Silly Question... What's an upgrade liscense?

ksdixon

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I have downloaded the upgrade offer for £25 to take my Win7HomePremium PC (Medion OEM) to Win8Pro. I got the product key and am installing it now. I read on MS's website that "* Offer valid from October 26, 2012 until January 31, 2013 and is limited to five upgrade licenses per customer. To install Windows 8 Pro, customers must be running Windows XP SP3, Windows Vista, or Windows 7.".

Does this mean I can use the same product key on my wife's laptop (HP OEM Win7 Home Premium) too?
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    windows 8
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
No, you can use the key on one computer. To upgrade another computer you have to buy another key.

You can buy 5 keps at the discount price. After that, you have to pay the full price for the OEM/System Builder license.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 7
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Self-Built in July 2009
    CPU
    Intel Q9550 2.83Ghz OC'd to 3.40Ghz
    Motherboard
    Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3R rev. 1.1, F12 BIOS
    Memory
    8GB G.Skill PI DDR2-800, 4-4-4-12 timings
    Graphics Card(s)
    EVGA 1280MB Nvidia GeForce GTX570
    Sound Card
    Realtek ALC899A 8 channel onboard audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    23" Acer x233H
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1080
    Hard Drives
    Intel X25-M 80GB Gen 2 SSD
    Western Digital 1TB Caviar Black, 32MB cache. WD1001FALS
    PSU
    Corsair 620HX modular
    Case
    Antec P182
    Cooling
    stock
    Keyboard
    ABS M1 Mechanical
    Mouse
    Logitech G9 Laser Mouse
    Internet Speed
    15/2 cable modem
    Other Info
    Windows and Linux enthusiast. Logitech G35 Headset.
Shipping address? Credit Card? Name? etc. etc.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Win7 64-bit and Win8 32-bit in VM (+ others in VM)
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Asus K52F
    CPU
    i3
    Memory
    8GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    it's an i3 :)
    Sound Card
    Conexant (rubbish - or it may be the speakers)
    Screen Resolution
    1366x768
    Internet Speed
    whatever I can get - G3
Very Interesting, thanks guys. I'll probably use the discount 4 more times to help out my mum and dad, and two brother's aging Win Vista laptops.

Now my fiance has a laptop that she bought last month that also needs to go upto Win8 and is in the offer time period of 'june 2012-present' where you can upgrade for £15 instead of the £25 I paid. She doesn't have any kind of slip of paper or coupon when she got her laptop, how can I go about applying for that for her?
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    windows 8
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
F***! I was afraid of this when I finally found the old thread. I done goofed, and overwrote my old Windows installation on this laptop, and tried tried to install Windows 8 Pro using the product key from my old PC (worked for installation, but not activation). Apparently the going rate for a new product key is £189, which is robbery.

I don't suppose anyone could help me restore (or reinstall from scratch) the previous "windows8 32bit enterprise n" I had on this laptop, can they? I am currently in need of the .iso and product key.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    windows 8
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
No-one here can (or will) provide a Key - especially for a Volume-licensed enterprise version.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Win7 64-bit and Win8 32-bit in VM (+ others in VM)
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Asus K52F
    CPU
    i3
    Memory
    8GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    it's an i3 :)
    Sound Card
    Conexant (rubbish - or it may be the speakers)
    Screen Resolution
    1366x768
    Internet Speed
    whatever I can get - G3
Fair enough. This laptop seems to be holding steady in it's unactivated state so far. I suppose this forces my hand somewhat in terms of picking up a new device, rather than continuing to use this old junky tester laptop. Just gotta see how much money I have left after the bills are paid, haha.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    windows 8
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
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