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Can I use a Win7 Upgrade disc to upgrade the RC? Or do I need to buy a full version? :confused: Thanks!

Sorry if this has been answered before, but I am new and could not find an answer I have 2 copies of the Win 7 Home Premium upgrades. I want to upgrade 2 different computers so do I have to use the DVD's that came with each package, or will one DVD work for both installs, as long as the...

Here is my case. I've performed a upgrade to Windows 7 Home Premium couple days ago, and bought another upgrade to Professional yesterday. After I installed Professional via "Windows Anytime Upgrade", I change the product key to the "NEW" professional product key. Question is Would I still be...

I'm a bit concerned about my installation options at this point. I have one 500GB HD, that I had partitioned to two drives with GParted. I was then able to install the Win 7 RC and dual boot both versions just fine. Now, I received my Windows 7 Upgrade copy and wondering if I can still...

If you have Vista Ultimate on one hard drive and instal Windows 7 Pro on another hard drive in same computer are you violating the EULA. I am having an argument with a freind of mine over this matter. I say you are not because the Operating systems is still on the same computer. He says the key...

hey, im going to buy windows 7 pro soon and i was wonderin if i buy the full version, how many computers can i install it on? the reason is i have 3 laptops in my household. cheers mitch

I got my email with the link but only get error messages.... is Digital Rivers getting beat to death or did they screw up my download link? Anyone having any luck that got the .edu deal?

Since I can not "Upgrade" from XP Pro, will the XP to Vista version restrictions still apply? When I went to ug to Vista I was told that I could not "upgrade" to a Home versions from a XP Pro version. Something to do with the media parts of Vista not existing in XP Pro. It was a real pain to...

Hi there As it is hard to get FPP in our country, I'd like to buy it from Germany. Problem is, in Germany they sell German versions. Ok, one can install English MUI but I am not sure if this is 100% English then. In previous Windows it wasn't. Now one can get unactivated Windows 7 English...

hi ho ! I'm new here and my english aint the best since its not my mother tongue. so pls forgive my bad english, hope you'll understand my questions anyway i am a student and like to take advantage of this cool offer of M for students regarding Windows 7 currently i run : Vista...

I want to buy the family pack to put on 3 PC's. One has Vista 64 bit, one has Vista 32 bit, and the last has XP. Is there a difference in the packages or is the "upgrade" meant for anything? Can i use the upgrade for my PC's?

Hey all. I have a question for you. I have been running the rc x64 on my i7 gaming machine for a while and wanted to purchase win 7. Since I am a student I have the option to purchase home premium upgrade for 30 bucks. My question is, since this is the upgrade, can I just download a copy...

Hi! Currently we have over 250 desktops and around 75 laptops, all running Windows XP with Office 2003 on them. We're looking in to going over to Windows 7 with Office 2007. We use Symantec Ghost to image our computers (we have a Select Agreement with Microsoft) and with XP it's nice and...

I plan on upgrading to Windows 7 64 from XP 64 this October but I am a little confused as to how the pricing for this works. I understand that XP users are eligible for the upgrade price for Windows 7 but a few things about this does not make sense to me. The first thing is where to purchase...

For those fortunate enough to have either a TechNet or Actionpack subscription need to know if you have received your quarterly updates via snail mail delivery of dvd's or do you now have to download all your quarterly updates? Not too thrilled having to d/l Windows 7 Professional or Ultimate...

Sorry if this has already been answered. Some retailers\online stores are offering a 'Free Windows 7 Upgrade Coupon' with purchase of Windows Vista. My question is the exact nature of this coupon, does it mean that you simply for free get a coupon that allows a discount on your purchase of 7...

Ok here is the deal, I baught windows 7 upgrade when it was first offered for $50. I have three machines, two running vista and one waiting to be put together. I want to have get all three machines working with my two legit oem vista disks and my soon to arrive windows 7 upgrade version. So...

Microsoft is releasing three Microsoft-developed Linux drivers to the Linux community for possible inclusion in the Linux source tree. This is the first time Microsoft has made Microsoft-developed code available directly to the Linux community. The Redmondians have released various pieces of...

I installed windows 7 on my desktop a while ago and loved it! I remember it being easy to get a windows 7. I thought it would be great to get windows 7 on my tablet pc and now its asking me for a key. Do I use the one that I use on the desktop? Where do I get a new one? thanks.

Hey everyone, thanks for taking the time to read my problem so here it is: I have three computers, two are running windows xp and the third (my new one) is running the windows build 7100 only. My question is, if i buy the windows 7 professional upgrade for 124 dollars (Canadian), can i do a...