My.comp.wont.upgrade.to.Home.Premium....

thepivotstudent said:

Yea well that sucks 714.. sorry..I've been entering the code for the last 2 weeks. And I'm not buying shit from Office Depot.

Derekimo if my upgrade tests say I can then why is it that I won't upgrade then..

PLEASE just do the restore to factory conditions, and then retry the upgrade.

YOU WILL GET NO FURTHER until you have done that.

If you still could not resolve the Anytime Upgrade problem. I suggest you do the following.

Anytime upgrade key will work for both 32 bit and 64 bit systems. Eventhough you have a netbook, with proper upgrade key you can make the Windows 7 starter edition to either HP, Professional or even Ultimate.

Remove the Anytime upgrade key from registry at

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\WindowsAnytimeUpgrade\

Reboot the system and check your netbook is activated and validated. Now try the Anytime Upgrade Procedure again. Make sure your system is on internet while you are doing the upgrade process. Otherwise the Upgrade will fail.

Well, I returned the Key. So do i copy it and delete the key?

Nvm. Already did that. So try the upgrade again? After I reboot it?

I'm guessing this isn't a proper key or something. It still failed. Windows is activated. Hell, I can give you the old Product key (the one I returned) and the Win 7 Starter one just to make sure that it is genuine.

Well, gonna try backing up my stuff for the restore..Unless someone else has an option.

thepivotstudent said:

Well, gonna try backing up my stuff for the restore..Unless someone else has an option.

....finally! )

Yup.

*sigh* One more backup until factory settings...but I'm not too sure I should do it, since 2 technicians said it wasn't built for home premium... what to do..

derekimo said:

Do the factory reset, try the anytime upgrade.

Okay, I'll try it tomorrow. And i'll start a new fresh backup in the morning.