Will a Windows 7 Pro key Activate Windows 7 Ultimate?


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    OSX
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    Will a Windows 7 Pro key Activate Windows 7 Ultimate?


    I am a student and I recently purchased Windows 7 Professional through the $30 student program. However, I have been running the beta and have heard that there are some issues regarding upgrading from Beta which is the Ultimate edition to a lesser edition (ie Pro). I have access to a copy of Windows 7 Ultimate... but I don't have a genuine key for it, however I do have a genuine windows 7 Pro key. Will the windows 7 Professional key activate windows 7 Ultimate?

    Thanks!
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    64-bit Windows 8.1 Pro
       #2

    No... you will need an Ultimate key for the Ultimate disc... If you have a full version of Windows 7 Professional, you can do a clean install, but you will need to reinstall your apps... Be sure you backup your data if you decide to do this..
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  3. Posts : 170
    Windows 7 X64
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    When you purchased your student copy it should have given you a link to a program to download your install DVD. That is how you get the disk. Now burning that into a DVD is a whole other story, but you need to download the software first.
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  4. Posts : 6
    Windows 7 Ultimate
       #4

    no, I have a phrase: "one thing is one thing, another thing is another thing"
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  5. Posts : 2
    OSX
    Thread Starter
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    Yeah.... I understand how to download the software I purchased and all. But I have been reading that people have had trouble upgrading from Windows 7 RC Ultimate to Windows 7 Professional. I wanted to avoid that problem. Is anyone aware of how to resolve the issues with the upgrade from Windows 7 RC Ultimate to Windows 7 Professional?
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  6. Posts : 2,606
    Windows 7 Pro X64 SP1
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    hoagiedogy said:
    I am a student and I recently purchased Windows 7 Professional through the $30 student program. However, I have been running the beta and have heard that there are some issues regarding upgrading from Beta which is the Ultimate edition to a lesser edition (ie Pro). I have access to a copy of Windows 7 Ultimate... but I don't have a genuine key for it, however I do have a genuine windows 7 Pro key. Will the windows 7 Professional key activate windows 7 Ultimate?

    Thanks!
    Of course you can't activate Win7 Ultimate with a Pro key.

    You can do a custom (clean) install of Win7 Pro. You could do that even if the student version was only an upgrade. (I've read that it's a full version.)

    It may be possible to hack the release installer to permit an upgrade-in-place from the RC (release candidate) to Win7 Pro, but I've not done it. I'd recommend a clean install, even if there was a supported upgrade path.
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    Windows 7 X64
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    hoagiedogy said:
    Yeah.... I understand how to download the software I purchased and all. But I have been reading that people have had trouble upgrading from Windows 7 RC Ultimate to Windows 7 Professional. I wanted to avoid that problem. Is anyone aware of how to resolve the issues with the upgrade from Windows 7 RC Ultimate to Windows 7 Professional?
    Well I don't understand the problem then. Here's the way I see it: go download this disk format your hard drive and install it. Quite trolling the internet for the answer to a stupid question. When you installed the RC you must have or should have thought in the back oh your head that you will have to do a clean install at some point. You've spent more time typing and reading post then it takes to install 7. There that's my opinion and the solution to your problem.
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  8. Posts : 5,795
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64 SP1
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    The bigger question is why would you want to upgrade from the RC version? Do a full, clean install so you have the best possible system when it is completed. I can hear the follow up question, but no, it doesn't take too long or too much work to do a clean install.
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  9. Posts : 11,408
    ME/XP/Vista/Win7
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    DeaconFrost said:
    The bigger question is why would you want to upgrade from the RC version? Do a full, clean install so you have the best possible system when it is completed. I can hear the follow up question, but no, it doesn't take too long or too much work to do a clean install.
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    I like it.
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