I need to upgrade a system from 8.0 to 8.1 Pro. I am thinking the best way is
to do the following steps.
1. Upgrade 8.0 to 8.1
2. Apply upgrade key to 8.1 to take it to 8.1 Pro
Question really is I have two ways to do step 2. One I have done the other
would be 2/3 the cost. Pro Student upgrade is a FULL copy of Windows 8.1 Pro
and would cost about $70. A Windows Pro Pac with Media Center would cost about
$100. I did the Pro Pac once since the machine needed Media Center on it. The
machine I am upgrading this time the user does not want Media Center and could
careless about it. Has anyone used a Windows 8.1 Pro full version key to
upgrade a 8.1 system? I have seen at least one MS community post that says to
just apply the key but I don't have a large window to do the work in and the
system MUST be working at the end of the window.
Rant*\
I just wish Universities would get their act together and post clearly what a
person needs BEFORE they start into a college!
Daughter was just told she has to have her system, purchased 2 years ago, up to
Pro WITH Bitlocker installed by the first of next month. System purchased does
not have TPM (did not know disk encryption would be needed!) and needs to have
Office 2010 AND Office 365 installed at the same time! They are giving her
Office 365 and I had a license for both 2010 and 2007, guess which one I put on
her system?
\*Rant
Thanks
Jon
