How to upgrade for FREE from Windows 7 Starter to Windows home premium ....

[marymoomoo]

Does anyone please know how I can upgrade from Windows 7 Stater to Windows home premium on my new netbook I was dissapointed to find it came with the operating system Windows 7 Starter as it has so many limitations.

[daffy654]

If it is anything like Vista then you will have to pay for the upgrade. My PC came with Vista Basic a few years ago and I paid around £60 to upgrade to Home Premium.

[marymoomoo]

Oh no thats not good so annoyed I paid for a computer with onlpy starter on it yet if I had bought one with windows xp I would of got an upgrade to windows home premium for free from the retailer yet they didnt tell me that .....

[Buenchico]

Microsoft charge £99.99 for the upgrade:
http://emea.microsoft...-Home-Premium-Upgrade

Take a look at the Comparison Chart here:
http://en.wikipedia.o...ions#Comparison_chart
If you can tell us what it is that you need, but haven't currently got, we might be able to suggest some free third-party software which will do the job as well (or better) than the missing Microsoft components.

Chris

[VHG]

>Microsoft charge £99.99 for the upgrade:

That is to upgrade from Vista etc.

They do a special Starter to Home Premium upgrade and Amazon have it for les than £60

http://www.amazon.co....qid=1283969647&sr=8-1

[Buenchico]

Thanks for the correction, VHG.

Marymoomoo might still want us to recommend some suitable freebies though ;-)

[ChuckFickens]

I'd be interested to know what Mary feels is missing from starter that would actually run properly or be relevant on a netbook.

[hc4361]

Starter is just perfect for a netbook. It does everything you need to do, leaves out the resources hogging extras. Keeps it lean, exactly what is needed.