Can you upgrade from free trial to real version?

Tutorials Win: Microsoft Windows Forum

- Previous
  - 1
    - x64 Trial Can a key code be perchased Can a key code be perchased? Tag: Can you upgrade from free trial to real version? Tag: 7701
  - 2
    - Does my OEM license count for anything!?!? ASAP please!! I have bought a full service pack 2 included version of Microsoft Windows XP pro (OEM edition). I have subsiquently tried to register for the x64 upgrade, and when i bash in my registration ID (76487-OEM-0*****6-45676) and select the date of purchase it doesnt let me continue. Says that the COA is invalid (baring in mind I neither have a COA or have input the COA in the field). Does this mean if you have an OEM copy of xp pro you need a COA to register, becuase i didnt get a COA with my copy....but I have a full license, and a product ID and serial number (registered aswell), so surely that shouldnt matter?? I only bought this copy so that I could get x64, so ill be pretty cheesed if I cant get it, any help appreciated, Nathan Tag: Can you upgrade from free trial to real version? Tag: 7692
  - 3
    - How do I reinstall Windows Installer ? I think I recently had a virus and it damaged the Windows Installer. Now it is very difficult for me to install software that I know is compatible with X64. Can I download the X64-compatible Windows Installer ? Thanks in advance for your help. Steve Tag: Can you upgrade from free trial to real version? Tag: 7679
  - 4
    - Photo view Does anyone else miss the filmstrip view of photo files that XP had and is missing in X64. Tag: Can you upgrade from free trial to real version? Tag: 7660
  - 5
    - drivers very confusing in windows x64 I'll try posting in this section: Ok, you might say Im having a slight problem installing the necessary drivers for the 64bit xp version. I just bought new parts for my precious computer, and I hate it when it won't work properly. This is the hardware: Motherboard: Sapphire ATI Xpress 200P, Socket-939,ATX SATA, LAN, AC97, USB2.0, PCI-Ex16 Processor:AMD Athlon 64 4000+ 2.4GHz Socket 939, 1MB, BOXED w/fan videocard: PowerColor Radeon X800XL 256MB GDDR3 PCI-Express, VIVO/2xDVI, Retail soundcard: (from old computer) SB Audigy modelnr: SB0900 RAM: 1 x Crucial PC3200 DDR-DIMM 1024MB CL3 5ns Unbuffered, Non-parity, 2.5V,128Meg x 64 Powersupply: Sweex essentials 650WATT I saw the offer from microsoft on a free 64bit trial for 120 days, and I thought to myself, wow, I gotta try this. First off, I visited the windows update section, and downed all that showed up. That went fine. Next, I had to manually search for the drivers for the 64bit xp drivers for my vidcard, and after a while I found what I needed. And after the restart voila, it worked just fine. Now my problem is getting XP to find my motherboard drivers. Iv'e tried the CD that came with my new motherboard, and what a surprise it didn't work. So I searched Saphires pages for the drivers necessary for the 64 bit version. What a surprise. I couldn't find anything. And the old though audigy drivers shure didn't work. Iv'e even tried downing from creatives own "average designed" official homepage.. Im desperate in need of help here, and Im open to suggestions if anybody knows something I don't.. Maybe I should just go back to "good ol' XP?? that seems like the only option so far.. I really hope its possible to run the 64bit XP. Someone got an Idea about my (dusted) soundcard, and motherboard drivers. When I read the device manager I get ?mark on the following on other devices: Multimedia Audio controller PCI Input device SM Bus Controller Unknown Device Unknown Device Remember I have tried to use the Driver cd that came with my motherboard, and when it autoruns I get error message: "Stop run on your MB!" Well that was a good explanation hehe. So please help me out here.. Im all out of reasons why, My option is reinstalling good old XP, even if it means my 64 bit processor won't work in optimum conditions.. Thnx for the help guys, and as you already know... -- "a genius fix what the expert cant fix" Tag: Can you upgrade from free trial to real version? Tag: 7648
  - 6
    - Confused Since there are MS representatives helping to answer our questions here I have a couple of them: I bought a HP Pavillion that has Windows XP home edition. This is a second computer. I already have a computer with Windows XP Pro. I want to uninstall the operating system from the first system and transfer it to my new system for a couple of reasons but file encryption is one of them. After I do that do I qualify to participate in the Technology Advancement Program? My second question has to do with the following: There are advertisements in a local computer magazine that is selling the Windows XP 64 bit edition for about $20.00 more than XP Pro. I thought that we were dealing with a beta program and that is was still not available to the general market. I have not seen bit computer outlets advertise it. So what's up? Is it legal to be selling those copies? Thanks -- Hector Tag: Can you upgrade from free trial to real version? Tag: 7645
  - 7
    - x64 Compatible Scanners? Need to buy a new scanner, and want to make sure it's x86 compatible. Any suggestions? Thanks, Curt. Tag: Can you upgrade from free trial to real version? Tag: 7636
  - 8
    - Trial expiration Is there a way I can find out when the trial edition of x64 I am running expires? Richard Tag: Can you upgrade from free trial to real version? Tag: 7635
  - 9
    - Need a NIC Card Im looking for a NIC card that is supported by XP 64bit. And the company actually has drivers for it. 10/100 would be nice. But if its gotta be a dual port 100/1000 I'll take it. Tag: Can you upgrade from free trial to real version? Tag: 7633
  - 10
    - Smtp E-mail Outbound Has any one had this problem? I can send email outbound from outlook express but not from mozzlla or from thunderbird. It appears something is blocking the stmp send . We did install avast and the windows xp professional 64 bit built in firewall. Any one have any clues where to start to look for this? Thanks in advance --- avast! Antivirus: Outbound message clean. Virus Database (VPS): 0526-4, 07/01/2005 Tested on: 7/1/2005 6:31:57 PM avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2005 ALWIL Software. http://www.avast.com Tag: Can you upgrade from free trial to real version? Tag: 7610
  - 11
    - Another one that works... Aopen DUW1608/ARR dual layer DVD writer works fine. Tag: Can you upgrade from free trial to real version? Tag: 7592
  - 12
    - Performance Counters Does anyone know if performance counters installed by 32 bit apps are supposed to show up in 2003 x64? More specifically has anyone gotten sql 2000 performance counters to show up in x64? Tag: Can you upgrade from free trial to real version? Tag: 7583
  - 13
    - MSDN Subscription I would like to install many of the programs from my msdn subscription on my 64bit partition. I use the: Image files can be mounted locally using the Virtual CD-ROM Control Panel for Windows XP. For more information about image files, please visit the MSDN FAQ. from the "what's hot" page for subscribers to mount the installs as a virtual DVD drive. Are there any virtual CD drivers that will install on x64 (Damon Tools doesn't work either) Kismet Tag: Can you upgrade from free trial to real version? Tag: 7558
  - 14
    - XP 64 and USB 2.0 Hard Disks When I plug in my USB 2.0 Hard Disk into my XP 64 computer, the computer detects the hardware, then BSOD. After researching the error code from the BSOD, I found a Microsoft article that describes the error exactly, except it is in reference to XP 32-bit. This was an issue on XP 32-bit, SP2 corrected the issue, but apparently a similar fix has not yet been implemented into XP 64-bit. Here is the article: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=331988 When can we expect a fix for this issue? Notes: the USB 2.0 Hard Disk works on the same exact hardware as mentioned above with XP 32-bit installed and I verified the same issue occurs on 2 other XP 64-bit systems as well. Tag: Can you upgrade from free trial to real version? Tag: 7554
  - 15
    - Rant time... This has nothing to do with x64, but since lots of the people posting here build their own machines, I thought somebody here might be able to help. My x64 pc resides in a huge PC Power & Cooling tower case. It's as plain as you can imagine - a tall, very heavy duty white box with 8 accessible 5 /14 drive bays, a power switch and a reset switch. PC Power & Cooling now makes only power supplies. Also, every time I have swap a peripheral out of this case, I miss the nice tool-less features of lots of newer cases like Enlight's. Here's the rant: All the cases on the market today look absurd. I know that it's what the hip crowd wants, but it reminds me of the line in the old John Prine song "Looks like a 'lectric shaver now where the courthouse used to be..." Anyone able to recommend a capacious full tower that won't offend my stodgy sensibilities of what a computer should look like? Tag: Can you upgrade from free trial to real version? Tag: 7528
  - 16
    - Newbie to 64 Hi all! Just ordered a CyberPower system with an Athlon 64 x2 (4400) and XP x64 preinstalled. I'm not kicking my P4 system off the Island but moving it to helper mode and Virtual PC stuff. I am just starting to read this ng and look forward to great ideas from you all. And, oh btw, hi Andre. -- Colin Barnhorst [MVP Windows - Virtual Machine] (Reply to the group only unless otherwise requested) Tag: Can you upgrade from free trial to real version? Tag: 7511
  - 17
    - x64 system upgrade format problems Hi I had just bought x64 for my 3200+ machine and was planning on upgrading it to a 4800 x2 in a couple of months and was wondering if formating my system and reinstalling it is going to give me a problem when I try and reg it with microsoft, like xp home? Thanks Ralph Tag: Can you upgrade from free trial to real version? Tag: 7509
  - 18
    - Does XP PRO 64 support 2 x dual core processors? As per Microsofts: 5 reasons to go windows x64. Under the sub heading: Multiprocessing and Multicore. "Windows Xp Professional x64 Edition is designed to support up to two single or multicore x64 processors for maximum performance and scalability." Is this correct ? As I have read in the media that in Windows Server 2003 x64 the windows task manager will detect 4 CPUs (2 x Dual Core) as will the bios. Is this only particular to Windows Server 64 as a Windows white paper on x64 states that XP PRO x64 can only support 2 CPUs . Does XP PRO x64 deal with multicore in a different way? I would like to put together a 2 x Dual Core Opteron workstaion with XP PRO x64 but it would be great if someone could clarify this bit of confusion for me. Many thanks.. Mark Tag: Can you upgrade from free trial to real version? Tag: 7493
  - 19
    - Macromedia Flash for 64bit IE Hi does any one know why I can not install Flash or shockwave for IE(64bit). Not sure if they have developed anything for IE64 yet, but sure is a pity if they havent. Youd think they would be on the ball a bit more with MS releases. Regards, -- Sten Tag: Can you upgrade from free trial to real version? Tag: 7482
  - 20
    - Hardware Install problem Am running a dual boot with XP Professional on C & Xp Professional x64 on D. I install my web cam on C because of compatablity issues and it works very well. The problem is that when installed on C it also managed to intall itself on D without drivers. No matter what I do I cannot uninstall from D. Now I know that this is a minor issue but would still like to understand what caused this. Richard Tag: Can you upgrade from free trial to real version? Tag: 7479
  - 21
    - Sharing an XP printer with x64 With x64 up and running I'm very impressed with it. However, I suffer from the same probles as many in that my printer does not have a driver. If I were to set up another computer as a "Print Server" running 32 bit XP with my printer installed, would it be possible to share it with x64 and print via the network? I've got all the extra hardware laying around, thought it might be a solution to my problem. So can you share a printer when there is no comparible driver for x64? Thanks, Curt. Tag: Can you upgrade from free trial to real version? Tag: 7476
  - 22
    - Webcams for X64 Has anyone found a web cam that works under X64? Polycom's PVX conferencing software will work under X64, so Polycom support tells me, but there have to be drivers for the web cameras. I know that Creative is promising some in the 3rd or 4th quarter but I would like to know if there are any out there now. One of the compatibility sites suggested that the IBM PC Camera worked under x64, but since those camera's (Xrlinks I think) didn't work well under XP anyway, and since there is no site for drivers, I am a little skeptical of the claim. Thanks. Frank Abbott Tag: Can you upgrade from free trial to real version? Tag: 7462
  - 23
    - The compatibility list thing... If you go to: http://testedproducts.windowsmarketplace.com/results.aspx?bCatID=734&cpID=0&ocID=0&OR=1 You can choose Designed for Windows XP x64 Edition from the By Compatibility box on the left. It ain't no HCL, but it's a resource... Tag: Can you upgrade from free trial to real version? Tag: 7451
  - 24
    - SDLT 600 tapes are not usable I have a server running Windows 2003 standard server with a SCSI SDLT 600 tape drive. I can use the driver that comes with Windows and the drive works fine, passes all diagnostic tests. But it won't put the media into a usable media pool so ntbackup will use the tapes. The tapes are added as unknown media and marked as read only in that media pool. I cannot move the tapes to a different pool as I get an error that the tape is not writeable. Is there a way to manually configure the RSM so it has the correct tape drive paramaters? The drive works and tests to read and write directly using the manufacturer's diagnostics. But it won't write with backup as the tapes are not being placed in a usable media pool. Any help would be appreciated. -Derek Tag: Can you upgrade from free trial to real version? Tag: 7436
  - 25
    - AMD64 processors I'm looking at changing the MB and proc on an HP Pavilion that I have. I've been looking at AMD Athlon 64 procs, but am a little confused now. I'm sure the smart people on this NG will be able to clarify this for me. It appears that AMD has Athlon 64 procs in socket 939 and 754. What is the difference and which one is better? Also, would it be better to go with an Opteron or stick with the Athlon 64? I'll be using the desktop for business mostly with approximately eleven applications at any one time running simultaneously and two of them are graphics intensive. Opterons run all the same apps that Athlons do, right? Opterons aren't like Itanium procs that have be written specifically for it, does it? -- Torrey Lauer Modern Travel Services moderntravel DOT net Rainbow Sky Travel rainbow sky travel DOT net Tag: Can you upgrade from free trial to real version? Tag: 7420
- Next
  - 1
    - x64 and AOL? Before I start, yes, I do realize that AOL sucks, I don't need to know about that. Is it possible to install the latest version of AOL on XP x64? I tried it a while back, but couldn't get it to install...is there something I need to do to get it to install, or am I just being dumb? (Probably the latter...) Andy Garrison Tag: Can you upgrade from free trial to real version? Tag: 7419
  - 2
    - Compatibility with PCTV Cards? Has anyone been successfull with ANY PCTV PCI or USB card and XP 64 ? Thanks, Guillermo Tag: Can you upgrade from free trial to real version? Tag: 7410
  - 3
    - Resgistry Change for Latency Anyone know how to change the latency settings for either video card or sound card in x64 registry? I did a search for latency but nothing showed up under either my nVidia FX 3400 or Audigy 2zs cards. I don't have access to latency through my BIOS and this seems to be the underlying problem in getting good sound. System sounds, e.g. Windows logon, etc. work fine. If I change the driver in my video edit software to the ASIO driver and increase the latency then wave files play correctly. If I try to play an mp3 or wave file using eithe WMP 10 or Media Source then the sound is crackly, distorted, skips, etc. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks, Mark. Tag: Can you upgrade from free trial to real version? Tag: 7409
  - 4
    - Bug reports... Where DO we send any bug reports we might have? Tag: Can you upgrade from free trial to real version? Tag: 7408
  - 5
    - Lovely weirdness... So, I go th print to the HP LJ1200 attached to the Netgear PS110 print server. This worked yesterday. Today, it says the printer is offline, and clicking Use Printer Online brings back an Operation could not be completed error. Delete the printer from Printers and Faxes, reinstall, printer is back and working. I'm not looking for any help on this, since the fix is obvious, but I'd be interested in hearing from anyone else having similar travails. Tag: Can you upgrade from free trial to real version? Tag: 7387
  - 6
    - HP Colour Laserjet 5550hdn XP 64 drivers Hi all, running x64 on my laptop, everything working fine apart from the printer. HP's website lists three drivers for this printer for XP 64bit, but none of them will install. Looking at the inf files, I reckon they have been written for the old Itanium version of XP but HP's support engineers are too clueless to know. HP have asked me to try install on another machine but as I havent got one, can someone here, please confirm for me that the drivers dont install on x64 ? Cheers Tag: Can you upgrade from free trial to real version? Tag: 7385
  - 7
    - x64 will not install My follow-up from Hitachi re the fact that on my system I cannot get the system to recognise the drive on return from Text mode. We have run into a few things that need to be mentioned while researching this issue. The operating system you are using is still in the beta stages which means there are most likely still some issues that need to be addressed. Hitachi GST has also not tested XP64 with any of our drives at this point so we cannot guarantee how well the drives will perform with that version of the operating system. We have also not yet tested your motherboard with the T7K250 drive to verify compatibility. That aside, we continued to research the issue you are experiencing. Asus does not reply Tag: Can you upgrade from free trial to real version? Tag: 7371
  - 8
    - x64 resource kit tools Does anyone know when a set of res kit tools will be available for Windows server 2003 x64 edition? They do install but are not supported Tag: Can you upgrade from free trial to real version? Tag: 7368
  - 9
    - x64 compability list Hello, I finally found a x64 compability list; maybe someone else may have use for it: http://ntcompatible.com/compat.php?cat=All&sort=WindowsXP64&idx=0 I don't know if it has been posted here before? Tag: Can you upgrade from free trial to real version? Tag: 7353
  - 10
    - Tired with 64-bit version Since i don't have 2 boot drives, i'd like to know how to uninstall the 64-bit version and replace it with my 32-bit version of xp? The 64-bit version was a straight install, not an upgrade. Tag: Can you upgrade from free trial to real version? Tag: 7337
  - 11
    - Active Sync 3.8 works partially Active Sync can be installed and does a good job in sychronizing my HP4155 Pocket PC. Problem is that when I click on the Explore button in order to explore my Pocket PC, nothing happens. Neither I can see my Pocket PC in Windows Explorer. Carlos Tag: Can you upgrade from free trial to real version? Tag: 7313
  - 12
    - VNC for x64 Does anybody know of an x64 VNC program? WinVNC runs fine but in x32 mode and is quite slow. Carlos Tag: Can you upgrade from free trial to real version? Tag: 7312
  - 13
    - Agfa Snapscan Touch driver Agfa no longer supports their scanners. Is there any driver belonging to another scanner that can be used? Carlos Tag: Can you upgrade from free trial to real version? Tag: 7310
  - 14
    - Acer DVC-V2 webcam driver Does anybody know a workaround to make this camera work? Acer sold the webcam division to Benq and they do not offer any support to this camera (at least to my knowledge). Can I install it as another camera whose driver is available somewhere? Carlos Tag: Can you upgrade from free trial to real version? Tag: 7309
  - 15
    - AMD part numbers... What are the designators for the dual core Athlon 64s? What socket do they use? Tag: Can you upgrade from free trial to real version? Tag: 7285
  - 16
    - 32bit Drivers on 64bit? I have a Oki C5100 Color laser. Just upgraded to X64. I know the 32 bit drivers will not work on X64 and Okidata does not have any 64bit drivers. Does anyone know a work around for this? Tag: Can you upgrade from free trial to real version? Tag: 7264
  - 17
    - Order time for x64 is absurd... I've had my copy ordered for well over a month now (after they finally accepted my PID/COA) and it's still stuck on "you will be charged when dispatched blah blah blah". The even better part is that the card I used to make the order will expire as of tomorrow because hey, let's face it, who expected to be waiting this long, and I will also probably be changing address soon. Will this mean waiting all over again..? Come on Microsoft. We could've gone out and bought OEM copies and have them delievered from overseas in less than half the time it is taking to get order requests to go through. Tag: Can you upgrade from free trial to real version? Tag: 7262
  - 18
    - Outlook Express 6.00.3790.1930 acoounts dissappear Something weird happen my PoP3 accounts and the Hotmail account dissappear and a fresh OE appear, like if I was starting it for the first time. Has this happen to anyone? I know I have to OE one in x86 and the other in Programs file, how do I know which one is running and how to change from one to the other? AMD Athlon64 3200+ 1G memory, Windows XP Pro x64 version 5.2.3790 SP1 build 3790 -- Jesus is Lord Tag: Can you upgrade from free trial to real version? Tag: 7239
  - 19
    - keyboard codes from external keys hi everybody, does anybody know a solution which does the following: a set of "normal" keyswitches (simple connectors) trigger some black-box-device which outputs keycodes to the PS2 keyboard socket. so my application could read these codes and behave accordingly. this is for the navigation on a fixed kiosk-system where there is a set of a few press-keys rather than a normal keyboard, and no mouse interactivity. thank you peter grambitter germany Tag: Can you upgrade from free trial to real version? Tag: 7238
  - 20
    - ordering XP x64 Is it just me or does the ordering system really suck?? I tried ordering by entering my PID and the date i bought the pc, but no luck, I get an error message saying Invalid COA format when I haven't entered anything under COA, and I get a Label error under PID. What on earth is a LABEL error supposed to mean?? (Worst error message ever) So I tried to email microsoft using their link to the support for ordering XP x64, it opens outlook 2000, i write the email and send it. Seconds later i have a new email This is an INVALID email address. WHAT kinda drugs are those people on?? No offence:p But could anyone tell me what i need to do if i haven't done it, or tell me an address that works. This is the address i used: To: 64bitupgrade@productorder.com Thanks Tag: Can you upgrade from free trial to real version? Tag: 7221
  - 21
    - Diskeeper 9 on OEM XP64 Just installed Diskeeper 9 on a Dell Precision 670 running XP64, to find that the Diskeeper GUI looks completely different from a XP32 machine of the same spec. None of the Boot Time functions are there. Any help always appreciated. Tag: Can you upgrade from free trial to real version? Tag: 7218
  - 22
    - x64 will not boot after installing latest MS AntiSpyware I received an update notification to inform me that a new build of MS AntiSpyware was available. I duly downloaded and installed it. The installation asked for a restart. After the restart, I got the following message informing me that the \CONFIG\SYSTEM file was missing or corrupt. I assume that this registry hive is damaged. My question is really to ask whether the AntiSpyware installation could have caused this corruption, or is it pure coincidence? Any help on recovering the registry without having to do a complete reinstall would be much appreciated. BTW, I have tried to boot from the CD and do a repair install, but I suspect that the boot.ini file might be damaged also. Many thanks Mark Hartt-Palmer Tag: Can you upgrade from free trial to real version? Tag: 7212
  - 23
    - TAP Program Well as seeing today is the 29th of June and tomorrow is the last day of the month I assume that our x64 exchange cd's will be shipping today or tommorrow. The last I heard from Microsoft they would be shipping at the end of June so I guess we will see. Tag: Can you upgrade from free trial to real version? Tag: 7211
  - 24
    - 64 Bit Xp and Office XP compatability I just purchased Office XP Pro for my 64 Bit XP Pro and it hangs during initial setup every time I try to install it.(can't even click on ACCEPT on the very first screen) Anybody else having similar problems with 32 Bit Office products and 64 Bit XP Pro ? Any help is appreciated Tag: Can you upgrade from free trial to real version? Tag: 7206
  - 25
    - 64 Bit Xp and Office XP compatability I just purchased Office XP Pro for my 64 Bit XP Pro and it hangs during initial setup every time I try to install it.(can't even click on ACCEPT on the very first screen) Anybody else having similar problems with 32 Bit Office products and 64 Bit XP Pro ? Any help is appreciated Tag: Can you upgrade from free trial to real version? Tag: 7205

I have just completed installing the trial version of XP Pro 64 on a new
system. If I continue with this and install a lot of software, can I upgrade
to a full paid version without having to reinstall everything? In an ideal
world, I'd like to just enter a new license key and continue on without
having to do anything else.

Top

Re: Can you upgrade from free trial to real version? by Andre

Andre
Sat Jul 02 12:50:13 CDT 2005

This works only if the media type is not OEM. If the media type is OEM,
then you cannot upgrade the Eval, you would have to do a repair.
So unless you are using MSDN or Volume media, this is not an option. You
have to boot to the cd and choose to do a repair.
OEM media will only upgrade other OEM media.
You have to boot from the OEM CD to be able to upgrade or rather repair.
Thanks,
Darrell Gorter[MSFT]
--
Andre
Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com
Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre
http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
FAQ for MS AntiSpy http://www.geocities.com/marfer_mvp/FAQ_MSantispy.htm

"Ed Clarke" <Ed Clarke@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:B4057DDC-9D66-4F48-B7EB-E5777AB85F33@microsoft.com...
>I have just completed installing the trial version of XP Pro 64 on a new
> system. If I continue with this and install a lot of software, can I
> upgrade
> to a full paid version without having to reinstall everything? In an
> ideal
> world, I'd like to just enter a new license key and continue on without
> having to do anything else.
>
>

Top