Thread: Pirate version to legal

Well going from a pirate version of XP to a Windows 7, do you need new version at 199 sd or the upgrade at 119 sd will do?

what do you think ?

full version

Get the full version, back up your data and then do a clean install

Windows gets clagged up enough on it's own, no need to help it along

found this:

I’m not going to pretend for a moment that there’s more than a few of you out there running [COLOR=blue ! important][COLOR=blue ! important]Windows [COLOR=blue ! important]XP[/COLOR][/COLOR][/COLOR]
illegally. You’ve seen the very nice $50 price tag of Windows 7 Home Premium Upgrade and said, "Okay, I can afford that, but can I upgrade a pirated copy of XP to Win 7?"
Answer: No. When you hit the WGA, the upgrade won’t work.
However.. I can tell you how to get Windows 7 for significantly less than the full-version $200 price tag.
Here’s how it’s done:

1. Buy a copy of Windows Vista Home Basic "System Builders" Edition from NewEgg. Cost is $84.99 with free shipping. This is a qualifying product for the Windows 7 Upgrade.
2. Pre-order your Windows 7 Home Premium Upgrade for $49.99. Remember, this price only lasts until July 11, 2009. After that it’s $119 for the upgrade and $200 for the full version.

Your total cost will be $134.98. Shipping will be free on both products. This is significantly cheaper than the full $200 price tag for the full-version Win 7 price. Granted, you’ll never use the license of [COLOR=blue ! important][COLOR=blue ! important]Windows [COLOR=blue ! important]Vista[/COLOR][/COLOR][/COLOR] you purchased, but it does take $65 off what you would have spent for the full-version Win 7 otherwise. This is an easy, and moreover legal, way to save cash on the purchase of the OS.
Why go legal with Windows?

There’s really only one reason. It’s for Windows Update.
Windows Update started with Windows 98 which was over 10 years ago, however the Windows Genuine Advantage validation check didn’t occur until 2006.
If you are running Windows illegally, you basically can’t use WU at all and that’s a problem. Whenever critical updates are sent thru the WU system, you won’t be able to [COLOR=blue ! important][COLOR=blue ! important]install[/COLOR][/COLOR] it. Not easily, anyway.
The common comeback to that is, "Well, I don’t have to use WU. I could install the patches manually." Yes, you could. But you know full well that’s decidedly inconvenient and a pain to get done.
If you don’t feel like paying for Windows, just use Linux. But if you do use [COLOR=blue ! important][COLOR=blue ! important]Windows[/COLOR][/COLOR], the one-time license cost is worth the price for the updates.
Most people take WU for granted, but it is vital to make sure critical updates are applied without any hassle.

Originally Posted by forreachingme

Remember, this price only lasts until July 11, 2009

Not terribly useful then.

U can upgrade from any unactivated version of windows. thats what I did.

just borrow a legit CD/DVD without the key.

Originally Posted by Gerbil

Originally Posted by forreachingme

Remember, this price only lasts until July 11, 2009

Not terribly useful then.

I think you had to be there.....

Finally purchased full version of XP online for 75USD.

The 7 is 119USD for upgrade, that would have blocked, the full version is 199 but only in French or German, the multilingual is bloody 450+ USD over here...

Started with a Fix it disk, (60 USD) that save me first few days, windows did not boot anymore and could not halt at boot start, no safe mode possible...then always new problem raised until i could no more open mail...

Once XP boots it tells to upgrade only, worked wonders, can work again...

Beware going to Europe with unlicensed versions !

I do wonder about those high prices. Here in Germany I can buy OEM/system builder versions of WIN 7 Home premium that are completely legal here at 85 Euro. No need to go some upgrade path. The only difference is there is no free support with the OEM but who needs Microsoft support and how much would it help if you need it?

These are German language versions but is there nothing similar available elsewhere?

Retail versions are much more expensive but I don't know who would buy them and for what purpose.

BTW you can buy them as 32 or 64 bit versions but the keys are interchangeable. So you can go 32 bit now and change later to 64 bit. That is not completely legal because in theory you need a legal copy of a 64 bit DVD but even a semi official website sponsored by Microsoft here declared that this is not a real problem as long as you have a legal key.

85 euro x 1.3 = 1.3 = 110.5 Usd same same but little bit different only

Yes but this is a full version, not an upgrade. OK if you have a legal XP to upgrade from but a no hassle fresh install wth the OEM version if you don't have an XP.