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7 Ultimate Upgade won't activate
I installed Win 7 Ulitimate Upgrade on a fresh hard drive because I didn't want to chance losing my files even though I used Windows Easy (but ridiculously slow) Transfer. Followed the guides here for a clean install with an upgrade disc. Wouldn't accept product key during installation so I left it blank.
Once 7 was installed I went to activate it. When it came time to enter the Product Key I got the error code: 0xC004F061 The Software Licensing Service determined that this specified product key can only be used for upgrading not for clean installation.
Okay, I went the phone activation route, the automated activation failed so I waited for a live person. The CS said that product key was faulty and to contact the retailer (Amazon in my case) even after I explained what I did.
What now? XP was installed on this PC before I installed Win 7 RC but when I installed the RC I was using basically brand new everything (except memory and the case) because I was also building an OSX/Win 7 dual boot. I installed the same XP on progressively different hardware configurations so I assumed that I'd be able to do the upgrade to 7 and be able to activate it. Do I need to purchase the full version? If so, can I just enter in the new product key or do I have to go through the whole installation process again?
TIA!