Wrigleyvillain
PTFO or GTFO
- Joined
- Oct 13, 2007
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System Name | DarkStar |
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Processor | i5 3570K 4.4Ghz |
Motherboard | Asrock Z77 Extreme 3 |
Cooling | Apogee HD White/XSPC Razer blocks |
Memory | 8GB Samsung Green 1600 |
Video Card(s) | 2 x GTX 670 4GB |
Storage | 2 x 120GB Samsung 830 |
Display(s) | 27" QNIX |
Case | Enthoo Pro |
Power Supply | Seasonic Platinum 760 |
Mouse | Steelseries Sensei |
Keyboard | Ducky Pro MX Black |
Software | Windows 8.1 x64 |
I pre-ordered Win 7 upgrade for $50. It did not ask for any proof of earlier Windows license, though technically one should have one as that's what an upgrade is, right? As I had a retail copy of Vista Ultimate from work I figured I was safe no matter what. Then at release it was fairly well documented around the web that one was able to perform a clean install from "Upgrade" DVD and that was my experience as well. Not just once but at least four times across three different motherboards. I would have to go through the phone activation after a mobo change which is a little annoying but it always went fine (and I understand the need to protect themselves in this way).
However, the last time (about 6 months ago) it did not go fine. It refused to activate even via the phone system and I had to talk to a guy in India. He would not budge on the "fact" that it was not possible to do a full, clean install on a blank HDD with an upgrade DVD and I would have to install Vista first despite my protests that it had worked just fine multiple times in the past. I understand that's what he had to say but I kept at it at least in hopes that I could determine if something had changed with the system/policy. But I essentially got nothing from him (good at his job).
So I am posting this because I am about to try again and as such am wondering about others experiences with this. Especially as I am about to install to a new Sandforce 2 SSD and it sure would be great to not have to install freaking Vista first again and save myself the time and the unnecessary writes to my new drive.
However, the last time (about 6 months ago) it did not go fine. It refused to activate even via the phone system and I had to talk to a guy in India. He would not budge on the "fact" that it was not possible to do a full, clean install on a blank HDD with an upgrade DVD and I would have to install Vista first despite my protests that it had worked just fine multiple times in the past. I understand that's what he had to say but I kept at it at least in hopes that I could determine if something had changed with the system/policy. But I essentially got nothing from him (good at his job).
So I am posting this because I am about to try again and as such am wondering about others experiences with this. Especially as I am about to install to a new Sandforce 2 SSD and it sure would be great to not have to install freaking Vista first again and save myself the time and the unnecessary writes to my new drive.