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#11
As an MSDN subscriber, I have multiple DVD's of Windows 7, multiple formats, including N and non-N versions. I am definitely installing the non-N version, but it still "finds" the prior installation of the "N" version.
My solution, which worked just fine, and underscores my previous assessment, was to install Windows XP, doing a complete Format and install, the immediately installing Windows 7 Pro... this time, it worked fine, no "N" reference.
So, once again, it would have been nice if Microsoft had provided a true "Complete" format to avoid this issue. Granted, the average user wouldn't have access to multiple DVD's of Windows 7, of varying flavors and types, but some of us do.