Tuesday, July 14, 2015

security - Upgrading from Windows 7 home premium


I'm trying to secure a public computer that's running Windows 7 Home Premium (see How to secure a public computer? for other discussion). Unfortunately it turns out that Windows Home Premium doesn't have gpedit.msc. :(


I don't think there's any way of running gpedit.msc on Home Premium. I have a key for Windows 7 Business edition, however, that I could use.


Can I simply change the product key to a Business key? If so, will that work? Will Windows 7 just upgrade itself automatically for me?


Answer



This is not possible.


You will either need to use a Windows Anytime Upgrade key or perform a fresh installation.


There is no business edition of Windows 7 - it could either be a Vista Bussiness key you have or a Windows 7 Enterprise.


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