Part of the initial setup is activation, so you might have a phone call on your hands for next activation.
On Mon, Nov 18, 2013 at 3:16 PM, Winterlight <[email protected]>wrote: > At 02:59 PM 11/18/2013, you wrote: > >> Careful with wiping and trying again. Windows 8 auto-activates and you >> might not be able to get past that. >> > > well I already did go back to Win 7... so you are saying Win 8 might not > activate the next time... I went back within an hour so I don't know if it > had time to do this. > > > > > That said, there is no real "upgrade" >> path from windows 7 to windows 8. All software will need to be >> reinstalled. It tries to migrate things like my documents and stuff, but >> even that isn't that great, with it losing your desktop settings, etc. >> >> >> On Mon, Nov 18, 2013 at 2:13 PM, Winterlight <[email protected] >> >wrote: >> >> > >> > what instructions? >> > >> > >> > At 01:46 PM 11/18/2013, you wrote: >> > >> >> I did clean install from boot on both of my win8 upgrade discs. You do >> >> need to follow instructions to do registry hack to get it to >> authenticate >> >> when using an upgrade key for clean install. Much more stable than an >> >> upgrade. >> >> >> >> lopaka >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> ________________________________ >> >> From: Winterlight <[email protected]> >> >> To: [email protected] >> >> Sent: Sunday, November 17, 2013 11:19 PM >> >> Subject: [H] Win 8 upgrade install. >> >> >> >> >> >> Last year I bought one of the 25 dollar Windows 8 Pro upgrade iso >> >> download deals from MS. I am now ready to install it and have a few >> >> questions. >> >> I have all ready installed Win7 on another hard drive with the boot >> drive >> >> located on a clean SSD ready for Windows 8 to do the upgrade. >> >> Can I boot off the Win 8 DVD and install that way or do I need to start >> >> the install from within windows 7? >> >> I guess there is no way I can just install Windows 8.1 direct.. can I? >> >> thanks m >> >> >> > >> > >> > >
