Upgrade To Win7 From Recent Purchase Of Vista
I purchased a full version of Vista Ulltimate within the last 60 days. Is there no free upgrade. Computers purchased during that time period already had Windows 7 installed and others were given a free upgrade.
View Replies (Posted: Monday, October 26, 2009 5:50 PM)
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