP, Vista, W7, W8, W8DP/CP/RP.



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....winston
msft mvp


"BillW50" wrote in message ...

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BillW50 typed on Mon, 26 Nov 2012 03:39:12 -0600:
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..winston typed on Sun, 18 Nov 2012 22:27:21 -0500:
Windows 8 doesn't ask about a prior o/s
- if it finds one it proceeds with the install

Windows 8 doesn't look for Win8 CP, it needs to find a qualifying o/s
somewhere (XP, Vista, 7, 8)

That isn't what Microsoft says:

Make sure want to upgrade. This must be a PC that is currently
running Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP with Service Pack
3 (SP3), Windows 8 Release Preview, Windows 8 Consumer Preview,
or Windows Developer Preview. (Windows 8 Setup checks that your
PC meets all system requirements before it installs Windows 8.)

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-GB/w...oduct-key-only

Sorry, WordStar for DOS doesn't like pasting in characters that are not
within the 7-bit ASCII character set. And apparently it deleted some
words above. Here is how it should read:

Make sure you're on the PC you want to upgrade. This must be a
PC that is currently running Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows
XP with Service Pack 3 (SP3), Windows 8 Release Preview,
Windows 8 Consumer Preview, or Windows Developer Preview.
(Windows 8 Setup checks that your PC meets all system
requirements before it installs Windows 8.)

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Bill
Gateway M465e ('06 era) - OE-QuoteFix v1.19.2
Centrino Core2 Duo T5600 1.83GHz - 4GB - Windows XP SP2

I suppose you also downloaded it using a non qualifying Windows o/s ?

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....winston
msft mvp


"BillW50" wrote in message ...

On 11/18/2012 9:27 PM, ..winston wrote:
Windows 8 doesn't ask about a prior o/s
- if it finds one it proceeds with the install

Windows 8 doesn't look for Win8 CP, it needs to find a qualifying o/s
somewhere (XP, Vista, 7, 8)

One license, one install. An upgrade nullifies the legality of the
qualifying operating system license
- seems simple to me

I don't know what to tell ya, my Windows 8 Pro never asked. And I
installed it on a fresh hard drive. Even the System Requirements doesn't
mention the need of a previous Windows version. It does mention if you
are upgrading from Windows 7, it will transfer your settings and
applications. But if you are upgrading from XP or Vista, it won't.

If you have issue with time or money, send feedback to MSFT.

Why? They will only lie to you and tell you that Windows 8 won't upgrade
Windows 8 CP. That is why you don't bother talking to people who will
only lie to you anyway. And it is far better to talk to people who
actually know what they are talking about.

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Bill
Gateway M465e ('06 era) - Thunderbird v12
Centrino Core2 Duo T7400 2.16 GHz - 4GB - Windows 8

On 11/26/2012 7:00 PM, ..winston wrote:
Bill,
Look a bit deeper..

"If you bought Windows 8 and you have a Windows 8 product key"
- what do think it checked when you bought it --- a qualifying o/s (XP,
Vista, Win7, Win8 but not DP, CP, RP)

Once you've the file you can install upgrade it on top of XP, Vista, W7,
W8, W8DP/CP/RP.

Actually I purchased Windows 8 boxed set from Newegg. I did order it
online from a qualifying OS. But Microsoft shouldn't know that. This is
the first Windows Upgrade box that I ever purchased (first one I
purchased was Windows 95) that doesn't say Upgrade on the box. Here is
what my box looks like:

http://boygeniusreport.files.wordpre...dows-8-pro.png

I tested this 3 times now. This one will install on a fresh hard drive
with no qualifying OS. It will upgrade Windows 7, and it will upgrade
Windows 8 CP. It also came with both 32 and 64 bit versions.

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Bill
Gateway M465e ('06 era) - Thunderbird v12
Centrino Core2 Duo T7400 2.16 GHz - 4GB - Windows 8