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Downgrading from Enterprise to Home Premium
I recently purchased a used computer at a very low price. On it was an installation of Windows 7. All seemed to be fine. I cleared out all the old junk, cookies, registry etc. Now I get a window error saying the computer can not verify my copy of Windows Enterprise and I should check with my IT department. I am a single home user with Win7 Home Premium on my other pc. I spoke with a local computer store and they said it sounds like the previous owner put a "bootleg" copy of Win7 Enterprise on the hard drive. Can I downgrade the Illegal Enterprise edition to my legitimate copy of Win7 Home Premium Upgrade without losing all the programs and stuff I spent the last week installing on the new used pc?