Ultimate key with home premium disk will it work

Hello all

Well as the title says i have a genuine ultimate key from work left over from copies bought for testing but no ultimate install discs

I can get my hands on copies of home premium or professional that i can borrow/copy but what i want to know is there a difference in the discs so if i use ultimate key will i end up with a fully working install of ultimate or will it default back to disc type or will it just not work

Or does anyone know of the download link from digital river or somewhere where i can obtain a copy (i dont mean torrents by the way im not into that) if thats allowed.

Any input gratefully recieved

Pauly said:

Hello all

Well as the title says i have a genuine ultimate key from work left over from copies bought for testing but no ultimate install discs

I can get my hands on copies of home premium or professional that i can borrow/copy but what i want to know is there a difference in the discs so if i use ultimate key will i end up with a fully working install of ultimate or will it default back to disc type or will it just not work

Or does anyone know of the download link from digital river or somewhere where i can obtain a copy (i dont mean torrents by the way im not into that) if thats allowed.

Any input gratefully recieved

The key determines what you get. I have heard that not entering the key during installation, will make the system ask what version is wanted. The DVD are all the same except for the bit

Hope that I have helped you, since you have helped so many.

Hello Pauly, as richc said, the key determines what you get.

I'm going to send you a PM so stay around for a few

bobkn said:

richc46 said:

The key determines what you get. If you do not put your key, while installing, you will be asked what version you are interested in. The DVD are all the same except for the bit

Hope that I have helped you, since you have helped so many.

Are you quite sure that's true?

I have a retail upgrade version. Its ei.cfg file labels it as Home Premium, Retail.

Would this installer accept an Ultimate key?

I vaguely recall reading that this file can be eliminated to produce a generic installer, but I haven't tried it.

Based upon every response, on other posts, from people I respect, I would say yes.
But did not do it myslef. Another poster on this thread also agrees.

richc46 said:

bobkn said:

richc46 said:

The key determines what you get. If you do not put your key, while installing, you will be asked what version you are interested in. The DVD are all the same except for the bit

Hope that I have helped you, since you have helped so many.

Are you quite sure that's true?

I have a retail upgrade version. Its ei.cfg file labels it as Home Premium, Retail.

Would this installer accept an Ultimate key?

I vaguely recall reading that this file can be eliminated to produce a generic installer, but I haven't tried it.

Based upon every response, on other posts, from people I respect, I would say yes.
But did not do it myslef. Another poster on this thread also agrees.

Deleting the ei.cfg does allow the ability to choose the version during installation. Although not entering a key doesn't.

Thanks everyone for their responses, got this problem sorted another member kindly helped me out with an ultimate disc so i can get the install done