WIn 7 Upgrade

I have a fairly new Win 7 Home Premium laptop and would like to go to
Win 7 Pro so I can use the virtual PC ( and have Win Media Center if
there is no good alternative to MC).
Where can I get the upgrade (cheap)?

I have a Win 7 Pro Upgrade DVD that I used on a desktop PC.
Can i use that? (after I downgrade the Win 7 Home desktop PC I used it
on)

The laptop does not have a cd/dvd internal if that makes any
difference.



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On 01/08/2014 01:05 PM, OldGuy wrote:
I have a fairly new Win 7 Home Premium laptop and would like to go to
Win 7 Pro so I can use the virtual PC ( and have Win Media Center if
there is no good alternative to MC).
Where can I get the upgrade (cheap)?

I have a Win 7 Pro Upgrade DVD that I used on a desktop PC.
Can i use that? (after I downgrade the Win 7 Home desktop PC I used it on)

The laptop does not have a cd/dvd internal if that makes any difference.






Save yourself some problems and use Virtual Box

https://www.virtualbox.org/


It should run fine on Win7 Home Premium

OldGuy wrote:
I have a fairly new Win 7 Home Premium laptop and would like to go to
Win 7 Pro so I can use the virtual PC ( and have Win Media Center if
there is no good alternative to MC).
Where can I get the upgrade (cheap)?

I don't know the answer to the cheap part.

The 'easiest' way is based on the fact that everything for Pro is
already inside your Home Premium and you can unlock it by simply using a
legitimate Windows 7 Anytime key which you can purchase.

The problem is that my initial shopping didn't find one cheap. Amazon
says they are out. Some crazy website's shopping function wasn't
working correctly and showed it listed and in the shopping cart at $980.

The best deal I've found so far is $100.

I have a Win 7 Pro Upgrade DVD that I used on a desktop PC.
Can i use that? (after I downgrade the Win 7 Home desktop PC I used it on)

That would seem to be possible but you would have to be interacting with
the right kind of MS licensing transfer person.

It seems to me that if Anytime key mechanics can upgrade, it could
downgrade the desktop as well as upgrade the LT.

In a perfect world, some MS license handler would give you a key to
downgrade the DT and another key to upgrade the LT.

I have a feeling that isn't going to happen that smoothly.

The laptop does not have a cd/dvd internal if that makes any difference.

It wouldn't need it for the Anytime mechanism.
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Mike Easter

I was told that the laptop only had Win 7 Home Premium. So that would
mean that "Anytime" would not work.

Also, I see Win 7 pro 64 bit OEM upgrades for around $140.
Is that any good to use? i.e. OEM vs. what?



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OldGuy wrote:
I was told that the laptop only had Win 7 Home Premium. So that would
mean that "Anytime" would not work.

Anytime will work to do Home Premium to Pro.

A different Anytime is used on such as Starter to Home Premium - also
cheaper.

Also, I see Win 7 pro 64 bit OEM upgrades for around $140.
Is that any good to use? i.e. OEM vs. what?

I don't know what you are looking at but the OEM licensing is about a MS
license to use the software the specific manufacturer installed on just
that machine; whereas if you obtain/buy 'your own' MS license and disk
you have a different kind of license how to use the software.


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Mike Easter

OK. I purchased a build it myself desktop (MB, RAM etc all separate
items) and also an OEM Win 7 Pro for it. It was not a pre-built PC by
some OEM.



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On 1/8/2014 5:07 PM, OldGuy wrote:
OK. I purchased a build it myself desktop (MB, RAM etc all separate
items) and also an OEM Win 7 Pro for it. It was not a pre-built PC by
some OEM.



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"OEM Win 7 Pro"
Your OEM copy may/will have different license terms than the full retail
version. Even various OEM versions have differing terms, depending on
the exact path to the end user.

OldGuy wrote:
OK. I purchased a build it myself desktop (MB, RAM etc all separate
items) and also an OEM Win 7 Pro for it. It was not a pre-built PC by
some OEM.

That's great, but I don't see how that solves the target of Pro on the
laptop, unless you moved the target/goalpost or have a plan.


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Mike Easter

On 01/08/2014 04:58 PM, Mike Easter wrote:
OldGuy wrote:
OK. I purchased a build it myself desktop (MB, RAM etc all separate
items) and also an OEM Win 7 Pro for it. It was not a pre-built PC by
some OEM.

That's great, but I don't see how that solves the target of Pro on the
laptop, unless you moved the target/goalpost or have a plan.




I also don't see why he did not like my suggestion.

Il Wed, 08 Jan 2014 13:58:56 -0600, philo ha scritto:


Save yourself some problems and use Virtual Box

https://www.virtualbox.org/


It should run fine on Win7 Home Premium

windows OEM version won't activate in virtualbox



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On 01/08/2014 05:12 PM, Ammammata wrote:
Il Wed, 08 Jan 2014 13:58:56 -0600, philo ha scritto:


Save yourself some problems and use Virtual Box

https://www.virtualbox.org/


It should run fine on Win7 Home Premium

windows OEM version won't activate in virtualbox






Ok thanks

OK but what about MC?



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OldGuy wrote, On 1/8/2014 2:05 PM:
I have a fairly new Win 7 Home Premium laptop and would like to go to
Win 7 Pro so I can use the virtual PC ( and have Win Media Center if
there is no good alternative to MC).
Where can I get the upgrade (cheap)?

I have a Win 7 Pro Upgrade DVD that I used on a desktop PC.
Can i use that? (after I downgrade the Win 7 Home desktop PC I used it on)

The laptop does not have a cd/dvd internal if that makes any difference.



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The upgrade Win7 Pro DVD can be used, the product key cannot.
- i.e. you need another Win7 Pro license



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msft mvp consumer apps

On 01/08/2014 07:19 PM, OldGuy wrote:
OK but what about MC?




according to this, it's included with Win7


http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/w...-center/get-it

philo wrote:

On 01/08/2014 07:19 PM, OldGuy wrote:

OK but what about MC?

according to this, it's included with Win7

You missed off the important part

"Home Premium, Professional, and Ultimate editions"

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/w...-center/get-it