How to validate legit RTM Win7 Professional

TheSchaft said:

Tews said:

As stated by Barman, all MSDN .. MSDN/AA versions of Windows 7 can be activated and pass WGA... unless Im missing something here...

Nope - different things. The RTM can be activated, as folks have stated. It cannot be validated yet.

The OP said he was getting a validation error, which is curently not possible.

I'm running the RTM but haven't activated it yet. Last night I downloaded MSE and installed it. It validated my RTM version first. It even said my OS was legit. So by this, I would think that validation should work on a legal copy of Win 7 even now.

TheSchaft said:

Nope - different things. The RTM can be activated, as folks have stated. It cannot be validated yet.

The OP said he was getting a validation error, which is curently not possible.

I went to microsoft.com/genuine and it validated my copy of Win7 RTM obtained from MSDN as genuine.

I think I have the answer to your question:
Just get a mac

lol jk

but seriously:
I also downloaded my windows 7 from my university's MSDN page.
I put it on my mac as a virtual machine and tried to activate it.
I got the same message saying it can't be activated yet til the 22nd.
It can though. It is your key, get a new one.
I first thought my didn't work because I was running in on my Mac and Microsoft wouldn't let you do it with XP for some reason so I figured that's what it was. Then I remember I let my roommate have my key. He entered it before me and therefore I guess it was blacklisted or whatever it's called.

All you have to do is order another windows 7 off the msdn/aa webpage and don't download it, just take the new product key. That's what I did, I just entered the key and it works.

Hope it works for you man.