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Windows 7 upgrade version + XP volume license key = ???
testicle187:
I always thought you use a KMS Licensing server for volume Vista and Win7. I know we do, but we have around 10,000 machines. We don't type any product key in now.
ryantheleach:
well from a functional point of view, defiantly not a legal one, you can install using only the upgrade disc and key.
all thats needed to do is install it without a key as a custom install not an upgrade.
then once windows has loaded run the installer FROM WITHIN WINDOWS and reinstall it with your upgrade key.
windows will be happy, you will be happy, but steve ballmer will kill a kitten for it.
from a legal standpoint id only recommend doing this if you KNEW you had the legal right to install from say windows 2000 or some other windows os that you can upgrade to, but cant due to the technical nature.
danny_galaga:
This is as good a topic as any for this pic ;D
http://picasaweb.google.com/cschlaeger/japanlinuxsymposium#5395400000458161906
Cakemeister:
I found a link that says you can install a full version with an upgrade copy.
Good thing, because my two upgrade copies are in the mail.
ark_ader:
Sounds real dodgy to me. Since you are an admin, then common sense should prevail for you, unfortunately in this case it looks quite uncertain from here.
Just play safe and buy the non-upgrade package for a clean install, than going through the boring old way to bypass upgrade security as that link suggests.
I would laugh if some hidden protection phoned home and caught you thus voiding any future volume licensing for your firm. :laugh2:
I know a guy at M$ that would take a dim view of your suggestion, but learning from experience can sometimes be expensive.
Be smart and cover your butt. ::)
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