Also had to locate and reload all the laptop drivers and so on:-(.Īt various stages of the process after loading Office Pro, I opened WORD 2010 and then some of the files with inserted pics - and the pics always loaded up and displayed, and they still do :-) :-), Pro - followed by a huge number (>200!) downloaded updates for W7 and Office 2010.
This was a long & painful process as I had to install Home Premium first and then "Anytime Upgrade" it, then load Office 2010 Needing to sort out the situation PDQ, I took a chance and yesterday I finally bit the bullet and reinstalled Windows 7 Ultimate. However, if the instructions referenced in the Updated comment above are still correct and will work, then I can send back that OEM copy back to Amazon when it arrives tomorrow:-) Version from Amazon, and I was hoping I could install that over the top of the existing Ultimate version as a clean install with the relevant new Product Key (is that correct anyway?). Therefore, I took a chance after posting my initial request for help this morning and ordered an OEM disk copy of the Pro PS: I upgraded to the Ultimate version by accident - having meant to upgrade to the Pro version, which would be adequate for my needs. So, should I now follow the instructions on that page that relate to first reinstalling Home Premium from my newly-found disk and then using the Anytime Upgrade Product Key to get back to the Ultimate version? Therefore, having looked around this forum some more I came across the instructions on this page:
Update: Alternatively and probably easier (I hope), I have now found the W7 Home Premium Recovery disk which came with the laptop, but which I had thought I had lost!!!!!! I have the original Microsoft Windows Anytime Upgrade email with the Upgrade Product Key, so I know what the latter is, and I would like to know from where and how I can download Win 7 Ultimate again - so can anyone please provide some guidance? Of course, I don't have any disks for the Ultimate version (I think I knew that it was a mistake to go the Anytime route when I bought it, but that was the "easiest route" at the time :-(!).
I upgraded my laptop's 64 bit Win 7 Home Premium to the Ultimate version via the Anytime route early in Jan 2013 - however, I think it has "got itself into a pickle" with 64 bit MSOffice 2010 Pro, and so I want to re-install the 64 bit Win 7 Ultimate, but, Best, Andre Windows Insider MVP MVP-Windows and Devices for IT twitter/adacosta You should be upgraded to Windows 7 Professional your files, programs and settings preserved. Restarting, Windows 7 will notify you its updating the computer, the computer will restart one more time automatically and the upgrade will be completed, a windows will pop up notifying the upgrade was successful and your computer is ready to use, click close, When requested, click Next, wait while the key is verified, accept the license agreement, click upgrade, wait while the software upgrades, (it might take 10 minutes or more depending on if updates are needed), your computer will automatically restart, after Click Start, type Anytime Upgrade, click the option to enter a key, enter the Windows 7 Professional key First, make sure the edition of Windowsħ you are upgrading from is already activated (if its not you will run into complications and you might have start all over by doing a clean install).
If the license for Windows 7 Professional you have access to is either a retail upgrade or full version, you can use the product key and Anytime Upgrade to move from Windows 7 Home Premium to Windows 7 Professional. Your next option is to purchase a retail upgrade for the edition you want to upgrade to and use the product key with the Anytime Upgrade wizard in Windows 7 Home Premium. Yes, it seems so, reason being, Windows Anytime Upgrade falls under retail upgrades and Microsoft ended retail upgrades in October 2013.