Upgrading Works PC's

Martini1991 · 8 Jun 2015 at 11:56

I've been tasked with upgrading the work's computers, just going to bash SSD's in them as it'll make them fly, and it's a fairly inexpensive upgrade.

The computers were store bought with Windows 7 license stickers on them.

Is it just a case of banging in the SSD's, installing Windows 7 and using the license sticker, will that allow me to activate Windows effort free?

tamzzy · 8 Jun 2015 at 12:03

if your work's computers are branded like dell/hp/lenovo etc, you wouldn't need to use the licence sticker. just use the generic oem licence code and reinstall the SLP

see here: http://www.guytechie.com/articles/2010/2/25/how-slp-and-slic-works.html

Glanza · 8 Jun 2015 at 12:07

You could ghost the existing hdds to the ssds, save you time and effort of having to format them all.

lude1962 · 8 Jun 2015 at 12:21

Martini1991 said:
I've been tasked with upgrading the work's computers, just going to bash SSD's in them as it'll make them fly, and it's a fairly inexpensive upgrade.

The computers were store bought with Windows 7 license stickers on them.

Is it just a case of banging in the SSD's, installing Windows 7 and using the license sticker, will that allow me to activate Windows effort free?

How many are you upgrading?
Install of win7 from usb to ssd doesn't take long , but applying the patches updates does depending upon your internet connection

Ghost / Acronis is the best way if you have a lot of pcs.

Martini1991 · 8 Jun 2015 at 12:31

It's just 5 of them.
I'm leaving, I'm doing it voluntarily over afternoons, so I was just going to do one a day as to not interrupt everyone else.