Questions about student copy of Windows 8.1 premium.

dinhatime

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So I'm going to be a college freshman come fall and have been browsing how to get a cheaper student copy of windows. I've found a student download of windows and was wondering how to go about it. I'm intending to install this in a new build and was wondering if this is only an upgrade offer or if I could download this to a usb and install it this way. If the offer is only an upgrade I was wondering if I could install a copy of windows 7 without a product key and then upgrade that without any issue.

http://www.journeyed.com/item/Microsoft/Windows+8.1/1557102
 
No it appears to be a full copy, the webpage does NOT state you need a previous edition of Windows to upgrade from. IF you ever try to 'upgrade' NO YOU need a FULL working and LICENSED copy of Windows to Upgrade from, AND that locks that 'old' Windows WITH the 'upgrade' that neither can be used anywhere else.
 


Student editions of Microsoft products (retail and Dreamspark) are typically distributed as full-fledged versions with an auxiliary licence agreement that prohibits commercial use or licence transfer.