Activate Win 7 German with English serial??


  1. knuckles84
    Posts : 48
    Windows 7 / Linux Mint
       New #1

    Activate Win 7 German with English serial??


    Hi

    I have a second serial (because of the pre-order Promotion), from Windows 7 home Premium English. My parents have for the moment the rtm in German installed, but without activation, next moth the activation-time end.

    So I will make a serial as Christmass gift, but is it possible to activate the German win7 with the serial from an English verson??

    Thanks in advance for every information
      My Computer
    Quote Quote

  3. richc46
    Posts : 17,796
    Windows 10, Home Clean Install
       New #2

    knuckles84 said:
    Hi

    I have a second serial (because of the pre-order Promotion), from Windows 7 home Premium English. My parents have for the moment the rtm in German installed, but without activation, next moth the activation-time end.

    So I will make a serial as Christmass gift, but is it possible to activate the German win7 with the serial from an English verson??

    Thanks in advance for every information
    I will be upfront, I do not know the answer to your question, but there are others here who might. My advice is to call MS, they would have the definitive answer. In addition, they have the authority to give you little extras for little or no cost. Give them a call. With the economy in shambles, major compaines need good will.
    Merry Christmas
      My Computer
    Quote Quote

  4. patrickt
    Posts : 108
    Windows7 beta 7000
       New #3

    I have a friend here in Mexico who bought a number of OEM keycodes from Microsoft. He wants a copy of my English Windows7 to install as OEM with his keycodes. If he's right, the language and country are irrelevant.
      My Computer
    Quote Quote

  6. Dom
    Posts : 2,295
    Windows Seven Ultimate
       New #4

    patrickt said:
    I have a friend here in Mexico who bought a number of OEM keycodes from Microsoft. He wants a copy of my English Windows7 to install as OEM with his keycodes. If he's right, the language and country are irrelevant.
    from the microsoft site, you can download language packs once you have activated the English account. let me have a peek around the micro'sft site and then i will post back.
      My Computer
    Quote Quote

  7. Dom
    Posts : 2,295
    Windows Seven Ultimate
       New #5

    Here we go!


    ah hah! here we go:
    source : Add a Language Pack Online
    solution : type this into an elevated command prompt (type cmd into search, right click and select 'Run as administrator'): Dism /online /Add-Package /PackagePath:C:\test\LangPacks\lp.cab. read the microsoft site for more details.
    another thing also: type this in an elevated command prompt: Lpksetup
    follow onscreen instructions.
      My Computer
    Quote Quote

 

  Related Discussions
Hi there I bought a new Laptop here in Germany which comes, as you would expect, with a German version of Windows. I would prefer an English version though. It appears I'd have to update to Win Ultimate or Enterprise to be able to change the language which is quite expensive. However, I don't...
Hello everyone, my first post here, i hope you can help. My girlfriend has a new-ish laptop that came with Windows 7 Home Premium, and recently it had some issues. The issues have got worse and it turned out to be a stuffed drive, out of warranty, its basically stuffed. I got a new HD and...
Hello and thanks to the community in advance for the help! I have the following situation. I bough a new PC (Acer), with Windows 7 Home Premium installed. As you can imagine is full of crap I dont need. This installation is in German. I downloaded a new OEM copy, of the same OS, this time in...
I live in belgium and naturally buy my hardware here. I don't, however, like to install my sotware in dutch as it's much easier to solve problems in english. This means that I install an english windows 7 on my pc and I install english versions of software as wel. Now, even though I do all...
Hi, newbie and non-techie, please be gentle! Posted in Tutorial section about changing key code, but not sure if it's the right place so will copy here too. I am buying a new PC in Spain but want Windows 7 Home Premium in English, which does not seem to be available anywhere here. So my techie guy...
Our Sites
Site Links
About Us
Windows 7 Forums is an independent web site and has not been authorized, sponsored, or otherwise approved by Microsoft Corporation. "Windows 7" and related materials are trademarks of Microsoft Corp.

 © Designer Media Ltd
All times are GMT -5. The time now is 15:19.
Find Us