Windows 7 Student upgrade?

[BertRoot]

If I buy this can I stick it on a blank drive as long as I have an XP disk or do I need to preinstall XP?

[Mystical_2K]

not as far as i know mate (happy to be corrected tho)

[chesser]

no need to preinstall XP Bert just a blank disk and off ye go

[BertRoot]

no need to preinstall XP Bert just a blank disk and off ye go

Really? I don't want to have to do it as it is just a waste of time. How does it work then?

[chesser]

not entirely sure but I've installed Student upgrades many times and the option to upgrade is usually greyed out, just install as you would any other OS and put the key in when prompted...

[kronas]

i was told by ms to install once without key then install again this time choosing upgrade enter key activate and voila!

[sniper]

do you need to type in the XP key ?

[Wompastompa]

JUST SOME INFO IF YOU DONT KNOW IF YOU ARE A STUDENT OR HAVE KIDS AT SCHOOL YOU CAN GET LEGIT SOFTWARE WITH A HUGE DISCOUNT FROM

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YOU CAN GET WINDOWS 7 ULTIMATE X64 FOR ABOUT 50 QUID

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[drdude]

Not sure whether this was resolved so here's my experience with a Windows 7 Upgrade DVD from Software4Students. When you do a clean install it fails on activation because:

1) Setup records a clean install with value 1 at HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/Software/Microsoft/Windows/CurrentVersion/Setup/OOBE/MediaBootInstall (MediaBootInstall is a DWORD key)
2) The product key is meant for upgrade installs only

The fix is a piece of piss. Change MediaBootInstall=1 to MediaBootInstall=0, launch an elevated command prompt and type 'slmgr /rearm', then reboot. You can then activate