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| Thread ID: 104575 | 2009-11-01 08:13:00 | Win7 activation fail | Jayess64 (8703) | Press F1 |
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| 826170 | 2009-11-01 08:13:00 | Can someone tell me where I have gone wrong? I installed the upgrade version of Win7 Home Premium 64-bit as an upgrade from Win XP Pro. As advised on the box, I performed a 'custom' install, wiping the XP installation. I did not activate during installation, since I wanted to be sure that 64-bit would not cause me problems. Setting up the 64-bit Win7 was essentially trouble free, so I deleted the Windows.old folder and decided to go ahead and activate. The result was a message telling me that the Product Key was for an 'upgrade' installation, not a clean install! What the heck????? |
Jayess64 (8703) | ||
| 826171 | 2009-11-01 08:19:00 | I'm pretty sure you can't upgrade from XP. You have to do a fresh install | whellington (15030) | ||
| 826172 | 2009-11-01 08:28:00 | Yep. :) |
Trev (427) | ||
| 826173 | 2009-11-01 08:30:00 | Well, yes. It seems to depend on what 'upgrade' means, and that would appear to have been defined by Microsoft's lawyers. On the Windows 7 box is a notice that reads: "This version of Windows 7 is designed as an upgrade for Windows Vista. If you are upgrading from Windows XP you will need to back up your files and settings, perform a clean install and then re-install your existing files, settings and programs." It does not say that you can't upgrade from XP with this box, just that you need to do a clean install, which the installation procedure allows you to do. If upgrading from XP is forbidden, I would have expected the installer to have detected the the original system and refuse to proceed. |
Jayess64 (8703) | ||
| 826174 | 2009-11-01 09:08:00 | You can only use the Update Version of Win7 with Vista. If you have XP, you must buy OEM or Retail Win7. |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 826175 | 2009-11-01 10:10:00 | Well, it seems it can be done.... | Jayess64 (8703) | ||
| 826176 | 2009-11-01 19:40:00 | windows.microsoft.com Google is your friend. :) |
Trev (427) | ||
| 826177 | 2009-11-01 20:15:00 | Well I stand corrected, you learn something new every day ... | Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 826178 | 2009-11-01 20:41:00 | ;) | Trev (427) | ||
| 826179 | 2009-11-01 21:05:00 | Seems you arnt the only one with this issue. You may have to do a phone activation I found this(below). Reminds me of the crazy process involved in upgrading Vista Home to Vista Pro.. had to upgrade to demo/limited(30day?) then full version for it to work. "For the 64bit activation problem. Several people here have reported that when you do a clean install of the Windows 7 Upgrade version and it won't activate, you need to do a Upgrade-in-place install on it and then it will activate." this may help www.winsupersite.com this is for a upgrade to Vista, but applies for 7 windowsitpro.com |
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