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Win7 licensing question
A couple months ago, my stepson installed a copy of Win7 Professional on his laptop and purchased a product key (against my advice) from one of those "Win7KeyShop" rip-off sites. Of course, two months later the key is now coming up as counterfeit/invalid.
I'm wondering if I can purchase this OEM Version from NewEgg and use that product key to "legitimize" his copy of Windows 7 without having to do a complete re-install. My main concern is that this "OEM" product key might not be valid for the "Retail" version that's currently installed. I'd hate to get the "This product Key is not valid for this version of Windows" error message.
Of course, I can do a full re-install if necessary, but I'd rather not.
Any info or advice will be much appreciated.
thanks,
JohnB