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You can extend that 30 days at a time for a total of 120 days if you need more time.Hmmm, considering that it took over an hour to find the phone number to talk to a real human being in Windows tech support, I am wondering if it should matter. JK
Actually, once I did finally find the phone number the tech was very kind and patient. She confirmed that if I bought the upgrade the key would work without having to reinstall. Even with that assurance, I have found it difficult to trust a purchase without hearing from someone who actually did it and found it to be true. My guess is that if she was wrong it would be me to get stuck with the added cost and still have to reinstall everything.
As the day has gone on though, I am finding that I feel more confident in being able to follow Parallels documentation to protect my data, help me with the uninstall, install of Home Premium, and then set the data to be shared again. I would still have to install software and set that all back up again, but the dread is much less than what I felt this morning.
So my plan is to try the method to downgrade that was mentioned by gregrocker. If it works, great. It saved me the trouble of starting over. If it doesn't, well it can all be back up and to the level I have it now in two days or less. sigh. But, I am not doing it tomorrow. It is my birthday and I plan on not inviting headaches when they can wait another day or two. My 30-day Windows trial is good through Sunday. I know what I will be doing all weekend.
https://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials...-120-days.html