Sunday 27 December 2009

Windows 7: Upgrade Professional to Enterprise

Get-Ready-For-Windows-7

Just tried to upgrade Windows 7 Professional to Windows 7 Enterprise.

Booted from the DVD to upgrade and the installation program told me to run the upgrade from within the existing OS.

Ran the Enterprise upgrade from within Windows 7 Professional and “no go” the installation program told me that to upgrade from one version of Windows 7 to another I had to go to Windows Anytime.

I suspect that I have been caught out by Microsoft's licensing policy the Windows 7 DVD apparently comes with every version of Windows 7 but only the licence key for the version you have purchased. To upgrade you buy a new licence key from Microsoft via Windows Anytime.

I am running evaluation version so do not have licence keys.

Just found some possible workarounds, changing a setting in the .ISO image,  it’s getting late so will continue this at a later date. Check the links below as a starter.

Further Information:

Guide To Upgrade Windows 7 RC Ultimate to Windows 7 RTM Enterprise

How to Upgrade Windows 7 RC Ultimate to RTM Enterprise

How to Upgrade the Windows 7 RC to RTM (Final Release)

 

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