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Win 7 upgrade issues
Hey all,
This forum has a wealth of information & I really wish I'd read more of the info related to the different Win 7 versions before ordering the one I did, as I probably wouldn't be in my current predicament.
Here's hoping someone here can help as the MS people I spoke to were no help at all.
I purchased the student download edition of Win 7 to go with a new computer I'm building for myself for Christmas (didn't realise at the time all the limitations & complications involved with it being an "upgrade" version.)
When I finally figured out how to make an iso out of the files I'd downloaded I figured I'd go ahead & try it out on my existing machine (running XP 32-bit) so I could get familiar with the layout etc for when I would install it on my new pc.
That install went smoothly, and I think I activated the Win 7 install.
I've since found out that the key is restricted to one activation only?
Fast forward a month or so and I've built the new pc and went to install Win 7 on it.
It didn't accept my CD key on the initial install, so I left it blank then tried activating it once it was installed. No go.
Tried those workarounds (double-install & the registry edit) and still had no luck.
I'm assuming the reason for it not activating is that my key that I got with the download was already used to activate Win 7 on my old machine.
Is there some way I can "deactivate" that activation, so I can activate it on the new machine? That old machine is relegated to the junk pile in the garage, and likely won't ever be used again.
Thanks in advance for any advice!