Very useful if you're building a PC, or if you just want to upgrade!
They also have Windows 7 Professional for £9.32 and Windows 8.1 Professional for £10.23
Top comments
moneybag
1 Sep 16158#12
The Microsoft Police® will kick your front door in at 3AM for piracy!
Cold, must be full of viruses
Theft. Plain and simple, you wouldn't walk in to (Asda/Tesco/Sainsbury's/Waitrose* delete as appropriate) and take a DVD off the shelf would you!
I've heard these are stolen from legitimate PC's and it's only a matter of time before they expire!
Windows 10 LOL!
LOL Micro$oft, Microshaft, Microsh*t (pick whichever you found mildly amusing the first time you heard it... in 1995)
Why would you pay £10 for this?
Linux is free, I love the Tux! Games? err... Viva Linux!!
I'm going to stay with XP thanks.
I'm going to stay with 7 thanks.
Cheaper on (eBay / Gumtree / Local Pub)* note to self: don't buy from any of these three.
As it's OEM, you're breaking the Geneva convention unless it's sold with an item of hardware.
Cold, bloated spyware OS phoning home to Micro$oft, Microshaft, Microsh*t (see above).
Will this work on a Mac?
Will this work on a 14 year old system I never use?
Without the product key sticker, you might as well be asking to be put in prison!
Can get it on Pirate Bay l33t!!
LOL Opium Pulses sounds like a vegetarian heroin dealer!!
Does this come with the DVD?
Can I install this on a (insert model or rough description of anything with a plug)?
Hot.
MBeeching
1 Sep 1628#20
No it's definitely a strip club in Prague
...which ironically doesn't have any windows
speculatrix
2 Sep 1614#55
When you built it, you must have broken the keyboard. I'd get that fixed before you start worrying about Windows licenses.
taras to Psalm23_UK
1 Sep 1611#22
Erm how do you do that :smile: ?
All comments (220)
shaunmorgan3994881
1 Sep 161#1
this one again. ....nice kickback
lamb85
1 Sep 164#2
I got this last time it was on here and its still running perfectly fine
paneds
1 Sep 166#3
im guessing if anybody hasnt downloaded it for free then they probably dont want it.
Kulaak to paneds
1 Sep 162#18
Or it just wouldn't install!
DaveBee
1 Sep 16#4
to upgrade a machine from XP, would I need to do a clean install or can I just upgrade? (actually thinking about going to 8.1)
skykid3 to DaveBee
1 Sep 161#5
Clean install, always my preferred choice of upgrade anyway
fishmaster to DaveBee
1 Sep 161#15
There isn't an upgrade path from XP directly to 10 just like there wasn't for XP to Windows 7. So you need to backup your data and do a clean install.
ukhotdeals1 to DaveBee
2 Sep 162#31
Legality / morality aside;
If you are running XP, then the machine is probably at least 10 years old - I'm not sure Windows/10 would be my first choice for an upgrade -you need a minimum of 2Gb of memory and a minimum of 16Gb of disk - much more is probably needed for "real world" computing.
Then you have driver support - is there Windows/10 code for all the attachments - I know my Sony who made my Vaio running Windows/7 have posted that they were not confident it would ruin W/10 properly, so I've not gone down that route.
Before attempting this I would seek a memory upgrade to at least 4Gb, more if your board supports it, if it doesn't support that, then I think there's a hint there, it's time to break open the piggy bank!
Use a system checker like the one supplied by "crucial.com" to see how much your system will take (and if you're really strapped for cash, buy an equivalent upgrade from Ebay, although some may argue that's verging on naughty)
Finally, you ask "upgrade or fresh install" - (there's no "upgrade" from XP) if you are insistent that you are going down this route I'd play safe and buy a new hard drive and do a fresh install - that way, if it all goes Pete Tong, you can swap in the original drive and at least you have a working computer again.
Personally, this all sounds a bit fishy to me, I'd "play safe" and consider a linux distro - something like MINT will support pretty much all your hardware and is a far more comfortable fit for older equipment, the added bonus is that it costs nothing to download and run.
Voted cold, simply because it sounds as legit as a nine quid note.
Mert0n to DaveBee
2 Sep 16#44
Windows XP is 15 years old now, any machine that is running it is more than likely going to struggle with 10.
Reecemorris9 to DaveBee
2 Sep 16#82
Just go straight to Windows 10 I wouldn't bother with Windows 8.1 but a few things to keep in mind...
Windows 10 is a big jump from XP, remember that Windows 10 uses up a lot more memory than XP.
If you do a clean install, you'll lose all your files on XP.
Just be safe, check the requirements of your PC first
belfastgeoff to DaveBee
2 Sep 16#140
NO
dimuc
1 Sep 161#6
i have windows 10 installed but need a key could i buy this and use the key on windows 10 installed software?
fishmaster to dimuc
1 Sep 161#16
You can as long as you have Windows 10 Professional. Microsoft offer an upgrade path from Windows 10 Core (Home) to Windows 10 Professional but as far as I know the only way to do that is pay Microsoft and it's a lot more than this deal.
Just Wondering
1 Sep 164#7
Same thing on eBay from 9.99
maprel to Just Wondering
2 Sep 161#76
i got one for £7.50 from ebay yesterday
garrafk
1 Sep 161#8
this is OEM key so has to be entered when installing it will not activate after installation
tek-monkey to garrafk
2 Sep 16#56
Really? Hmm, my windows 7 oem key worked after an install, and they're not even supposed to work any more!
sledwich
1 Sep 16#9
Just what I need, fixing up a slightly older PC for a family member. It does not have UEFI bios so will this still work or do I go for the Windows7 ISO. Thanks
fishmaster to sledwich
1 Sep 162#17
Windows 10 works with MBR and UEFI. ISOs are old hat, do it properly and use the Microsoft Media Creation Tool and make a bootable USB stick.
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They also have Windows 7 Professional for £9.32 and Windows 8.1 Professional for £10.23
Top comments
Cold, must be full of viruses
Theft. Plain and simple, you wouldn't walk in to (Asda/Tesco/Sainsbury's/Waitrose* delete as appropriate) and take a DVD off the shelf would you!
I've heard these are stolen from legitimate PC's and it's only a matter of time before they expire!
Windows 10 LOL!
LOL Micro$oft, Microshaft, Microsh*t (pick whichever you found mildly amusing the first time you heard it... in 1995)
Why would you pay £10 for this?
Linux is free, I love the Tux! Games? err... Viva Linux!!
I'm going to stay with XP thanks.
I'm going to stay with 7 thanks.
Cheaper on (eBay / Gumtree / Local Pub)* note to self: don't buy from any of these three.
As it's OEM, you're breaking the Geneva convention unless it's sold with an item of hardware.
Cold, bloated spyware OS phoning home to Micro$oft, Microshaft, Microsh*t (see above).
Will this work on a Mac?
Will this work on a 14 year old system I never use?
Without the product key sticker, you might as well be asking to be put in prison!
Can get it on Pirate Bay l33t!!
LOL Opium Pulses sounds like a vegetarian heroin dealer!!
Does this come with the DVD?
Can I install this on a (insert model or rough description of anything with a plug)?
Hot.
...which ironically doesn't have any windows
All comments (220)
There isn't an upgrade path from XP directly to 10 just like there wasn't for XP to Windows 7. So you need to backup your data and do a clean install.
If you are running XP, then the machine is probably at least 10 years old - I'm not sure Windows/10 would be my first choice for an upgrade -you need a minimum of 2Gb of memory and a minimum of 16Gb of disk - much more is probably needed for "real world" computing.
Then you have driver support - is there Windows/10 code for all the attachments - I know my Sony who made my Vaio running Windows/7 have posted that they were not confident it would ruin W/10 properly, so I've not gone down that route.
Before attempting this I would seek a memory upgrade to at least 4Gb, more if your board supports it, if it doesn't support that, then I think there's a hint there, it's time to break open the piggy bank!
Use a system checker like the one supplied by "crucial.com" to see how much your system will take (and if you're really strapped for cash, buy an equivalent upgrade from Ebay, although some may argue that's verging on naughty)
Finally, you ask "upgrade or fresh install" - (there's no "upgrade" from XP) if you are insistent that you are going down this route I'd play safe and buy a new hard drive and do a fresh install - that way, if it all goes Pete Tong, you can swap in the original drive and at least you have a working computer again.
Personally, this all sounds a bit fishy to me, I'd "play safe" and consider a linux distro - something like MINT will support pretty much all your hardware and is a far more comfortable fit for older equipment, the added bonus is that it costs nothing to download and run.
Voted cold, simply because it sounds as legit as a nine quid note.
Windows 10 is a big jump from XP, remember that Windows 10 uses up a lot more memory than XP.
If you do a clean install, you'll lose all your files on XP.
Just be safe, check the requirements of your PC first