HP key to Ultimate?


  1. Posts : 4
    Windows 7 Ultimate
       #1

    HP key to Ultimate?


    hello, i just got the BETA of windows 7, i upgraded from vista HP to windows 7 ultimate..

    now heres what im wondering.. i got a dell which came with a free upgrade to windows 7..

    now i think its just for the home premium edition.. but will that KEY CODE work for ultimate??
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  2. Posts : 3,639
    Windows 7 Ultimate, OS X 10.7, Ubuntu 11.04
       #2

    Joelsopher said:
    hello, i just got the BETA of windows 7, i upgraded from vista HP to windows 7 ultimate..

    now heres what im wondering.. i got a dell which came with a free upgrade to windows 7..

    now i think its just for the home premium edition.. but will that KEY CODE work for ultimate??
    Work on the Beta/RC of Windows 7? No

    Work on anything other then Home Premium? No otherwise a lot of people would just get home premium and install Ultimate instead, then activate it.

    Feel free to ask more questions.
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  3. Posts : 4
    Windows 7 Ultimate
    Thread Starter
       #3

    fook!!!!!!!!!

    well what can i do :S?

    i need to get back to windows 7 home premium then i suppose...

    ultimate seems to be running amazingly though! i like it..

    i tried system restore.. but the only restore point was a "critical update" which im not 100% sure is.. i dont want to click it just incase it ****s up!
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  4. Posts : 3,639
    Windows 7 Ultimate, OS X 10.7, Ubuntu 11.04
       #4

    Joelsopher said:
    fook!!!!!!!!!

    well what can i do :S?

    i need to get back to windows 7 home premium then i suppose...

    ultimate seems to be running amazingly though! i like it..

    i tried system restore.. but the only restore point was a "critical update" which im not 100% sure is.. i dont want to click it just incase it ****s up!
    I hope you know that the Beta has already expired, and the Release Canidate will expire March 1st 2010 (I believe).
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  5. Posts : 795
    windows 7 RTM x64
       #5

    unfortunately you will have to do a reinstall of home premium, there is no way to do an "in-place" installation going from ultimate downgrading to a lower edition. (ie. home premium) when you do the clean install, it will put all your files in the "windows.old" folder and you can just copy them back into your profile, but you will have to reinstall all your apps.
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  6. Posts : 4
    Windows 7 Ultimate
    Thread Starter
       #6

    im not sure what copy i have.. but i have the one where u can do that 30 day trial thing over and over again..

    all i want to do is downgrade to windows 7 HP..
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  7. Posts : 4
    Windows 7 Ultimate
    Thread Starter
       #7

    ccatlett1984 said:
    unfortunately you will have to do a reinstall of home premium, there is no way to do an "in-place" installation going from ultimate downgrading to a lower edition. (ie. home premium) when you do the clean install, it will put all your files in the "windows.old" folder and you can just copy them back into your profile, but you will have to reinstall all your apps.
    what do you mean by clean install.. you mean SYSTEM RESTORE back to vista? then install it again but pick HP instead of ultimate?
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  8. Posts : 11,840
    64-bit Windows 8.1 Pro
       #8

    Just use the re-arm command until your upgrade disc arrives ... then do a clean install of HP...

    Good Luck!
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