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#215449 28-Jun-2017 09:00

Seems crazy, but unless my Google fu is failing, I cannot find the official route to upgrade a user from Windows 7 Pro to Windows 10 Pro unless I buy the full product - is there no upgrade license thats cheaper than the full product ?

Contacted our usual supplier for such things, and hes going on about "dummy licenses" for $100 along with the full priced product etc.......

So is buying the full product for the user and throw it in and it'll just do the upgrade the only official path ? I know theres plenty of "but its free if you do x,y,z" but this is for a business user who wants it done right and no "maybes". :)

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#1808024 28-Jun-2017 09:01

You can simply use the Windows 7 key to activate Windows 10 now.

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#1808065 28-Jun-2017 09:27

Well, had two suppliers come back to me now saying need dummy license etc etc.....

I'll try the above, and if no go guess Ill be buying full versions.

XPD / Gavin

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#1808069 28-Jun-2017 09:37

Win 7 will still update to win 10 for free. Did it a couple of weeks ago.

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#1808073 28-Jun-2017 09:45

You can still do it but you do need to backup everything and wipe the computer first, and start with a clean install of Windows 10 Pro, then use your Windows 7 Pro key to activate it.

Don't think an in place upgrade is available as an option, plus a fresh install of a different OS is always better than upgrading.

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#1808077 28-Jun-2017 09:49

CYaBro:

You can still do it but you do need to backup everything and wipe the computer first, and start with a clean install of Windows 10 Pro, then use your Windows 7 Pro key to activate it.

Don't think an in place upgrade is available as an option, plus a fresh install of a different OS is always better than upgrading.

I had massive issues trying to get my windows 8 pro upgraded to windows 10 pro. It gave me the home version. Had to call MS and force them to upgrade it for me etc.
If you get the same issue just call up.

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#1808083 28-Jun-2017 09:57

Can you still use this to upgrade? https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/accessibility/windows10upgrade

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#1808089 28-Jun-2017 10:03

You sure can.

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#1808625 29-Jun-2017 08:49

Amosnz:

Can you still use this to upgrade? https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/accessibility/windows10upgrade

Thats a morally questionable way of doing it tho ;)

Anyway, I took the Win 7 Pro OEM installed system back to the office, did a backup, and inserted the Windows 10 CD created with the media creation tool, ran setup from within Windows 7.

And all done, upgraded to Windows 10 Pro - all activated with no prompt for any keys etc.

XPD / Gavin

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#1808688 29-Jun-2017 10:13

Yes, absolutely no requirement to clean install.