Windows 7 upgrade disks from Dell

[jid]

In the UK, we had to pay £15 for shipping and handling and agree to Import regulations??

Most likely means the Upgrade Kit is coming from the US...

[kitir]

Most likely means the Upgrade Kit is coming from the US...

Yup...

22GBP=35USD here. For each DVD (I ordered two-see my signature) even it is sent by one parcel.

Definitely it is not free upgrade in the EU, but at least cheapier than box. And this is much slower too. Full box is aviailable everywhere, we can purchase directly from M$ and download it etc etc... I have no idea what is Dell waiting for.

[webwizzy]

you assume alot

haha yeah I assume the possibilities.

99% would be



*If* upgrade will be preactivated:
If someone will install upgrade on the computer not eglible for upgrade - surely it will work, because it is preactivated for all Dell computers.
But this is still illegal, because he didn't paid for that.
Ordering "free" upgrade you will receive confirmation you have license. People who ordered and paid, received at least confirmation they "purchased" upgrade, this case meant new license. For example on my bank account I have confirmation I paid and it states : "LICENSE"
I'm not sure they will send a COA. Even in this case, *if* preactivated, it will be not neccesary to put a serial number proceeding upgrade. Just the same with your reinstallation disk : you have a COA with unique number, but reinstallation disk isn't asking for that (because it is preactivated). But without this COA it would be illegal to reinstall.

I doubt Dell will/can do *anything* that will arise possibilities to use Windows illegally. As far as I know, COA is created by Microsoft, so if HP is sending COA, probablility is higher that Dell and other companies would send COA too, coz the *KIT* is going to be the same. Lets wait and watch anyway.

[mark.carline]

Just had a phone call from DELL and they have managed to cancel my order for the Windows 7 32bit upgrade and replace it with the 64bit version upgrade.

hope this now means i am not at the back of the queue now

Guess this also confirms that they are not shipping them any day now

[aznguyen316]

alright, didn't know exactly what to do since I was expecting an email regarding when I could order, but logged into the windows7 upgrade page and said I had a Home Premium 7 64-bit in cart so I completed the order. Wonder when I'll get it =) Will update.

[DRFP]

Thats a good idea. But is it 100% sure that the copies would be pre-activated? What about those whose Studio isn't eligible for free upgrade? Something must have been done about them too in order to prevent free upgrade of *every* Studio laptop, so I guess activation would be required. I read on HP's site that they'd be shipping the Windows 7 COA too in the kit.



I don't think so. At my place, upgrade order from Dell is free. Charged 0$ but still showing blank status.

Yes its preactivated........... your lappy should have A07 bios on it before installing the upgrade.

The key is in the Bios. SLIC 2.1 table

you can probably use it on any Dell with this bios.

Vista worked this way.

[mark.carline]

Yes its preactivated........... your lappy should have A07 bios on it before installing the upgrade.

The key is in the Bios. SLIC 2.1 table

you can probably use it on any Dell with this bios.

Vista worked this way.

Do think it will be possible to use the MSDN install disk and then use the activation certificate file (the one ending in .xrm-ms) to activate it? If so this would be a nice way to do a clean install and choose our own drivers ?

[kitir]

Do think it will be possible to use the MSDN install disk and then use the activation certificate file (the one ending in .xrm-ms) to activate it?

I think it is possible but prohibited... any ingerence to install disk is illegal.

I think that:

we can all help each other out once the 1st person receives theirs

is much better way

[SimonT]

Just be nice to get the disk dont mind how it is branded

[hdplus]

sent a mail to dell about the blank status issue, they just pointed to FAQ's without addressing the issue .. its crazy.