7 Upgrade

[Gerald Earl]

I am running Windows 7 Ultimate RTM 7600. Can I just upgrade when the public release is available or do I have to do a clean install?? Thjanks

 

[Brink]

Hello Gerald, and welcome to Seven Forums.

Yes, you can do a upgrade install to the newer retail Windows 7.

Shawn

 

[Dark Nova Gamer]

Hello Gerald, and welcome to Seven Forums.

Yes, you can do a upgrade install to the newer retail Windows 7.

Shawn

You can upgrade from W7 Ult. RTM to W7 RTM?

 

[Zidane24]

Hello Gerald, and welcome to Seven Forums.

Yes, you can do a upgrade install to the newer retail Windows 7.

Shawn

The RTM right now and the one in the stores will be the same...

He will just enter his key for the edition he buys unless he has Ultimate installed and buys a Home Premium key...

 

[Brink]

It's basically doing a repair install, but it's not worth doing it unless it has newer build number. So far it does not look like it will be. In this case, he may be able to just enter that product key number in instead if it's the same edition of Windows 7.

 

[bobkn]

If Win7 is like Vista, an existing installation won't accept an upgrade key. I believe it would take a full version key, though.