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Solved OS Upgrade - Product Key Question
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I have never done an upgrade of my OSes and have this question:
If you buy an upgrade from e.g. Home Premium to Ultimate from MS and download the .iso, does that come with a new product key. Is the product key part of the .iso or do they send that by seperate mail.
OR, does the upgrade retain the product key of the Home Premium in the case of an in-place upgrade (not new install).
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Hello Wolfgang,
They should give you a new product key with the upgrade version.
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When I upgraded from Home Premium to Pro, I downloaded the ISO and the key was sent via Email.
I never have used the ISO, I just put the key in using anytime upgrade and about 10 or 15 Min. and a reboot I was upgraded.
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Thanks guys. That's what I thought, but wanted to make sure.
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You're welcome Wolfgang. Glad we could help.
Computer type PC/Desktop Computer Manufacturer/Model Number Self built custom OS 64-bit Windows 11 Pro for Workstations CPU Intel i7-8700K OC'd to 5 GHz Motherboard ASUS ROG Maximus XI Formula Z390 Memory 64 GB (4x16GB) G.SKILL TridentZ RGB DDR4 3600 MHz Graphics Card(s) ASUS ROG-STRIX-GTX1080TI-O11G-GAMING Sound Card Integrated Monitor(s) Displays 2 x Samsung Odyssey G7 27" Screen Resolution 2560x1440 Hard Drives 1TB Samsung 990 PRO M.2,
4TB Samsung 990 PRO PRO M.2,
TerraMaster F8 SSD Plus NAS PSU Seasonic Prime Titanium 850W Case Thermaltake Core P3 Cooling Corsair Hydro H115i Keyboard Logitech wireless K800 Mouse Logitech MX Master 4 Internet Speed 2 Gb/s Download and 100 Mb/s Upload Antivirus Malwarebyte Anti-Malware Premium Browser Google Chrome Other Info Logitech Z625 speaker system,
Logitech BRIO 4K Pro webcam,
HP Color LaserJet Pro MFP M477fdn,
APC SMART-UPS RT 1000 XL - SURT1000XLI,
Galaxy S23 Plus phone