Windows Upgrade Offer started distributing promo codes

As you probably already know, there is a rather interesting offer from Microsoft, Windows Upgrade Offer . Its meaning is that if you purchased a computer or laptop with Windows 7 on board, and any version other than Starter, from June 2, 2012 to January 31, 2013, then you will most likely be able to take advantage of the upgrade offer to Windows 8 professional for only 469 rubles. More I recommend to look at the site. I was interested in this offer because the version I had was Windows 7 Home Basic, x86. But I really wanted 64 bits - because I increased the memory to 6GB. In addition, the professional will be clearly more interesting.

Of course, it would be great to add screenshots, but there is personal data everywhere, so I will limit myself to an oral description. I registered in the program about two months ago, indicated what kind of model, where and when I bought, and so on.

It scared me that my 32-bit version could not be upgraded to 64x, moreover, I did not find definite answers. Tech support scared answers that you first need to upgrade to 32-bit Windows 8, and then, waiting for the DVD (for extra money), reinstall completely. Fortunately, there was nothing wrong with that. Today, without waiting for a letter to email, I went with my order code, and saw that I was already waiting for a promotional code for the purchase, and a brief description of the acquisition procedure. In order to buy Windows 8, you must first download the update assistant . I started it, it went through a laptop, said that several programs are incompatible. Yes, and not really needed, I am still going to rearrange under 0. In the end, you have an offer to buy an upgrade to Windows 8 Pro for 1290r. We agree! Enter personal data, then enter the plastic card data for payment. At that moment I was very tense, because it seemed that 1290r would be written off from me now, and I missed the input of the promotional code somewhere. Fortunately, everything worked out. Finally, we have a long-awaited place to enter our code. We enter it, and the price changes to 469r. It is quite another matter! Upon completion of the purchase, you are given a key, and a letter appears in the mailbox with congratulations and the same key. Be sure to save it, it is still useful to us. After that, the update starts downloading. I figured that this was not our method, so I interrupted it, formatted the disk, and started the MSDN installation of the Russian version of Windows 8 Pro x64. There is no drive in my laptop, so I used the excellent Zalman VE 200 device. Everything went without any problems, and Windows was activated. Now I am one of the first owners of the licensed 8th Windows. At the same time got rid of the limitations of the memory of the 32-bit version. As it seems to me, you can upgrade for such a price, even if you are an ardent fan of pirated releases. Especially if you have a home version of Windows 7, as I did. Successes!

Supplement from LeeMiller
If anyone does not have MSDN, and if after placing the order an error about impossibility to check the time took off, it’s enough
1. Go to the post office and in the letter Thanks for ordering Windows 8 (order # xxx), at the very bottom of the letter in small print says “Access your account online.”
2. Fill in the data they ask
3. At the very bottom of the copy of the bill will be the link “Click here to download Windows 8.”
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Addition from PavelPV
distribution of elephants continues or Media Center is free,
here it is proposed to obtain a key for MC activation (the term of the action is limited).

Supplement from vitalyswipe
Windows 8 Licensing: Frequently Asked Questions

I removed the download of Windows on my laptop, boot from SSD, UEFI bootloader