I have a machine running Windows 7 Home Premium. I have purchased a Windows 7 Pro upgrade. There are only two upgrade options. The first is to go through Anytime Upgrade ... which apparently is no longer supported by Microsoft. Or to wipe everything out and install from scratch ... which is not really an option.
So how does one upgrade Windows 7 in a Windows 10 world? Can you use slmgr.vbs to plug in the Pro key without going through the upgrade process?
You could do the free upgrade to 10 Home, then just click change key and enter your Pro key to go to 10 Pro. Once you activate 10 Pro you'll have a digital entitlement for that PC. You can then clean install 10 Pro anytime you want after that. You'll actually have a digital entitlement for 10 Home for that PC too. I do believe the anytime upgrade is only for going to a better version of Windows 7, not another newer OS.
If you go here, https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10 there is an upgrade this PC now option that will upgrade you to 10 Home. You can also download an ISO for latter use.
My Computer
At a glance
Windows 10 Education 64 bitAMD Phenom II X4 980 Black Edition Deneb 3.7GHz8GB 4GBx2 Kingston PC10600 DDR3 1333 MemoryZotac NVIDIA Geforce GT640 2 Gig DDR3 PCIe
Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Home Built
OS
Windows 10 Education 64 bit
CPU
AMD Phenom II X4 980 Black Edition Deneb 3.7GHz
Motherboard
Asus M4N68T-M V2 µATX Motherboard
Memory
8GB 4GBx2 Kingston PC10600 DDR3 1333 Memory
Graphics Card(s)
Zotac NVIDIA Geforce GT640 2 Gig DDR3 PCIe
Sound Card
VIA VT1708s High Definition Audio 8-channel Onboard
Hi and welcome to SevenForums,
Where did you buy this win 7 pro upgrade from that I have seen there isn't any "upgrade" version around only oem/ system builders copies for clean installs
The only "upgrades" are from win-10 Home to Pro and possibly enterprise = I suppose this is the win-10 world you speak of
Anytime upgrade was broken soon after win-8 was released I believe ?
Now it would refer someone to a win-10 upgrade offer.
My Computer
At a glance
Win-7-Pro64bit 7-H-Prem-64biti7-5930K 2nd i9-9940x both water blocked VRM'...Trident-z 3200C14 2nd Trident-z 3600C16EVGA 1080ti ftw3 2nd Titan Xp both water blocked
Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Custom assembled by me :}
OS
Win-7-Pro64bit 7-H-Prem-64bit
CPU
i7-5930K 2nd i9-9940x both water blocked VRM's too
2nd ASUS X299 Apex/Intel i9-9940x with Custom water loop/7H-Prem-x64/Corsair 450D case/Ram Trident-z 3600C16 4x8gb / Samsung970Evo plus 500gb SSD/Dual ssd EZ swap evo/PSU EVGA SuperNova 1200w-P2 80+Platinum/GPU Titan Xp /8-ML-140 on push-pull on 2-280GTX rads
Can you use slmgr.vbs to plug in the Pro key without going through the upgrade process?
