junialum
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Hi all,
Just upgraded to Windows 8 Pro from Windows 7 Ultimate. I've documented the entire experience here:
thoughts » Windows 8 Pro Upgrade Experience
2 popular questions also answered:
Hope this post helps upgraders.
Just upgraded to Windows 8 Pro from Windows 7 Ultimate. I've documented the entire experience here:
thoughts » Windows 8 Pro Upgrade Experience
2 popular questions also answered:
- Can you use the US$39.99 offer to upgrade from a non legit (i.e. cracked/use daz loader/illegal) version of Windows 7?
- Can you use the US$39.99 offer to install Windows 8 Pro on a system with no OS?
Hope this post helps upgraders.
ok, i can confirm what my buddy experimented :
he was going to install on his second pc (with second set of keys of cos) ...
1) re-used ISO downloaded previously via microsoft - yes
2) option selected during purchase - Keep Nothing
3) Installed on "new" hdd (old, but reformatted prior to Windows 8 Boot DVD [ie HDD reformatting wasn't done during or by Win8 Boot DVD = New Partion-less HDD - YES, can, successful
For those who have trouble activating a clean install. (I've heard some success and some failure, I have had 2 successes on my end so far).
Apparently, this legit Windows 7 trick works for Windows 8:
Windows 8 Upgrade: clean install possible?Activate Windows 8 Pro Upgrade
Windows 8 users who noticed that the operating system can’t be activated after the installation may want to try the following workaround that worked to activate when installing Windows 7 using an upgrade on a clean PC.
Open regedit by pressing Windows-q, entering regedit and selecting the result from the list of hits.
Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/Software/Microsoft/Windows/CurrentVersion/Setup/OOBE/
Change MediaBootInstall from 1 to 0
Go back to the start screen and enter cmd there.
Right-click Command Prompt and select to run it as administrator.
Type slmgr /rearm on the command line and hit enter.
Reboot Windows now.
Run the activation utility afterwards, enter your product key to activate Windows.
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