Change from Home Premium to Pro without Anytime Upgrade


  1. Jeffro7
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    Change from Home Premium to Pro without Anytime Upgrade


    Hi Everyone - New here. I've searched and haven't seen this addressed specifically, so any help will be appreciated.

    I currently am running win 7 home premium upgrade. I purchased this upgrade and have the media. I also recently purchased win 7 professional upgrade. Both versions are 64 bit. I'd like to 'change' from my retail copy of home premium to my retail copy/key of professional. Any suggestions on how I can do this without a clean install?

    Can I simply 'enter new key'? Can I enter an "anytime upgrade" key? Can I do an upgrade in place using the Win 7 Pro media?

    Thanks,
    Jeff
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  3. theog
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    Hi

    This may be of help:

    using a upgrade key with anytime upgrade

    http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/w...nytime-upgrade
    Last edited by theog; 07 Jan 2010 at 08:49. Reason: add link
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  4. Jeffro7
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    Thanks very much. I did this and it worked with no problems!
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