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cartfan
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posted: Oct. 28, 2009 @ 9:42p 
I got my two "retail" Win 7 upgrade packages from Amazon today. That's to upgrade my one Vista computer (which was not eligible for an free/cheap upgrade) and my ancient, but still functional Win2k computer. Am going to compare the HP upgrade DVD I got yesterday with this new on and see what the diffs are. |
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arribasn
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posted: Oct. 28, 2009 @ 10:29p
Got my Dell win7 upgrade discs today, shipped from Ontario, CA. I ordered the night before the launch. Comes with the upgrade disc and win7 upgrade assistant DVD. BOth say "for use only as upgrade to a qualifying Dell windows 7 upgrade option PC" |
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hitechjunkie
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posted: Oct. 29, 2009 @ 3:17a
hitechjunkie said:Shipdate on my Dell upgrade, ordered 10/25/2009, is 12/01/2009. Actually shipped 10/29/2009 (no calling or badgering) Dell 545 desktop refurb |
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ParticleMan
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posted: Oct. 30, 2009 @ 9:00a
When you click request upgrade from the Lenovo link, the page results in an ERROR. is this still a valid deal? |
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cartfan
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posted: Oct. 30, 2009 @ 9:47p
FWIW - Did a compare of the HP Win7 upgrade disc and the retail Win 7 upgrade disc. The only difference appears to be the fact that the HP disc has English, French, Spanish and Portuguese language files on it. The retail Win 7 upgrade disc only has English. I have upgraded my Acer laptop with the retail disc, it works fine. Have not done the HP upgrade yet, but I assume it will be simlarly smooth. BTW, I didn't do the "in-place" upgrade from Vista. Instead, I did the Custom install and had it move my Vista to "windows.old". Took less than hour, start to finish.  I didn't time it to the minute, because I was watching TV while the install progressed. I am guessing about 45 minutes, from the time I put in the DVD and ran the install, until the first full reboot and login. YMMV. |
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cartfan
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posted: Oct. 31, 2009 @ 3:52p
Since I had not seen it posted in this thread yet, let me be the first to say.... "Hasta La VISTA, baby!" You will not be lamented. |
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gotit
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posted: Oct. 31, 2009 @ 4:26p
Any way to get around the HP/Compaq fee? |
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cartfan
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posted: Oct. 31, 2009 @ 7:39p
Just in case anyone is interested, the HP upgrade disc worked just like the retail disc. I did NOT follow the long detailed letter that HP sent, or use their "upgrade advisor" thingie. I purposely wanted a "clean" Win 7 HP install without all the HP bloatware, so I ran the Win 7 upgrade disc from Vista and selected the "Custom" install (against HP's advice). The entire install took about 30 minutes and the system is running fine. YMMV. |
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fwvisitor
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posted: Nov. 1, 2009 @ 7:21p
guys just posting this here. Hopefully it helps someone My wireless connection got really slow after I installed windows 7 0.42 Mbps download at speedtest dot com I checked the driver and the driver provider was MS. I went to the old driver provided by the manufacturer and speeds went back to 4.2 Mbps The laptop is Acer Aspire 6530 and the Wireless adapter is Atheros AR5B91 |
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garyreno
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posted: Nov. 3, 2009 @ 9:57a
Dell changed my estimated shipping to 11/14 from 10/29. Ordered on 10/22. |
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workstation
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posted: Nov. 4, 2009 @ 12:56p
I got 32bit, how can I get 64 bit like vista 32 bit to 64 bit? |
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HexiumVII
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posted: Nov. 4, 2009 @ 2:27p
If I upgrade my Dell Vista (only 3 weeks old) to a clean install with a retail Win7 DVD, can I activate it later when my upgrade CD arrives? |
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bachrach44
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posted: Nov. 4, 2009 @ 3:19p
Thanks OP - you just saved me a big headache from having to do research for a lot of friends and family asking me how to do it. |
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SupTech
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posted: Nov. 4, 2009 @ 3:46p
Just got off the phone with the bozo's handling HP's Win 7 upgrade.
They had my order on Status : "expedited" for the last week.
I asked how the heck can you expedite something for a week.
Seems they had trouble reading the invoices I uploaded with my order .
They were " fuzzy " ! Invoices were a direct download from CDW .
They were PDF's . Glad arvato digital services is on the ball.
Sheeeshhh It is now fixed, but no shipping status yet. |
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KidCharliemain
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posted: Nov. 4, 2009 @ 4:06p
Ordered my Win 7 upgrade through Dell on 21 Oct for an outlet refurb Latitude 2100 (took about an hour on the phone to get them to qualify the machine properly), received it yesterday, cost NOTHING (except my time on the phone of course). Two OEM Dell disks (one Vista Business to Win 7 Pro upgrade disk 32 bit, one Dell Upgrade Assistant 32 bit disk). Haven't opened them yet since I'm still trying to get OSX on the Latitude. |
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meister
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posted: Nov. 7, 2009 @ 9:12p
So does anyone know how picky they are with what machine gets the upgrade? I just got an upgrade for a Toshiba laptop I bought, but to be honest I really don't care if that machine gets Windows 7 or not. But I do have another machine that I'd rather upgrade. Is the version of Windows and/or the product key actually prevent you from using the disc on something other than the machine it was intended for? Just wondering of course... |
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mrdjman
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posted: Nov. 7, 2009 @ 9:46p
I don't think it matters what machine you use it on - but if you change machines from the one it activates on, it won't work unless you beg & plead with Microsoft. I got my Dell upgrade and it did a clean install with it - works like a champ... |
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rphmann
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posted: Nov. 8, 2009 @ 10:20p
Do you have to use the key to install or is it like the Dell xp cd that checks the bios and automatically install/activates on Dell comps??? |
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