SOOO frustrating. Yes did system restore wich was a windows 32 bit.I have done it several times to factory settings.This left me with my Windows 7 Pro 32 bit on my 64 bit system.I got a 64 bit disk from LENOVO AND DID AN UPGRADE TO WINDOWS 7 PRO 64 USING THE DISK...But when I was done I had ULTIMATE...not what was on the disk.
You can unlock all versions in any ISO by running ei.cfg removal tool or by deleting ei.cfg file from Sources folder on bootable flash stick.
Then when you install you will get a list of OS versions to choose from, pick Windows 7 Pro X64 and you should be all set. Your key should work with it.
See here for a good tutorial: Clean Reinstall - Factory OEM Windows 7
What you installed and what you think you installed can be answered doing this tutorial.
Post the log here and it will let us know positively what is installed.
Windows Genuine and Activation Issue Posting Instructions
No, that is not possible.
If you own windows 7 professional, and if windows 7 ultimate is installed on your computer anyhow (means by anybody else .... windows will not do it by itself), you will not be able to activate that installation at all with your license key, and very soon it will start prompting for activation.
where do you get the OS? I think you can put the iso file(right?) in a usb reinstall again. the new one will overwrite the old one automatically generally. If you plan to install multi-OS, that's another problem
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