Hello Don, my error in the choice of words. MS offers an anytime upgrade for more money. After installing Windows 7 you will need to do MS Updates. What I'm emphasizing is you can do a clean install from an Upgrade version. I have posted the links to explain how several times. Mike's Win7 links http://tinyurl.com/MikesWin7-links Cheers Mike ******* REPLY SEPARATOR ********* On 05/05/2010 at 5:56 PM recklessmaverick@xxxxxxxxxx wrote: Mike, Do you use "update" and "upgrade" interchangeably? Your messages on this topic sound like it. -----Original Message----- From: pctechtalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:pctechtalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Mike the mod Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 2010 11:42 PM To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: windows 7 question,more Hi Christy, if you were to buy the Windows 7 Starter DVD once it was installed there is an anytime update icon/splash screen?? if you click on it it takes you to MS web sales. Once you buy it they can unlock/activate the upgrade --------------------------------------------------------------- Please remember to trim your replies (including this sentence and everything below it) and adjust the subject line as necessary. To subscribe, unsubscribe or modify your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk OR To subscribe to the mailing list, send an email to pctechtalk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "subscribe" in the Subject. To unsubscribe send email to pctechtalk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe" in the Subject. To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ To contact only the PCTT Mod Squad, write to: pctechtalk-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To join our separate PCTableTalk off-topic group, send a blank email to: pctabletalk+subscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ---------------------------------------------------------------