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Installed 7 Home on a Laptop that already had 7 Pro..Want to Upgrade?
Hi to everyone,
I have two older laptops we are going to offer to a couple people that could use a computer. The first one had locked up and had a battery recognizing issue, so I took my old disk copy of Windows 7 Home and re-installed windows. I then had an issue with receiving proper updates and getting them activated, so I called Microsoft support.
After a bit on the phone, I had the stunning conclusion that these laptops came from the manufacturer with Windows 7 Pro already installed, and the lady confirmed (at least on this laptop) that the product key underneath the laptop was valid. (But I don't have a Win 7 Pro disk)
So we did something right from there that allowed me to upgrade windows and then activate the product key. We then went back into properties to confirm Windows 7 Pro was in fact running, and that the license said it was active.
I am now trying to do the 2nd laptop but of course a month has gone by and I can't completely recall what we did. If I don't need to, I would rather not have to call the help line and spend the time. Not that it's not resourceful, but if someone could outline steps, I am confident I can start by trying to do it myself. We didn't need a disk and all I remember is Microsoft logo key + R and then I typed Slui 3 or Slui 4 but that may have been for activating once I upgraded.
I did try to type every search into the net first and try some things. Mostly the "anytime upgrade" comes back as a suggestion, however, I think that has expired plus I don't have an upgrade key (it says not to use my product key unless that's wrong).
Thanks a ton. Appreciate everyone's feedback.
Jp