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| Thread ID: 127485 | 2012-10-25 15:21:00 | upgrading to Windows 8 | lostsoul62 (16011) | Press F1 |
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| 1308676 | 2012-10-25 20:54:00 | OEM shouldn't be a problem? I'm going to get an upgrade for my laptop and put it on the 2nd HDD, if everything goes OK (with drivers, software etc) I'll pull everything over to my main HDD. | The Error Guy (14052) | ||
| 1308677 | 2012-10-25 20:54:00 | I haven't done it but I think it goes something like install the OS with no key which makes it a 30 day "trial", then add the key to activate it later. I think there are some other steps as well. You cant install Windows 8 as a trial as it comes. The RTM stops at the "enter product key" There is no option to skip it like previous versions. BUT there is a way around that ( as you would expect) after doing a bit of googling, you can add in a file to the ISO and that then allows you to install without a product key (as a trial but no idea how long as w8 tries to activate when on the internet) as well as giving you the options of installing either Windows 8 or Windows 8 pro (semi universal DVD like Windows 7 ). BUT of course you will still need a legit product key to activate it. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1308678 | 2012-10-25 21:02:00 | Also, with Win8, if you don't activate you don't get access to some features so a trial install isn't going to give you the full experience. | CYaBro (73) | ||
| 1308679 | 2012-10-25 21:02:00 | What is the story if you want to upgrade from Windows 7 OEM? I have not had much luck using Google to get the answer to this question. If you brought the PC between 2 June 2012 and 31 January 2013 you can get a upgrade for $19.99 www.windowsupgradeoffer.com If out of that date range you can pickup an upgrade for around $40.00 blogs.windows.com other wise you cna also buy it in shops, but that will more than likely cost more than the downloaded version. | wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1308680 | 2012-10-25 23:58:00 | I know that with Windows 7, as long as Windows XP or Vista was installed when the DVD was booted you could do a clean install with an upgrade and still have it activate just fine - this wouldn't work for a blank hard drive. Hence my question. ;) All you had to do when prompted for a qualifying OS, was to put your XP, etc full version in your DVD drive and it would use that, then you take it back out and put your Win 7 disk back in and it would carry on and install. I was a way of getting a clean install from an upgrade. You're not getting a clean install installing over the top of a previous OS, and if you install onto another partition/drive, then you can have other problems. It works well with a mouse and keyboard too, and the new copy dialog and Task Manager alone is worth it ;)Yeh, each to their own I guess, I wouldnt upgrade for those reasons :). I might put it on my little ASUS Eee PC, that could be an interesting mission. Might run more friendly than Win 7 does.... |
Iantech (16386) | ||
| 1308681 | 2012-10-26 00:18:00 | Just doing the upgrade on a customers PC right now as writing this, the purchase of the Upgrade for $19.99 went smooth as silk, took about 5 minutes to download the file, ( guess the rest of the world hasn't woken up yet ) lol | wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1308682 | 2012-10-26 00:30:00 | Just updated mine with the $49.99 offer. Went very well. Amazed at how it seems to have left all progs/settings as they were! Even some minor progs it said were not compatible seem to run! Maybe it updated them?? Total time, incl download, around 70min plus the checking ordering time. In case anyone is chary about the new interface, in desktop mode I can't see any difference from my W7 setup. As an aside, darned if I know how the MS servers keep up. Mine took 17 min on 30Mbps UFB. |
linw (53) | ||
| 1308683 | 2012-10-26 01:37:00 | Mmmm, perhaps my upgrade wasn't TOTALLY successful. IE won't run - click and nothing happens. I am back to using FF so not a biggie but must get it going. Anyone seen this? Remedy? Obviously, I need to re-install but I want the latest Win 8 version. |
linw (53) | ||
| 1308684 | 2012-10-26 02:11:00 | Mmmm, perhaps my upgrade wasn't TOTALLY successful. IE won't run - click and nothing happens. I am back to using FF so not a biggie but must get it going. Anyone seen this? Remedy? Obviously, I need to re-install but I want the latest Win 8 version. I do know that Metro IE won't be available if it's not the default browser... |
pcuser42 (130) | ||
| 1308685 | 2012-10-26 02:30:00 | In case anyone is having trouble finding the link: windows.microsoft.com Edit: Wait a minute, that link isn't live yet. Where did you get yours from linw? Edit: Ok so looks like Chrome won't work with that link as it keeps jumping to the US site, use IE. :D |
CYaBro (73) | ||
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