How To Do Windows 7 Anytime Upgrade
Posted August 2, 2009 – 1:32 pm in: Windows 7 GuidesFew hours back Microsoft revealed price information about the Windows 7 anytime upgrade (WAU) program. In simple words, Windows Anytime Upgrade means upgrading your Windows 7 from a lower edition to the higher edition (for example, Home Premium to Ultimate).
There are three anytime upgrade paths are available:
# Windows 7 Starter to Windows 7 Home Premium
# Windows 7 Home Premium to Windows 7 Professional
# Windows 7 Home Premium to Ultimate
Now, if you would like to do any of the above upgrade, you can follow the steps given below to make it happen.
1. Launch Windows Anytime Upgrade from the Start menu to see two options: purchase a WAU product key online or enter a WAU product key from a WAU retail package purchased in a store. Select the first option if you have not procured a WAU key select the second option.
2. In the following screen, enter the WAU product key. If you have chosen option 1 (that is, purchase WAU key online) in the above step, you will be taken to the step 3 directly.
3. Accept the license agreement.
4. You will be asked to save your work and close all running applications. The Windows 7 upgrade process will take 10 to 15 minutes.
5. You are done. Your PC will reboot once to finish the final step of Windows Anytime Upgrade process. You can now start playing with your new Windows 7 edition.
Thanks to Windowsteamblog.
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3 Comments
What! No upgrade path from Windows 7 Professional to Ultimate?!?!?!?
Be aware that if you choose to purchase the upgrade through the Microsoft Store, you WILL NOT get the upgrade key emailed to you for several hours. The upgrade IS NOT immediate, as their web site falsely tells you that it is. If you want to upgrade immediately, purchase the upgrade at your local retailer and use the key that comes with the purchase.
hi, i have obtained a new copy of windows 7 pro+serial key from msdnaa. when i want to upgrade using disk, the upgrade process was denied by saying that upgrade process from home premium to pro can only be done using windows anytime upgrade, but when i’m using windows anytime upgrade, it denied by saying i must obtain a new anytime upgrade key, which mean the original serial key cannot be used for anytime upgrade, how to solve this?