The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    Windows 7 upgrade order status

    Discussion in 'HP' started by NTolerance, Oct 23, 2009.

  1. NTolerance

    NTolerance Notebook Enthusiast

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    48
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    15
    Has anyone got a shipping confirmation or tracking number from Arvato for their Windows 7 upgrade? I've received nothing yet and my order status on the Arvato page is "ACCEPTED", but there is no shipment confirmation or tracking number.
     
    NTolerance, Oct 23, 2009
    #1
  2. abaddon4180

    abaddon4180 Notebook Virtuoso

    Reputations:
    1,229
    Messages:
    3,412
    Likes Received:
    39
    Trophy Points:
    116
    Same thing for me. I contacted HP and they said they expect the upgrades to ship within the next week or so.
     
    abaddon4180, Oct 23, 2009
    #2
  3. NTolerance

    NTolerance Notebook Enthusiast

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    48
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    15
    I'm really curious if it's standard Microsoft media that's being shipped. Moreso, I wonder if the included product key will work on a non-HP system.
     
    NTolerance, Oct 23, 2009
    #3
  4. timtravel42

    timtravel42 Notebook Virtuoso

    Reputations:
    827
    Messages:
    2,004
    Likes Received:
    1
    Trophy Points:
    56
    Mine hasn't shipped yet either

    lol and oh yeah --- do they give a windows 7 sticker with the upgrade??? all i really want is a sticker :p
     
    timtravel42, Oct 23, 2009
    #4
  5. NTolerance

    NTolerance Notebook Enthusiast

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    48
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    15
    They should have provided a download option like many other Win7 programs going on right now. Surely that's cheaper than mailing physical copies.
     
    NTolerance, Oct 23, 2009
    #5
  6. Callamity

    Callamity Notebook Enthusiast

    Reputations:
    4
    Messages:
    43
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    15
    If they are mailing physical ones, doesnt that pretty much mean that it has a sticker...? I mean, its going to be the exact same copy that they ship to everyone, minus the edition (ie home, pro, ult,) wont it?
     
    Callamity, Oct 23, 2009
    #6
  7. chrixx

    chrixx Product Specialist NBR Reviewer

    Reputations:
    641
    Messages:
    1,859
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    55
    The discs will ship with a COA label, but no case sticker.
     
    chrixx, Oct 24, 2009
    #7
  8. NTolerance

    NTolerance Notebook Enthusiast

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    48
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    15
    NTolerance, Oct 27, 2009
    #8
  9. lokster

    lokster Notebook Deity

    Reputations:
    63
    Messages:
    1,046
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    55
    im waiting on mine too :( man its like frozen or something lol
     
    lokster, Oct 27, 2009
    #9
  10. dagamer34

    dagamer34 Notebook Evangelist NBR Reviewer

    Reputations:
    41
    Messages:
    642
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    Discs probably won't ship until the 30th.
     
    dagamer34, Oct 28, 2009
    #10
  11. NTolerance

    NTolerance Notebook Enthusiast

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    48
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    15
    Just got an email from Arvato yesterday:

     
    NTolerance, Oct 29, 2009
    #11
  12. stylekyle

    stylekyle Notebook Geek

    Reputations:
    7
    Messages:
    95
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    15
    that makes perfect sense. they don't want to ship out windows 7 upgrade kits to people who can still return their pc within the 21 day window to HP.

    i received my on the 21st and it was ordered on 16th. so conceivably, people who ordered theirs on oct. 17th, the last day you could by a pc from HP w/ vista and qualify for the upgrade, would've received it on the 22nd... 21 days later is nov. 12th.

    i plan on returning my hdx 18 soon for a dv8... i was wondering what would happen if i would've gotten the windows 7 upgrade before I returned it. mine is just showing 'accepted' and probably won't ship until nov. 12th.
     
    stylekyle, Oct 29, 2009
    #12
  13. Jentage

    Jentage Notebook Consultant

    Reputations:
    1
    Messages:
    115
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    This is what they told me:

    You can expect to receive your upgrade kit between October 30 and November 9, 2009.
     
    Jentage, Oct 30, 2009
    #13
  14. NTolerance

    NTolerance Notebook Enthusiast

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    48
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    15
    Good thinking; you may be right about this. To that end, this may also mean that the upgrade kit is not locked to a particular PC. I may go ahead and install Win7 on my desktop PC in the hopes that the key provided will work on it.
     
    NTolerance, Nov 2, 2009
    #14
  15. timtravel42

    timtravel42 Notebook Virtuoso

    Reputations:
    827
    Messages:
    2,004
    Likes Received:
    1
    Trophy Points:
    56
    aww man...

    ME WANT STICKER haha :p

    thanks for the info
     
    timtravel42, Nov 3, 2009
    #15