Win 7 Options?

schnipps · 2 Jan 2010 at 19:50

For the upgrade of windows 7 do you need to have vista installed or can you just use the key on the vista box? I have the oem vista home premium and i want to go to win 7 home premium

Nymins · 2 Jan 2010 at 19:53

For the upgrade you need either XP or Vista installed and also a Windows 7 key. You can't use the key from Vista to activate Windows 7.

schnipps · 2 Jan 2010 at 20:02

Dam thats a total faff on as its for a new HD, is the upgrade option any more clunky than a normal install of 7?

theheyes · 2 Jan 2010 at 20:09

schnipps said:
Dam thats a total faff on as its for a new HD, is the upgrade option any more clunky than a normal install of 7?

Nah, especially if it's a vanilla install. This might be useful to you:

http://www.winsupersite.com/win7/clean_install_upgrade_media.asp

Nymins · 2 Jan 2010 at 20:11

schnipps said:
Dam thats a total faff on as its for a new HD, is the upgrade option any more clunky than a normal install of 7?

Depends on how long the system has been running Vista and whats installed.

I upgraded to Win7 on a 8 month old install of Vista and it just didn't feel right. Formatted and done a clean install of Win7 and it flies.

schnipps · 2 Jan 2010 at 20:12

theheyes said:
Nah, especially if it's a vanilla install. This might be useful to you:

http://www.winsupersite.com/win7/clean_install_upgrade_media.asp

Thanks, another question. Can you change between versions of win 7 by using a different product key? So if you bought home premium and decided later you wanted ultimate, is it just a change of key to 'upgrade' or do you have to do a full re-install over the top?

Nymins · 2 Jan 2010 at 20:13

schnipps said:
Thanks, another question. Can you change between versions of win 7 by using a different product key? So if you bought home premium and decided later you wanted ultimate, is it just a change of key to 'upgrade' or do you have to do a full re-install over the top?

There is a system in-place in Windows that lets you upgrade to a higher version. No idea whether this means a reinstall or not though.