Windows license question

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idyllhands

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I have two discs for Windows 7: One is 7 Professional, the other is Home Premium.

The Pro was purchased to install on my laptop.
The Home Premium came as a free upgrade from Vista for my Desktop.

I have already installed the Home Premium on my Desktop, but would like to put the Pro on there instead.
Will I be able to install the Pro on my desktop, and then use the Home Premium on my laptop?
 
If you went to a retail store and bought it with a big shiny box then yes, only if you installed a copy of Vista on your laptop so that you could install the upgrade to windows 7 over that, because they only give you the upgrade disc.
 
johnb35 said:
What does it say on the disc or the sticker that has the product key?
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Arg, wouldn't you know it..I cleaned my office now can only find the Pro disc.
I'll post back when I find it, but not sure if this helps:
I ordered the PC with Vista preinstalled, and it was eligible for a free upgrade to 7, so the Home Premium was procured in that manner. The 7 Pro was purchased as an upgrade to Vista on my laptop. In order to place the order in both cases, if memory serves me, I entered a Serial # for Vista in order to "prove" I had a copy (not sure if Microsoft servers would link these serial #s so that each upgrade would only work for a specific computer).
 
The disc says Window 7 Upgrade Media, and has a Gateway stamp on it.
The sleeve has the product key sticker on it, which reads Win Vista HmPrm - Win 7 HmPrm UPG Fulfill Acer Group.

This looks like OEM to me..anyone think otherwise?

As a side question: is Pro upgrade worth it?
What I really want is to be able to make multiple log-in accounts for my PC so my wife, or daughter, or guests, can use a different account.
 
johnb35 said:
Sounds like OEM to me. Home premium will give you multiple accounts too
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Sweet. For some reason I thought it wouldn't. So the only real benefit is the XP emulator?

edit: Yep, it is definitely OEM. I ran SIW on it and it actually says OEM (just discovered this neat & free little prog)
 
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