Technet edition -- can't upgrade W7 Pro to Ultimate


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    Technet edition -- can't upgrade W7 Pro to Ultimate


    Hi there
    Since they messed around with Technet reducing nr of keys to 5 etc there seems to be another problem.

    I can't upgrade a Version of X-86 W7 Professional to x-86 W7 Ultimate any more -- I want the Ultimate edition to test out the Multi Language packs for some International Users.

    Now I get a message saying to Upgrade one edition of Windows to another you have to go to Windows Anytime Upgrade which then seems to want some sort of payment.

    I don't really want to do a clean install as I need to test whether the update works.

    Anyway round this problem -The W7 editions are both X-86 and genuine technet downloaded editions with valid keys.

    I upgraded from a Starter edition on a Netbook to W7 Pro without any problems before so in W7 PRO to ULTIMATE should work.

    What gives. ???


    Cheers
    jimbo


    edited -- problem solved


    Hi there

    I entered a Key from the OLD ( 10 key set before the change to 5) when prompted for Upgrade key And it worked fine No money etc needed and it only took 10 mins

    Jimbo
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    Hi Jim -

    MS wants us to use Anytime Upgrade to move between versions of Win7, but as you found out retail keys will work in Anytime.

    There is also a workaround to in-place Upgrade within Win7 including to lesser versions which Anytime won't do.
      My Computer


 

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