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You should be able to use your Windows 7 code against an ISO download from https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/soft...d/windows10ISO
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You have a Win7 licence code and its not working on a Win10 installation?
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Originally posted by ShandyDrinker View PostIf you're using virtualisation why not just go through the W7 install->Activation->W10 upgrade process once and just take a backup as a template for future virtual machines. You'll spend more time looking for a shortcut than it would take to go through the process anyway.
It's not really a shortcut. I have a valid licence; the ISO contains everything I need for the new OS; I don't need to upgrade anything. I was hoping it would just work. All I can find on the internet is that you need to go through the W7->W10 upgrade to get the code you can use to install from the ISO.
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Why don't you call Microsoft support and ask if there is a solution to your dilemma/problem?
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Originally posted by VectraMan View PostI wanted to install W10 in a VirtualBox VM for testing purposes. I have a genuine (really) unused retail boxed copy of Windows 7 Pro, so I could install that and let it go through the whole tedious updates process and eventually I should get Windows 10. But that's dumb when I could just install W10.
I googled and quickly found an ISO, which looked to be genuine and not from some site trying to sell me russian brides. And it works, but asks for a code and won't accept the one from Windows 7 Pro as genuine.
Does anyone know if this is even possible? Should my W7 Pro code work with a W10 install? Or is there something I can do to legitimately get a W10 code out of my W7 code? Surely if they let you upgrade W7->W10 for free, and then you need to rebuild your system for some reason they don't expect you to have to reinstall W7 and go through the upgrade again.
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Windows 10 ISO + code
I wanted to install W10 in a VirtualBox VM for testing purposes. I have a genuine (really) unused retail boxed copy of Windows 7 Pro, so I could install that and let it go through the whole tedious updates process and eventually I should get Windows 10. But that's dumb when I could just install W10.
I googled and quickly found an ISO, which looked to be genuine and not from some site trying to sell me russian brides. And it works, but asks for a code and won't accept the one from Windows 7 Pro as genuine.
Does anyone know if this is even possible? Should my W7 Pro code work with a W10 install? Or is there something I can do to legitimately get a W10 code out of my W7 code? Surely if they let you upgrade W7->W10 for free, and then you need to rebuild your system for some reason they don't expect you to have to reinstall W7 and go through the upgrade again.
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