[Not working anymore] How to upgrade from W7/8.1 without going through the complete upgrade process

Yes, sp1 was integrated.

In my case, would I need to deal with pid.txt and ei.cfg files per Enthousiast's post
h??p://forums.mydigitallife.net/threads/64770-How-to-upgrade-from-W7-8-1-without-going-through-the-complete-upgrade-process?p=1206253&viewfull=1#post1206253

If so, how?

Or just proceed with OP's setp gatherosstate [but from build 10586 iso rather than 10240]. Then clean Install using 10586 iso

 

Should I proceed with my plan with the 10586 with your post?

@Enthousiast, you can clarify with Yen

 

If your 8 machine has a 8 core oemm, at clean/re-installing 10 pro you should use an ei.cfg containing this:

Code:

[Channel]
_Default

[VL]
0

It will give you the option to choose during initial setup, select Pro skip the key question during oobe.

 

Or just rename the .txt to .cfg after saving the .txt

 

@Enthousiast, you wrote
"Running the setup from win 7 ultimate will give you 10 pro (only not on a branded system with an embedded windows 8.x Core/10 Home key, then you'll have to use the 10240 iso to upgrade to 10 pro and do a clean install using the 10586 iso combined with eiter a pro pid.txt or an appropiate ei.cfg)"

I still would need to run gatherosstate from 10240 [rather than 10586] to obtain genuineticket before using 10586+ei.cfg to clean install. So, can't just disregard use of 10240, correct?

 

Yen made this thread when we still were on 10240, you can use the gatherosstate.exe from 10586 instead of 10240 Because you're using the "gatherosstate and skipping upgrading" route, you don't have to use the 10240 iso at all.

 

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system builder should be key based not hardware ID. I do remember they changed their policy (If I remember right) on system builder and its license agreement. Different stipulations or something.

 

yea, it ends, it ends, it ENDS!!! Oh my Lord, can't believe in it! I can't wait for this!
s**t, i just s**t myself

 

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-This did not give me option to choose Pro vs Home. But, Pro was installed and successfully activated. How did the installation know to choose Pro?

-Also, no product key screen appear to skip

*Perhaps the 10586 installation automatically grabbed the pro key associated with the embedded oemm ?

 

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