Upgrading to Windows 7 Professional for WinnCC software

Does anyone know of a easy (cheap) way of installing windows 7 Professional, Enterprise, or Ultimate?

I need it to install my WinnCC software.

Or do you know a way to trick WinnCC into letting me install it anyways?

I know with Step 7, it wouldn't let me install it, it popped up and said you have to have windows Pro, Enterprise, or Ultimate. I kept pressing "X" out of frustration, and it started the install after a dozen presses.

Wincc V7.x installs on XP sp3
What are you trying to do?

JRW said:

Wincc V7.x installs on XP sp3
What are you trying to do?

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I have it on my XP machine.
I need to get it to install on my new windows 7 laptop. It only has home premium.

Ahhh. I see
I guess you could do what I did , go to Best Buy and buy it
What other recourse is there?

What about the possibility of a Virtual Machine?
It may be a little more work to get it going but if a cheap soloution is what you are looking for...
You can probably download an older version of workstation somewhere on the internet.

I don't know about using the XP Mode on your windows 7 environment. I am not sure weather or not it will still act as if you are running WIN7 HOME. Worth a try?

JRW said:

Ahhh. I see
I guess you could do what I did , go to Best Buy and buy it
What other recourse is there?

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Yea, that's no fun. Might end up becoming my solution though.

PLC Pie Guy said:

What about the possibility of a Virtual Machine?
It may be a little more work to get it going but if a cheap soloution is what you are looking for...
You can probably download an older version of workstation somewhere on the internet.

I don't know about using the XP Mode on your windows 7 environment. I am not sure weather or not it will still act as if you are running WIN7 HOME. Worth a try?

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Maybe, but I thought you still needed the install to use a VM.

Gotta have at least Win7 Pro to use XP Mode.

Alternatives are using VMWare Player or VirtualBox to host your XP install.

Note: I linked to v5 of VMWare Player. V6 has now gone to VMWare Player Plus-- which, from my reading, is still free, but has nags to try to get you to purchase.

EDIT: Forgot to mention, you'd still need a licensed copy of XP. Sorry 'bout that. But you can get new/sealed versions of XP on ebay. Some, like this one, give all proceeds to charity.

EDITED EDIT TO COVER PREVIOUS EDITS THAT I FORGOT TO EDIT: If you decide to go with Win7 Pro (something like $139, IIRC), then you get a complimentary XP license to use with XP Mode. Looks like you wouldn't need it for WinCC, but between the two (Win7 Pro and XP Mode), that should cover quite a bit of legacy stuff.

I hear this over and over, but xp mode works on mine in home premium.

My issue of resolved, just ordered worth company money.

There are always tweaks and methods available in order to be able to run it. It's just not really supported...