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Windows 7 - Upgrade question - 2nd hand copy
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| 01-27-2010 | #1 |
| | Upgrade question - 2nd hand copy My friend bought windows 7 upgrade from vista. She installed it on her computer. I don't know if she was connected to the internet at any point while win 7 was installed. Shortly after he computer blew up and she bought a new one with win 7 already on it. I now have her copy of win 7 upgrade and will it work on my pc? I have vista. thank you |
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| 01-27-2010 | #2 |
| | yeah at most it will take a call to MS to explain what happened and they will activate if you can't |
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| 01-27-2010 | #3 |
| | Hello bbcaptman, and welcome to Seven Forums. It depends if it is a OEM or retail upgrade copy of Windows 7. If it's a retail copy, then yes you can install and activate it on your computer. Clean Install with a Upgrade Windows 7 Version If it's a OEM copy and had been activated on her computer, then the key number is permanently tied to that computer. You can try to do a phone activation, but you might not be able to activate it on your computer with the same key number. It would be worth a try to see though. Hope this helps, Shawn |
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| 01-27-2010 | #4 |
| | thank you! its retail so I will try it when i get the chance |
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| 01-27-2010 | #5 |
| | You're welcome. Please let us know how it went.  |
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| 01-28-2010 | #6 |
| | will do, but won;'t have a chance to try till next week some how hopefully |
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