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And that's exactly why they need to reinstall clean, to both get rid of any possible infection ASAP and to get a clean working copy of W7 that can then be activated.
@NightHawk - My build 7000 (d'loaded from MS Connect) needed a beta key they provided to activate the install, and so has 7022, 7036, 7048, 7057, and now 7068 (none from MS.. ) all needed my beta key to activate the install. The only thing I can think of why you don't is that you got a pre-activated copy from a P2P site. I personally would Never d'load a copy that someone has mucked around with...removed watermarks, activation cracks..etc. If they did that, what else did they do...
I make sure my d'loads match the MD5 or SHA of the original iso, which are easily found on tech blogs. If no match-ee, no install-ee