Customer Reviews for Windows Anytime Upgrade: Windows 7 Home Premium to Windows 7 Professional - Windows
Windows Anytime Upgrade: Windows 7 Home Premium to Windows 7 Professional - Windows
Model: 1
SKU: 1303126
UPC: 885370228779
You love the simple navigation, the lightning-fast performance and the immersive media of Windows 7 Home Premium. Now, extend the benefits and comfort of your home operating system to your work — and empower your PC to bring your business to new levels. Windows 7 Professional has all of your favorite Home Premium features, like Snap, Peek, Shake and more, with even more options for increasing productivity and enhancing communication. Windows Anytime Upgrade: Windows 7 Home Premium to Windows 7 Professional is a business-savvy boost for your PC. Run multiple Windows XP productivity programs at once and multitask to your heart's content in Windows XP mode. Effortlessly connect to networks in your business, as well as at home, and share files in an instant. Ensure the safety of your company's sensitive data thanks to encryption technology and automatic backups. The ideal combination of work and play, with both entertainment excellence and no-nonsense performance, Windows 7 Professional powers your work, your home and your style.
Average Customer Rating:
3.4
out of 5
(29 Reviews) 29
Rating Snapshot 29 reviews
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62% of customers would recommend this product to a friend
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18 out of
29)
Customer Reviews for Windows Anytime Upgrade: Windows 7 Home Premium to Windows 7 Professional - Windows
Review 1 for Windows Anytime Upgrade: Windows 7 Home Premium to Windows 7 Professional - Windows
Terrible service.
Customer Rating
1.0
Ease of Use
1.0
Ease of Installation
1.0
What's not so great: Two bum products and finallly a refund
This was one of the biggest charlie foxtrots i've had the mispleasure(?) of experiencing. First upgrade not valid. Get email upgrades not valid, please call us.
I called. Very nice lady apologized and got new one out right away.
Second one also invalid (Microsoft did not recognize the numbers). This time, got a lady who was VERY unfriendly, had absolutely no idea what was going on (so that excuses some of the uncuddley vibes I got.
In the end, she offered a refund in desperation, I accepted in equal desperation since we both wanted out.
I went to Amazon, got the same thing for $20 less and loaded and upgraded on the spot.
Best Buy did give me prompt refund.
I called. Very nice lady apologized and got new one out right away.
Second one also invalid (Microsoft did not recognize the numbers). This time, got a lady who was VERY unfriendly, had absolutely no idea what was going on (so that excuses some of the uncuddley vibes I got.
In the end, she offered a refund in desperation, I accepted in equal desperation since we both wanted out.
I went to Amazon, got the same thing for $20 less and loaded and upgraded on the spot.
Best Buy did give me prompt refund.
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
+1point
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Review 2 for Windows Anytime Upgrade: Windows 7 Home Premium to Windows 7 Professional - Windows
Best way to upgrade Win7
Customer Rating
5.0
Value for Price
5.0
Ease of Use
5.0
Compatibility
2.0
Ease of Installation
5.0
Best way to upgrade Windows 7 from lower version of Windows 7.
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Review 3 for Windows Anytime Upgrade: Windows 7 Home Premium to Windows 7 Professional - Windows
It does what it is supposed to do
Customer Rating
5.0
Value for Price
5.0
Ease of Use
5.0
Compatibility
5.0
Ease of Installation
5.0
What's great about it: Allows me to continue to use XP applications
I have a lot of older applications which I use infrequently and do not want to buy the latest versions. This allows me to continue to realize benefits from those older applications.
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Review 4 for Windows Anytime Upgrade: Windows 7 Home Premium to Windows 7 Professional - Windows
up grade super........doing it poor
Customer Rating
5.0
What's great about it: see below
What's not so great: see below
no problems with having up grade...............but the info given by bestbuy was much less than adequate......took computer in to Best Buy next day.told to go to DEEK Squad (sic) ........again 'cause I did NOT purchase the "DEEK SQUAD (sic) service.......(but DID purchase extended warranty) .......NOT THE SAME...........SSSOOOO customer support for this time gets an F grade............I was able to go online and GOOGLE help that was VERY HELPFUL...............
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Review 5 for Windows Anytime Upgrade: Windows 7 Home Premium to Windows 7 Professional - Windows
This may do something for someone, but not for me
Customer Rating
1.0
What's great about it: Install worked; 2nd time thru
What's not so great: It didn't run any of the 32-bit XP apps I need to run
I have an aging XP box still running which does that thing that Windows boxes tend to do: slows to a glacial pace the more you use it. (Actually, I think it's installing software that causes to slow -- I digress).
My Windows 7 box is much more responsive (thanks largely to Moore's law I suspect) but won't run a lot of the Win2K / XP apps I've been running for years. Well, in the virtualized XP environment supposedly provide by this $90 upgrade, they still won't run.
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
-1point
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Review 6 for Windows Anytime Upgrade: Windows 7 Home Premium to Windows 7 Professional - Windows
BEWARE
Customer Rating
1.0
Beware of ordering key cards. Customer service did not activate card before shipping so it was useless to me. I have a tech at my office to install this & it didnt work. Spent 40minutes on the phone to get activated then was told they couldnt activate had to take back to the store. I purchased online because I dont have a store very close. After being transferred 4times I was told they would refund me the cost. Then I got transferred 2 more times & told they couldnt refund me. I had to return it to the store. So after paying my tech for half hour while waiting on hold I have to use my gas now to return to store. The product is fine but if someone doesnt activate before shipping there's nothing you can do
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
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Review 7 for Windows Anytime Upgrade: Windows 7 Home Premium to Windows 7 Professional - Windows
Easy to install
Customer Rating
5.0
Posted by: alaneury
from Albemarle
on 03/21/2012
Value for Price
5.0
Ease of Use
5.0
Ease of Installation
4.0
My wife likes this very well. she like the easy install.
I would recommend this to a friend!
-1point
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Review 8 for Windows Anytime Upgrade: Windows 7 Home Premium to Windows 7 Professional - Windows
Not good at all
Customer Rating
1.0
Posted by: Blazer1250
from Sabillasville, Md.
on 02/01/2012
Value for Price
1.0
Ease of Use
1.0
Compatibility
1.0
Ease of Installation
1.0
What's great about it: Not a Thing
What's not so great: Every thing
This peace of cardboard is not what you think it is. It is a waste of money and when you take it back to best buy for the Geeks to fix it that don't happen. you spend over $200 and still can't use it. I have a lot of programs that work on XP and they told this would take care of it so I could use them. batter buy a Disc.to install.
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
-3points
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Review 9 for Windows Anytime Upgrade: Windows 7 Home Premium to Windows 7 Professional - Windows
Download would not work
Customer Rating
1.0
Value for Price
1.0
Ease of Use
1.0
Compatibility
1.0
Ease of Installation
1.0
What's great about it: Nothing
What's not so great: Doesn't work and charges you
I tried to download the software twice and it told me that my credit card was not valid. My credit card company actually called me to ask if I were buying the some item twice. I called Best Buy helpless desk and they were worthless!! I had to download from a Microsoft site which worked flawlessly. Now I am fighting with Best Buy to credit my card for the purchase which I didn't receive. I will never download anything from Best Buy again.
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
+1point
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Review 10 for Windows Anytime Upgrade: Windows 7 Home Premium to Windows 7 Professional - Windows
Made my life easy
Customer Rating
5.0
Value for Price
5.0
Ease of Use
5.0
Compatibility
5.0
Ease of Installation
5.0
What's great about it: Installs easy and works great with old programs
What's not so great: None so far
I went from 11 year old computer with Office 2000 to new computer with Windows 7. Added Windows pro with no problems (easy to install) then added Word Perfect Office X5. My files transferred, to my amazement, with no problems. My printer and USB A drive work great. Have had no problems with any of my old problems so far that I have moved to this new computer. I was afraid to upgrade because of the problems I expected to have, but I would do it all over again. It has made my life easier to do my bookkeeping.
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Review 11 for Windows Anytime Upgrade: Windows 7 Home Premium to Windows 7 Professional - Windows
easy install...no benefits found yet
Customer Rating
2.0
Posted by: madintn
from Greeneville, TN
on 11/23/2011
Value for Price
2.0
Ease of Use
4.0
Compatibility
5.0
Ease of Installation
5.0
What's great about it: easy install
What's not so great: no benefits found
I still have not found anything that it improved on my computer.
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
-4points
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Review 12 for Windows Anytime Upgrade: Windows 7 Home Premium to Windows 7 Professional - Windows
no good
Customer Rating
2.0
Posted by: twhite000
from New Hampshire
on 11/23/2011
Value for Price
1.0
Ease of Use
1.0
Compatibility
1.0
Ease of Installation
1.0
I bought this for the remote desktop connection, which I couldn't get to work. Microsoft wants to charge money for support. It's their product, but they won't help with installing it so that it works correctly.
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
-6points
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Review 13 for Windows Anytime Upgrade: Windows 7 Home Premium to Windows 7 Professional - Windows
Great Update
Customer Rating
5.0
Posted by: LM99
from Provo, UT
on 11/10/2011
Value for Price
3.0
Ease of Use
5.0
Compatibility
5.0
Ease of Installation
5.0
What's great about it: Easy to Install
What's not so great: Microsoft prices
Excelent update if you like a strong system/OS. All may programs (even those at 32 bit) works perfect. Also I did not have any issue with any of my periferic hardware.
I would recommend this to a friend!
+6points
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Review 14 for Windows Anytime Upgrade: Windows 7 Home Premium to Windows 7 Professional - Windows
Easy to install, better features for networking.
Customer Rating
4.0
Posted by: DaleC
from Carmel, NY
on 10/22/2011
Value for Price
4.0
Ease of Use
4.0
Compatibility
4.0
Ease of Installation
4.0
What's great about it: Easy installation.
What's not so great: Price
I replaced an older machine that had home premium and wanted the professional version to match the other machines on my home network. This upgrade was easy to install and worked immediately.
I would recommend this to a friend!
+5points
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Review 15 for Windows Anytime Upgrade: Windows 7 Home Premium to Windows 7 Professional - Windows
Can't install a fresh copy.
Customer Rating
1.0
Posted by: Jimbo37
from Chicago IL
on 10/20/2011
Value for Price
1.0
Ease of Use
1.0
Compatibility
1.0
Ease of Installation
1.0
What's great about it: Nothing
What's not so great: Can't do a clean install
I had window 7 home premium and wanted to upgrade so that the computer could connect to our office network. As everyone knows a clean install is always better than just upgrading, but with this upgrade key it will not let you do a clean install like you were able to do with XP. RIDICULOUS!!
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
-6points
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Review 16 for Windows Anytime Upgrade: Windows 7 Home Premium to Windows 7 Professional - Windows
Essential for reuse of XP software
Customer Rating
5.0
Posted by: 1946dodge
from Saugus,MA
on 09/28/2011
Value for Price
5.0
Ease of Use
5.0
Compatibility
5.0
Ease of Installation
5.0
What's great about it: Necessary if you want XP compatiblilty
What's not so great: Would like it even more if it could handle XP compatible hardware.
If you upgrade to windows 7, one drawback is that much of the software you could use on your old XP machine will not work in the 64 bit W7 mode.
W7 professional has an option to run in an XP mode as a virtual machine so you dont have to re buy old software you use. My reason for wanting this feature is that I didnt want to and could not afford to replace my MATLAB or FORTRAN compilers each of which is very expensive now. This feature saved me ALOT of money and frustration.
Too bad they don't have a feature to run some XP compatible hardware as well ,like my HP scanner!
W7 professional has an option to run in an XP mode as a virtual machine so you dont have to re buy old software you use. My reason for wanting this feature is that I didnt want to and could not afford to replace my MATLAB or FORTRAN compilers each of which is very expensive now. This feature saved me ALOT of money and frustration.
Too bad they don't have a feature to run some XP compatible hardware as well ,like my HP scanner!
I would recommend this to a friend!
+12points
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Review 17 for Windows Anytime Upgrade: Windows 7 Home Premium to Windows 7 Professional - Windows
easy installation
Customer Rating
5.0
Posted by: tokenflame
from Laurel, MD
on 09/28/2011
Value for Price
5.0
Ease of Use
5.0
Compatibility
5.0
Ease of Installation
5.0
What's great about it: No hassle installation and smooth no hang up operation
What's not so great: haven't found anything.
Bought the Windows 7 upgrade to Professional, took it home, dialed inthe access code, received my auithentication key and viola, 10 minutes later I am fully upgraded from Windows 7 Premium Home, to Windows 7 Professional, no fuss, no muss.
I would recommend this to a friend!
+6points
7out of 8found this review helpful.
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Review 18 for Windows Anytime Upgrade: Windows 7 Home Premium to Windows 7 Professional - Windows
Fairly Easy
Customer Rating
4.0
Posted by: alarm83
from St.Cloud, MN
on 09/15/2011
Value for Price
3.0
Ease of Use
5.0
Compatibility
5.0
Ease of Installation
5.0
I got the upgrade card to go from Windows 7 Home to Windows 7 Professional for school purposes. I was pleasantly surprised to see that I could buy and upgrade card vs. having to buy the whole program. It installed seemlessly in just a few minutes and caused no real interruption with any of my programs that I already had installed on my laptop. I just had to follow the easy step-by-step instructions and got it done!
I would recommend this to a friend!
+8points
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Review 19 for Windows Anytime Upgrade: Windows 7 Home Premium to Windows 7 Professional - Windows
confusing to move from XP to 7
Customer Rating
5.0
Posted by: CHKLLC
from Central NJ
on 09/07/2011
Value for Price
5.0
Ease of Use
4.0
Compatibility
5.0
Ease of Installation
5.0
I WILL rate this excellent once I figure out all of the new operations. Tutorial video is OK but I would prefer a users manual. Easy to install.
This was ordered on-line for in-store pick-up. Originally the cashier gave me the upgrade from basic to home premium, which was pre-installed on my computer. Exchange was easy to complete but required an additional visit to the store.
I would recommend this to a friend!
+4points
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Review 20 for Windows Anytime Upgrade: Windows 7 Home Premium to Windows 7 Professional - Windows
When it is good, it is very good, but . . .
Customer Rating
3.0
Posted by: Anonymous
from Charleston
on 09/07/2011
Value for Price
3.0
Ease of Use
3.0
Compatibility
3.0
Ease of Installation
3.0
What's great about it: Good with software
What's not so great: Bad with hardware
I added this to be sure that my old XPsoftware and computer equipment would work with Windows 7. XP level software works fine with this; XP level equipment does not. I had an HP 2200c scanner that HP is not writing Windows 7 drivers for, and it does now work under this upgrade. The same with a business card scanner. I get to use older software, but wil have to buy a new scanner. Three stars because it does half of what I had expected.
I would recommend this to a friend!
+3points
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