Activation Windows 8 Enterprise VLK but wanted to install Windows 7Ent

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  1. Brylanar13
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    Activation Windows 8 Enterprise VLK but wanted to install Windows 7Ent


    We purchased a VLK with Software Assurance from a local distributor here my question is what if from their VLSC License the Operating System listed are

    10 Windows 7 Professional
    82 Windows 8 Enterprise
    15 Windows 7 Enterprise

    We don't want to install Windows 8 as of now to our office and we wanted to retain the Windows 7 Pro and Enterprise as our Operating System. Do we have a problem for Activation if we still insists to used Windows 7 Pro and Enterprise Operating System using the Windows 8 Enterprise 82 Licenses?

    Thank you very much :)
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  3. Kari
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    There is no way you can use a Windows 8 Enterprise licence for anything else than Windows 8 Enterprise. You simply can not activate Windows with a product key belonging to another Windows version and edition.

    With those licences you can install and activate 27 25 Windows 7, not a single more.

    Kari
    Last edited by Kari; 03 Jan 2013 at 08:55. Reason: Had wrongly 27 Windows 7 when it should be 25. Fixed.
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  4. AddRAM
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    I see 25, where do you get 27 from ?

    Why did you get 82 Windows 8 licenses if you`re not going to use them ?
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  6. Kari
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    AddRAM said:
    I see 25, where do you get 27 from ?

    Why did you get 82 Windows 8 licenses if you`re not going to use them ?
    A typo, fixed now.
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  7. Brylanar13
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    thank you very much guys so it means that we need to install Windows 8 Enterprise?
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  8. Brylanar13
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    we purchased 82 license of Windows 8 just because as per the distributor there is no windows 7 VLK available now and also they told us that it is ok if we install Windows 7 Enterprise and used the Windows 8 License. Are we going to have a problem if we still install Windows 7 Enterprise and used the remaining windows 8 enterprise license?
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  10. AddRAM
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    Well if they told you, you could do it, go for it. There`s only 1 way to find out. Install 7 on a machine and try to activate it with a W8 key.

    Good Luck, and let us know if it works.
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  11. Kari
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    AddRAM said:
    Well if they told you, you could do it, go for it. There`s only 1 way to find out. Install 7 on a machine and try to activate it with a W8 key.

    Good Luck, and let us know if it works.
    Yes, and if that does not work you could try some old XP or Vista product keys :).

    Seriously, think logically. Windows 8 Enterprise product key can only be used to activate Windows 8 Enterprise. I repeat what I said earlier: There is no way you can activate a Windows with product key belonging to another edition of the same version, not to speak about a totally different version.

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  12. AddRAM
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    That`s what I meant by the comment Kari, did you think I was being serious.
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  13. Kari
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    AddRAM said:
    That`s what I meant by the comment Kari, did you think I was being serious.
    Honestly, yes.
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