Windows Anytime Upgrade with Technet key

blackroseMD1 · 13 May 2010

OK, so I had a look around the forums and found plenty of topics on WAU, but they didn't answer my question.

I'm about to go buy a netbook with Win7 Starter and I was wondering if I would be able to use one of my Technet keys to upgrade to Home Premium. Anyone know?

Thanks,
Brian

Jonathan_King · 13 May 2010

Should be able to. I have used a Student Upgrade key to do an Anytime from HP.

Unfortunately, even though I have posted several times, no one has given me any feedback about whether it worked for them. I am the only one I know of who has tried it, and it worked for me.

blackroseMD1 · 13 May 2010

Jonathan_King said:

Should be able to. I have used a Student Upgrade key to do an Anytime from HP.

Unfortunately, even though I have posted several times, no one has given me any feedback about whether it worked for them. I am the only one I know of who has tried it, and it worked for me.

Well, I went and bought the netbook, so I'm gonna try it now. I'll post back on if it works or not.

Edit: Seems to be working so far. It accepted the key and has started the upgrade. Just have to see now if it will activate with the key.

gregrocker · 13 May 2010

Let us know if it activates. If not, there is a workaround to in-place Upgrade to another Win7 version, or just do a clean install using your Technet installer and key.

Jonathan_King · 13 May 2010

You shouldn't need to reactivate after the Anytime upgrade.

blackroseMD1 · 13 May 2010

gregrocker said:

Let us know if it activates. If not, there is a workaround to in-place Upgrade to another Win7 version, or just do a clean install using your Technet installer and key.

Eh, I'm just doing this as a test for now. After this I am going to wipe it out and clean install HP so that I can get rid of the crapware that's on it. It's up to 65%, so it should be done in the next few minutes. I'll report back.

Edit: Upgraded fine and activated fine with a Home Premium key from Technet. You do have to reactivate, but it activated perfectly over the internet. Also, the upgrade from Starter to Home Premium took about 6 minutes, including the restarts. Not bad at all.