Remaining Windows rearm count : 1


  1. Posts : 997
    Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit, SP1
       #1

    Remaining Windows rearm count : 1


    Out of curiosity, I went to check on my Win7 OS liscense....

    I opened cmd and typed .......slmgr /dlv

    One line caught my attention : Remaining Windows rearm count : 1

    What does that mean ?

    Thank you.
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  2. Posts : 17,796
    Windows 10, Home Clean Install
       #2

    Welcome
    You can actually install windows without giving the key number. You are allowed a certain number of days to give the number or you will lose use of Windows. In addition you can do it so many times (rearm). It probably does not apply to you any longer but you can do it once more.
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  3. Posts : 6,618
    W7x64 Pro, SuSe 12.1/** W7 x64 Pro, XP MCE
       #3

    Is that rearm count recorded within Windows, or online? In other words, if one formats a drive and does a clean install, does the rearm count start over?
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  4. Posts : 16,119
    7 X64
       #4

    Yes rearm starts over after clean reinstall.
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  5. Posts : 6,618
    W7x64 Pro, SuSe 12.1/** W7 x64 Pro, XP MCE
       #5

    Thanks, that is what I hoped that it would do, since I'm going to have to do a clean install, once I get everything together for my new build.
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  6. Posts : 997
    Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit, SP1
    Thread Starter
       #6

    richc46 said:
    Welcome
    You can actually install windows without giving the key number. You are allowed a certain number of days to give the number or you will lose use of Windows. In addition you can do it so many times (rearm). It probably does not apply to you any longer but you can do it once more.
    Thank you for the reply. This is a one wek old computer. Bought brand new on May 21st, this year.
    But one day while I was doing system restore, for no reason but to see what would happen, the computer never got out of the system restore.
    I tried to power it off and restart,but it would not restart. Received an error message : Boot critical file D:\windows\system32\hal.dll is corrupt.
    So I did a FACTORY SETTINGS routine.
    Does that count as " install windows without giving the key number " ?
    So far I have not been asked for the key number.
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  7. Posts : 17,796
    Windows 10, Home Clean Install
       #7

    No, the factory reinstall does not count. You will not be asked for the number.
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  8. Posts : 2,298
    Windows 7 Professional x64 SP1 ; Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard
       #8

    If you have a computer from a manufacturor like Packard bell or HP then you will most likely will never see Windows Activation

    If Windows is activated then you do not need to worry how many Reams are left

    Josh
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  9. Posts : 997
    Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit, SP1
    Thread Starter
       #9

    richc46 said:
    No, the factory reinstall does not count. You will not be asked for the number.

    Thank you.
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  10. Posts : 5,056
    Windows 7 x64 pro/ Windows 7 x86 Pro/ XP SP3 x86
       #10

    Strange, why should remaining rearm count on a new oem computer be 1? Should be 4.
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