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    vista home premium to windows 7 upgrade

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by lvnatic, Sep 24, 2009.

  1. lvnatic

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    i bought an hp dv5 wich licesened vista home premium in it (32 bit), but not on a CD, i understood thats its like it is in the notebook's data base, everytime i want to format my computer or reinstaill windows i do a system restore
    my question is, can i upgrade from licenced vista home premium to windows 7 for free? cause i mostly use pirated windows versions, but i dont like the ideea to switch to a non-licensed windos, and not beeing able to take updates from microsoft, it rocks, so id rather stay on vista and make an upgrade to home premium ultimate
     
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    Lithus, Sep 24, 2009
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    well, i buought it second-hand, the laptop was initialy purchased on february :|
    no other way then that? :(
     
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    If you're a student with a .edu email address, you can purchase it for $30. Otherwise, it's $119.
     
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