Windows 7: Win7 Pro 64bit Upgrade Key w/ Prem 32bit Upgrade Disk

To avoid the Student Win 7 hassle (upgrading Vista 32 to Win 7 Pro 64 bit ISO burn, etc), can I simply use the Home Prem 32 Upgrade (for my other computer) arriving this afternoon with my 64bit Pro upgrade key & end up with the 64bit Pro installation?

Thanks.

No... you can only update to the same version that you have installed... Home to Home... etc.

Hmmn. Not sure it I expressed my question fully as this makes life tougher & I may have wasted $30.

I guess what I was really asking was if the disks included in a boxed version of Win 7 32bit Home Premium upgrade could be used to install Win 7 64bit Pro as I have a valid Win 7 64bit Pro upgrade key. (edit: I know a "clean install" from the upgrade would be needed.)

I guess I need to clear up the version upgrade issue: All the "guides" seem to suggest that an existing Vista Home Prem could be upgraded to Windows 7 Pro if I purchased the Pro upgrade. However - you are stating that is incorrect and an upgrade license must be for the equivilent level (Vista Home Prem to Win 7 Home Prem) and not a higher level. So then to install Windows 7 Pro, that would imply that I must have an activvated Pro version of Vista/XP installed or have an already activated lesser version of Win 7. Correct?

Just got off phone with bestbuy. They said I can buy the Windows 7 pro 64bit upgrade for $199 and it will work on my laptop.

I have vista home prem 32bit


I think the geek is wrong, is he?



~Carmine


I wish I could buy this ( can't really afford ) what do you think

Gateway - Laptop with Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor - NightSky Black - NV7802U

ahhhhhh haaaaaaa

bestbuy wrong!!!!!

The single key will activate both versions...

so it would work on my laptop?

This is a trick question!! The premium upgrade you want to use is pre-designated as premium. So I will say you will not be able to install a Professional version, even with a Pro key, from a Premium install DVD.

A single key will probably be usable for either a 32 or 64 bit install of the same version. If you are a student, they seem to be selling those by a single DVD with a separate key for each.

Sounds like we might be talking apples and oranges, which has been a rather large problem during the release of this OS. Because there has not yet been much feedback from folks that have actually done installs, there are still many uncertain possibilities.

two different versions. Home prem and Pro. keys arent interchangable. If versions were the same then no prob

Ken

That is what I read yesterday on the Microsoft website.

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