Nope to what part of my post. I never said you HAD to reinstall 8.1 to upgrade, simply that yes you can. I completely agree with you that it's only one license, whether you use it as 8.1 or choose to...

Yes you CAN , not legally, but you can do it. In order to be legal, you would need to remove the first install and then you are allowed to install on another machine. As long as you install your 8.1...

That seems like an excellent opinion in my world.

Jeff , Why not just post the clarification for all to see. It really should not need to be kept private.

Here's my take on this. At this point, I don't know if the OP simply mis-typed the numbers or if the person he was
chatting with made the mistake. That is however a moot point.
My understanding is...

Just out of morbid curiosity, why do think that it's a good idea to avoid the MCT

Kari , Thank you for all you do. Please allow me to point out a typo in the tips section toward the end of Part 3, where you explain using a command prompt to do a shutdown or restart of the host...

Yes Sir, that's the perfect screenshot.
Thanks Composer, you saved me from the swap.

If I have time later on tonight, I will swap drives back to 7 and try to get you a screenshot. Fair warning, it will be late tonight.

Well I always had it on Windows 7 Home and it was definitely not an add-on.

Also just typing slmgr will show several pages of optional switches available.

That was available in 240 RTM.
Cliff P

All the screenshots that you are posting is showing that your router is 802.11n and broadcasting it's SSID on Channel 1 and 2.4Ghz. What router or routers are you using and trying to connect to?