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Reminder - probably stop soon - Old W7/W8 keys STILL working
Hi folks
Those wanting to do CLEAN installs or upgrades (including CU update 1703) can STILL use W7/W8/W8.1 keys from old installations or old Technet keys -- remember though you can only upgrade to similar --e,g W7pro/Ultimate--->W10 Pro for example.
Not sure how long this will still work for but was still working yesterday (Easter Sunday) so if you want to upgrade -- I'd do it now before the gate is closed.
(Note if you don't like W10 and revert back to W7 etc you will still have the digital licence so you can then re-upgrade later when any problems you might have the first time around will have been fixed).
The upgrade only works though for RETAIL versions of W7/W8/W8.1 --not enterprise. Simply install and say I don't have a key at the initial install. Then after ist boot when you get the activation prompt choose change product key, enter your old key and it should work.
I can't say whether OEM editions work as I haven't got any OEM versions of those old OS'es to test it with.
If you were an old Technet subscriber and haven't got your keys or lost them you can still download the keys although you can't download the media of course.
The simplest way is to download as an xml file and then open in EXCEL which then gives you a great formatted spreadsheet where you can easily copy and paste the keys into whatever you need to.
Cheers
jimbo