Non-Legit Win 7 to Full-Legit Win 8

By DjmUK
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DjmUK

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Howdy,

A friend of mine is looking to buy the Windows 8 upgrade whilst its still cheap, however the current O/S he's using (Windows 7 Enterprise 64-bit) isn't strictly ...legit....does this mean he cant use the current O/S to install Windows 8 as an upgrade or will it still work for him?

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Shane Nokes

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Enterprise is not a retail SKU, and if I'm not mistaken will not allow an upgrade.

I haven't tried this scenario since my licenses are all legit.

Your friend could avoid this issue in the future by just buying a System Builder copy.

It has a Personal Use license for home users.

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PsYcHoKiLLa

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MS will sell you a copy of win8 upgrade from an illegitimate copy/trial of windows 7 or windows 8rp.

Indeed, I upgraded from the release preview of Windows 8 to Windows 8 Pro for ?25.

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Also I've read that if you upgrade with the "New PC" price of ?15, it doesn't actually check if your computer matches, so you could just enter the details of a new PC and download for ?15

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Jose_49

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Indeed, I upgraded from the release preview of Windows 8 to Windows 8 Pro for ?25.

Also I've read that if you upgrade with the "New PC" price of ?15, it doesn't actually check if your computer matches, so you could just enter the details of a new PC and download for ?15

They had fixed this by last Sunday.

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PsYcHoKiLLa

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They had fixed this by last Sunday.

Fixed which? I upgraded from the release preview last night so I'm guessing you're not talking about that and MS already said upgrading from the RP would be a legit method.

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Just the other day someone here ran the upgrade advisor on the Win 8 Enterprise trial in windows 7 compatibility mode and it let them buy the windows 8 upgrade

And yes apparently running it on a non legit but activated version of 7 will also work according to different sites

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PsYcHoKiLLa

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I don't think MS are so concerned about how people get to Windows 8 but just that they do, cos they seem to be figuring on the new integrated store making a lot of revenue, I'm not confident it will.

On another subject, anyone submitted a request for the free Media Center upgrade? How long does it take? I use Media Center for watching TV on my computer and I'm missing it already, don't wanna miss the Saturday night tele. (In case anyone doesn't know about this offer - http://windows.micro...8/feature-packs - Offer valid from October 26, 2012, until January 31, 2013)

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I don't think MS are so concerned about how people get to Windows 8 but just that they do, cos they seem to be figuring on the new integrated store making a lot of revenue, I'm not confident it will.

On another subject, anyone submitted a request for the free Media Center upgrade? How long does it take? I use Media Center for watching TV on my computer and I'm missing it already, don't wanna miss the Saturday night tele. (In case anyone doesn't know about this offer - http://windows.micro...8/feature-packs - Offer valid from October 26, 2012, until January 31, 2013)

Took 24 hours for me too

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FaiKee

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I don't think MS are so concerned about how people get to Windows 8 but just that they do, cos they seem to be figuring on the new integrated store making a lot of revenue, I'm not confident it will.

On another subject, anyone submitted a request for the free Media Center upgrade? How long does it take? I use Media Center for watching TV on my computer and I'm missing it already, don't wanna miss the Saturday night tele. (In case anyone doesn't know about this offer - http://windows.micro...8/feature-packs - Offer valid from October 26, 2012, until January 31, 2013)

You can install WMC by a install key, and when receive the MS key, use slmgr cmd to enter it and activate:

(scroll down to last post and you will see it)

http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/w8itprogeneral/thread/a93f34e8-b517-4e44-80ec-51d23aad3993

Waiting time varies from 5 to 50 hours to "still waiting"; took me about 20 hours. :)

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