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    M11x R2 Windows 7 upgrade

    Discussion in 'Alienware M11x' started by lino8419, Apr 18, 2011.

  1. lino8419

    lino8419 Newbie

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    I'm looking to upgrade from Windows 7 home, to Win 7 Ultimate. Question is do i lose all my Alien Center customizations? (ie the ability to change colors and all that)
     
    lino8419, Apr 18, 2011
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    Murdo119 Notebook Enthusiast

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    I upgraded mine from Windows 7 Home Premium to Ultimate with no problem. You will not lose the Alien Center customizations. It will just upgrade your OS.
     
    Murdo119, Apr 18, 2011
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    yelohotshot Notebook Consultant

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    can you tell me what the key benefits are when upgrading to Windows Ultimate? What can you do with Ultimate that you can't do with Home...?
     
    yelohotshot, Apr 19, 2011
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    XP compatibility mode and Bit Encryption
     
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    roxxor Notebook Evangelist

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    yelohotshot Notebook Consultant

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    roxxer the chart was very helpful, my misses has windows starter on her ''HP 210 intel atom processor 1 gb RAM (LOL) would i be able to upgrade hers to ultimate? as i am planning to install it on my R2... as soon as my ext drive arrives.
     
    yelohotshot, Apr 20, 2011
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    spadesluck Notebook Enthusiast

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    Many have done clean installs of Windows 7 on their systems with no problems. You would just need to install all the Alienware software afterwards. There is a thread geared just towards that flotting around. I did a clean install of Win 7 Ultimate the first day.
     
    spadesluck, Apr 20, 2011
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    roxxor Notebook Evangelist

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    I'm not 100% sure, but I think win7 starter has the anytime upgrade feature built in. So if you purchase your upgrade key online, you'll be able to upgrade without doing a clean install. If you already have a copy of ultimate with a cd key, the anytime upgrade won't work, you'll have to do a clean install.
     
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    yelohotshot Notebook Consultant

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    Just to be clear, if you have system requirements for Windows 7 starter, then you can easily upgrade from starter to Ultimate? (as long as you have the disk and key)
     
    yelohotshot, Apr 20, 2011
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    roxxor Notebook Evangelist

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    If you have a disk + key you'll need to do a clean install. Whether or not the upgrade is "easy" depends on the extent to which the manufacturer supplies the supplemental drivers you'll inevitably need to install afterwards.
     
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    yelohotshot Notebook Consultant

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    Clean install it is then, i'll use the HP 210 Mini as a guinea pig once everythings okay, i'll install it to my R2! lol...
     
    yelohotshot, Apr 20, 2011
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