How To Update Plesk 7.5 or Later to 8.1
To update Plesk 7.5 or later to Plesk 8.1 using web installer:
1. Log in to your system as Administrator or another user with Administrator privileges.
2. Make sure that you have the Plesk web installer ready. You can download Plesk web installer from SWsoft web site (http://www.swsoft.com).
3. Open the command line interface (Start > Run > cmd.exe).
4. Run the following command to update your version of Plesk to 8.1, using web installer:
plesksetup.exe /qb
The installer will start updating your version of Plesk to Plesk 8.1. Note that this process will take some time.

