straight answer on windows vista to win7 upgrade

from the windows 7 update program to me! *Is so happy I finally got straight answers!*

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date Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 11:11 PM
subject Re: Windows 7 Upgrade Option Program Form - United States (KMM13015372I15977L0KM)

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Dear Jason,

Thank you for your e-mail regarding the Windows 7 Upgrade Option
Program.

I would like to inform you that you will receive the Full Version DVD
once the product releases come October 22nd.
You can choose to do an upgrade installation. All system settings will
be transferred from Windows Vista into Windows 7 (Desktop Design,
Software installed, Email accounts configured). However, you should do a
complete backup of all files before performing the upgrade installation.



If you have any further questions please get in touch with us and we
will be happy to assist you in any way we can.


Regards,

Julie B.
Windows 7 Upgrade Option Program Team
E-mail: [email protected]

For more information about the Microsoft Windows® 7 Upgrade Option
Program, please visit
www.windows7upgradeoption.com

Microsoft highly recommends that users with Internet access update
their
Microsoft software to protect against viruses and security
vulnerabilities.
The easiest way to do this is to visit the following website:
http://www.microsoft.com/protect








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We have received a customer inquiry.

Country: United States
Order ID: -
Offer Form Code: *redacted*
Telephone Number: *redacted*
E-mail: *redacted*
First Name:
Last Name:

Message: is the upgrade being offered a DVD of the upgrade disk or
a full version DVD? Im just curious as my sager/midern came with the
coupon and the language is fairly ambiguous.


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This should clear all "rumors" and guessing ...

cheers ...

 

tis why I posted it qhn . I like normal answers just the same as everyone else, and microsoft is HORRID at it unless you grind em a little. Now let's sit back and wait.

Jason

 

Yep. That was a good head up!

cheers ...

 

oh i did. I just don't like to cross-post on this, or any other forum.

 

Yes, but this only applies to those with the upgrade coupon. What it doesn't specify is for those who bought the upgrade via the special promotional price.

That might also be the full edition but will get linked to the original OS product key.

 

The clean way

cheers ...

 

Right, that's all I was stating. I only put down what the rep told me for a "post june 26 pc purchase". The "special promo price" part I couldn't tell you, and I'd be a liar if i tried to pull anything out of my bum.

Jason

 

Yup, I know that's all you were saying - I was just highlighting that in case anybody read it incorrectly

 

No harm fragilexx. You're good people

 

So buying a PC now will net you the Full version of Windows 7 as opposed to the Upgrade version? That's surprising but awesome. If that's the case then customers won’t have to put up with bloatware anymore as they can now do a proper clean install.

I'm guessing here that the disk won't be the "full version" as in " retail full version" which you can move from hardware to hardware, but rather an OEM-type disk/key, which is still way better than the Upgrade even though it's tied to that one hardware.

Let's hope that OEMs don't get involved in this process as I'm sure they'll find a way to include a bunch of trialware and other things on that disk.

 

It depends on the company. DELL probably will for all its systems except the AW and business lines. I use sager-midern, and even the original install was clean, with only the needed drivers to get everything to work. I think it'll be an OEM (this disk only works with this computer) disk, but it's much much better than having an upgrade disk only. It's not a complete win, but it's a better one than having to install vista and then 7 every time we want to reformat. I suspect that the bloatware will come down to who the disc is for, although from what i've noticed, many reinstall discs, even from DELL and the like are clean... it's only the initial installation that has the bloat on it.

Jason

 

Absolutely. This is a great move by MSFT. It doesn't affect me (I only have access to full-retail versions - through TechNet) but I get a lot of complaints about Upgrade disks and OEM disks that are full of you know what.

This would have been perfect if MSFT would cut out OEMs completely from this process and give all consumers a clean Windows install disk. But as it stands, it's still a very good move.

 

I'm glad to hear it's a full version DVD and not just an Upgrade disc.

Great find.