Upgrading Visual Studio 2008 from trial to full on Windows 7 Beta (Build 7000)

Question

I tried to upgrade from trial VS2008 to full... but, on Windows 7 Beta there is no \"Upgrade to Microsoft Visual Studio 2008\" option... anyone knows why?... did anyone else enc

Answer 1

Here's an other way to update VS2008 in Windows 7

1. Get the ISO file of VS2008 from Microsoft's website
2. Use WinRAR to extract the ISO file (ex. D:\VS2008), or copy the contents using Virtual CloneDrive to the hard drive.
3. Go to D:\VS2008\Setup. Open file "setup.sdb" using Notepad.exe Find the line [Product Key] Replace the default key with your key (removing all the dashes) Save the file and close notepad.
4. Install VS2008. That's all!