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Will Windows 7 Upgrade work on Windows 7 trial version?
Sorry about the crosspost - I think I put the thread in the wrong category before. Newbie here, obviously.
Short version - Will the Windows 7 Professional upgrade key activate a Windows Professional trial version?
The details, if needed:
System - Mac w/Lion running Parallels so I can run Windows 7 software
Purchased already - Windows 7 Home Premium full retail version
My old Windows machine was dying and my family wanted to move this last family member PC holdout over to Mac. This is my first experience with Mac. My grown son wanted to make it as easy for me as possible, so he loaded a trial version of Windows 7 on the new Mac and got everything set up in parallels for me. The idea was that after I transferred all my files over to the new machine I could just move the activation over to the new machine and we would trash the ancient PC.
I was all set last night to officially activate the trial version when I discovered that the new machine's trial version is Windows 7 Professional, not Windows 7 Home Premium.
What I need to find out is if I purchase the retail Windows 7 Professional Upgrade version, could I simply enter that product key and not have to uninstall and reinstall now that I have the trail version for pro all nice and settled. I really do not want to have to uninstall, especially with the added complication of Parallels, install Home and then upgrade. I want 'KISS' and simply enter the product key for the professional upgrade and just keep on working with my set up system. Will that work?