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| 02-02-2009 | #39 |
| | Activate Windows 7 Online Last edited by Brink; 01-02-2012 at 10:34 AM.. |
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| 01-02-2012 | #40 |
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Quote: Originally Posted by Brink  Hello Q, and welcome to Seven Forums. Strange. You should be able to activate Windows 7 whether you have SP1 installed yet or not. What type of Windows 7 do you have, and is that the one that your product key number came with? For example: full or upgrade, and OEM, retail, anytime upgrade, student, etc... Cheers Q |
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| 01-02-2012 | #41 |
| | Ah, ok. If that is a Windows 7 that came preinstalled on your computer, then that would be why.  Quote: You might be using a product key that doesn't match the version of Windows 7 that came preinstalled on your computer. Check the product key to make sure it is for the version that you are trying to activate. You can't use a product key for Windows 7 with Service Pack 1 (SP1) to activate a copy of Windows 7 without SP1. |
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| 01-02-2012 | #42 |
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Quote: Originally Posted by Brink Ah, ok. If that is a Windows 7 that came preinstalled on your computer, then that would be why. Quote: You might be using a product key that doesn't match the version of Windows 7 that came preinstalled on your computer. Check the product key to make sure it is for the version that you are trying to activate. You can't use a product key for Windows 7 with Service Pack 1 (SP1) to activate a copy of Windows 7 without SP1. Still a pretty stupid way to do things by MS but what's new, I can't see what the big deal is authenticating after you have installed SP1 and SP1 should warn you of this or check before performing the upgrade. Anyway its all solved now I found that info buried on the MS site after the Authentication failed the first time. Cheers Q  |
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| 01-02-2012 | #43 |
| | Since it's a retail OEM copy, I would think that you should be able to activate online with or without SP1 installed. Otherwise a phone activation should work. |
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