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Windows 7: Can a Win 7 Home Pre. serial work on a Win 7 Ultimate?
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26 Oct 2009
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Can a Win 7 Home Pre. serial work on a Win 7 Ultimate?
I just purchased a copy of Win 7 Home Pre. Upgrade (Student Deal) and now a buddy of mines is going to lend me his copy of Win 7 Ultimate. Will my Win 7 Home Pre. serial work on a Win 7 Ultimate? or do I need to purchase me a serial for Ultimate?
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26 Oct 2009
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Windows 7 Ultimate The Southern Hinterlands |
Absolutely not and what you and your friend are contmplating is Piracy. If you wish to run Windows 7 Ultimate, you should be able to purchase it from your school.
Last edited by Tews; 26 Oct 2009 at 02:58 AM..
| | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number ASUSTeK Computer INC. CM5675
OS Windows 7 Ultimate
CPU Core(TM) i5 CPU 650 @ 3.20GHz
Motherboard ASUSTeK Computer INC. CM5675
Memory 6.00 GB
Graphics Card Intel(R) HD Graphics
Sound Card Intel HD integtrated
Monitor(s) Displays Samsung 24'
Screen Resolution 1900/1020
Hard Drives (1) INTEL SSD SA2M120G2GC ATA Device (2) ST31000528AS ATA Device
Internet Speed 30mb
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26 Oct 2009
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Win7 Enterprise, Win7 x86 (Ult 7600), Win7 x64 Ult 7600, TechNet RTM on AMD x64 (2.8Ghz) SomeWhere in the HOT Arizona Desert ! |
Serial # (Key Codes) tied to particular versions of Windows 7 (but same for 32 bit & 64 bit of same version) but only 1 key valid with 1 computer at a time  | | My System Specs | | Computer type PC/Desktop
System Manufacturer/Model Number Built them myself, Science Experiments !
OS Win7 Enterprise, Win7 x86 (Ult 7600), Win7 x64 Ult 7600, TechNet RTM on AMD x64 (2.8Ghz)
CPU AMD fx8350 4ghz, AMD-32 2400mhz, AMD-64 3200mhz, AMDx64 2.8G
Motherboard SIS 755, ECS-K8M890M-M (Ult 7600), GigaByte & others
Memory 2gb, 4gb on the Ult 7600, 4gb on Technet RTM, 32gb on FX8350
Graphics Card Draw my own Graphics, several nVidia cards
Sound Card on motherboard
Monitor(s) Displays 19" flat scr, 28" I-Inc widescr,22" Emprex Widescr, 23" Acer
Screen Resolution 1280 x 1024, 1440 x 900, 1920 x 1080
Keyboard Compaq & Dell recycled from GoodWill
Mouse Made in China Optical Wired Mouse
PSU 430w, 550w, 600w, 700, 800, etc
Case All Generic Full Towers
Cooling Open Air & a few fans, some w/ colored LEDs
Hard Drives 6 pata Ide HD's & 2 Sata HD's
added 80gb external on Ult 7600 computer,
numerous extra 1tb, 2TB, 3Tb SATA HD's
A collection of ext HD Docks w/ HDs
Internet Speed Fast Cable InterNet
Antivirus AVG Free on 24 different Desktops, NO Problems!
Browser IE 8 is preferred, but use FireFox sometimes
Other Info Linksys Routers, switches, & Hubs
Too Many USB Flash Drives to count, Biggest is 64GB !
Eight computers in my home network.
Sixteen computers at my business network.
Linked via TeamViewer !
Lots of old used spare computer parts everywhere!
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26 Oct 2009
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your home serial will not work on ultimate, you need a key for the ultimate edition to get ultimate. to be honest, i wouldnt waste my money on ultimate and get the pro if you need windows xp mode, unless you need muti language and boot to vhd image support. other than those 2 things they are the same | | My System Specs | | OS Windows 7 (Build 7068)
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26 Oct 2009
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Windows 7 Ultimate, OS X 10.7, Ubuntu 11.04 Pembroke |
I'm sorry, questions like this make me laugh.
If it worked like that people would buy Home Premium and just download a Ultimate DVD on the internet, and use it that way. MS would not ever allow something like this. | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Custom | Whitebox
OS Windows 7 Ultimate, OS X 10.7, Ubuntu 11.04
CPU Intel E6750 @ 3.80GHz
Motherboard Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3L (Revision 1.1)
Memory 2x2GB & 2x1GB (6GB) OCZ Reaper 1066MHz @ 1080MHz
Graphics Card EVGA nVidia GTX 260 896mb (216 Core) FTW Edition
Sound Card Realtek ALC888
Monitor(s) Displays 21" VIZIO TV
Screen Resolution 1680x1050 @ 60Hz
Keyboard Logitech Wireless S520
Mouse Logitech Wireless S520 - Microsoft Wireless Arc Mouse
PSU Corsair 750W
Case NZXT Nemesis Elite
Cooling Thermaltake SpinQ
Hard Drives Western Digital WD6401AALS - 640GB
Hitachi HDP725016GLA380 - 160GB
Internet Speed Download: 20mbps, Upload: 3mbps
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26 Oct 2009
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Quote: Originally Posted by Tews  Absolutely not and what you and your friend are doing is Piracy. If you wish to run Windows 7 Ultimate, you should be able to purchase it from your school. I haven't installed Home Pre. yet and tried to use the code yet on another version, so I haven't done nothing as you have suggested. | | My System Specs | | |
26 Oct 2009
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Win7 x64 Ultimate SP1 So California |
Quote: Originally Posted by djfirestorm your home serial will not work on ultimate, you need a key for the ultimate edition to get ultimate. to be honest, i wouldnt waste my money on ultimate and get the pro if you need windows xp mode, unless you need muti language and boot to vhd image support. other than those 2 things they are the same Actually there is a few more, like backing up to a network and bit-locker.
Ken | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Dell Optiplex 980
OS Win7 x64 Ultimate SP1
CPU Intel i7-2600
Memory 8 Gig
Graphics Card Geforce gt 520
Monitor(s) Displays LG & Acer
Screen Resolution 1920x1080
Internet Speed Fios 45/35
Other Info Windows Home Server
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26 Oct 2009
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Windows 7 Ultimate x64 (Retail) Honolulu, HI, USA |
But perhaps the poster is only interested in using the Ultimate disk to install Home Premium. . . That is possible. You have to edit the install disk to delete the sources/ei.cfg file. There are a few steps involved in doing that but once you have removed this file, you can select to install Home Premium and use your H.P key to activate it. And there is nothing illegal about doing that. | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number HP DV8t quad
OS Windows 7 Ultimate x64 (Retail)
CPU i7-Q 720
Motherboard Motherboard Chipset Intel Ibex Peak-M PM55, Intel Lynnfield
Memory 6 GB
Graphics Card nVidia GeForce GT 230M (1GB)
Sound Card IDT High Definition Audio CODEC
Monitor(s) Displays 18.4 inch HP Infinity FHD (Samsung 184HT03-001)
Screen Resolution 1920 x 1080
Keyboard laptop
Mouse Logitech VX Revolution
Cooling Zalman NC-2000 notebook cooling pad
Hard Drives Hitachi 500GB 7200 rpm (x2)
Seagate FreeAgent 1.5 TB External USB (x2)
Thermaltake BlacX eSATA/USB 2.0 3.5/2.5 HD dock
Other Info Backup Unit: Lenovo T61p
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26 Oct 2009
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Windows 7 Ultimate The Southern Hinterlands |
Quote: Originally Posted by lget6
Quote: Originally Posted by Tews Absolutely not and what you and your friend are doing is Piracy. If you wish to run Windows 7 Ultimate, you should be able to purchase it from your school. I haven't installed Home Pre. yet and tried to use the code yet on another version, so I haven't done nothing as you have suggested. I have edited my original post to "contemplating Piracy".. I stand by the rest of my post... | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number ASUSTeK Computer INC. CM5675
OS Windows 7 Ultimate
CPU Core(TM) i5 CPU 650 @ 3.20GHz
Motherboard ASUSTeK Computer INC. CM5675
Memory 6.00 GB
Graphics Card Intel(R) HD Graphics
Sound Card Intel HD integtrated
Monitor(s) Displays Samsung 24'
Screen Resolution 1900/1020
Hard Drives (1) INTEL SSD SA2M120G2GC ATA Device (2) ST31000528AS ATA Device
Internet Speed 30mb
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26 Oct 2009
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Windows 7 Home Premium x64 - Mac OS X 10.6.4 x64 North Carolina, United States of America |
Quote: Originally Posted by harpua But perhaps the poster is only interested in using the Ultimate disk to install Home Premium. . . That is possible. You have to edit the install disk to delete the sources/ei.cfg file. There are a few steps involved in doing that but once you have removed this file, you can select to install Home Premium and use your H.P key to activate it. And there is nothing illegal about doing that. Actually not...remember that the Ultimate Edition Disc will go straight to Ultimate Installation...
I believe ei.cfg would need to be modified/removed | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Compal JFT02 (Custom Build Laptop)
OS Windows 7 Home Premium x64 - Mac OS X 10.6.4 x64
CPU Intel Core 2 Duo T9300 2.5 GHz
Motherboard JFT02
Memory 4GB Kingston DDR2-800
Graphics Card NVIDIA Geforce 8600M GT (512MB Model)
Sound Card Realtek HD Audio
Monitor(s) Displays WUXGA Standard Laptop Display
Screen Resolution 1680*1050
Keyboard Standard Laptop 105 Key-Keyboard
Mouse Synaptics Touchpad
PSU Standard Laptop Power Supply
Case Standard Laptop Case
Cooling Standard Laptop Cooling
Hard Drives Toshiba 320GB 5400RPM Laptop HD
Internet Speed Verizion Online DSL 3360/864 kbs (dl/up)
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