I thought of that and asked the Microsoft store what happens when she graduates and was told nothing changes it will stay Pro. Thank you for confirming my fears on that. Jon From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2014 07:58:25 -0500 Subject: RE: [NTSysADM] Anyone done this?
Maybe a case of “buyer be aware”… Is the license/activation for Student Windows 8.x “pro” the same as Windows 7.x “pro”? I found out with my son (for college) when we upgraded using the Student “pro” it has a 2 or 3 year lifetime (had home premium on his laptop and he needed pro for college…so we purchased the student “pro” upgrade for like $20 – but it expires sometime in 2016 – the home premium didn’t expire!) So we may need to re-purchase the Pro for him (if he goes from a 4 year plan to 5 year plan L of college ) – but that is still less expensive than buying the ‘pro’ version outright…just a pain to purchase and reactivate (assuming we can get Windows 7 pro in a couple of years). From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jon Harris Sent: Monday, July 14, 2014 9:44 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [NTSysADM] Anyone done this? I need to upgrade a system from 8.0 to 8.1 Pro. I am thinking the best way is to do the following steps. 1. Upgrade 8.0 to 8.1 2. Apply upgrade key to 8.1 to take it to 8.1 Pro Question really is I have two ways to do step 2. One I have done the other would be 2/3 the cost. Pro Student upgrade is a FULL copy of Windows 8.1 Pro and would cost about $70. A Windows Pro Pac with Media Center would cost about $100. I did the Pro Pac once since the machine needed Media Center on it. The machine I am upgrading this time the user does not want Media Center and could careless about it. Has anyone used a Windows 8.1 Pro full version key to upgrade a 8.1 system? I have seen at least one MS community post that says to just apply the key but I don't have a large window to do the work in and the system MUST be working at the end of the window. Rant*\ I just wish Universities would get their act together and post clearly what a person needs BEFORE they start into a college! Daughter was just told she has to have her system, purchased 2 years ago, up to Pro WITH Bitlocker installed by the first of next month. System purchased does not have TPM (did not know disk encryption would be needed!) and needs to have Office 2010 AND Office 365 installed at the same time! They are giving her Office 365 and I had a license for both 2010 and 2007, guess which one I put on her system? \*Rant Thanks Jon
