Solved Re-installing Windowss 7 on Samsung laptop without recovery partition

[geojay]

I have a Samsung Samsung Series 9 np900x3c laptop which currently has a completely blank SSD (i.e. the recover partition no longer exists) and didn't come with OS on any other media. The laptop came with Windows 7 and the power supply has the Microsoft product activation key on it which is labelled WINDOWS 7 HOME PREM OA FOR SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS. What Windows 7 ISO do I need to use in order for that key to be accepted. I've just tried the Windows 7 Home Premium x64 (64bit) SP1 ISO (with
MD5 Checksum: da319b5826162829c436306bebea7f0f) but the key wasn't accepted.


Thanks in advance...

 

[SIW2]

Skip the key while installing ( which gives you a 30 day grace period) then try 7oeminstaller

 

[Megahertz07]

M$ link for Win 7 August 2018

Win 7 HOMEPREMIUM_x64

Link is valid for 24 hours

 

[geojay]

Skip the key while installing ( which gives you a 30 day grace period) then try 7oeminstaller

Perfect, thanks very much!

 

[Paul Black]

Hi Megahertz07,

M$ link for Win 7 August 2018.

Is that an official M$ ISO?

I wouldn't recommend using it!

I know it is available using the Win ISO downloader from HeiDoc.net. It includes SP1, IE11, updates upto August 2018, superseded updates and Telemetry. It also apparantly only has one re-arm remaining. You would also need to install the updates from August 2018.

 

[Megahertz07]

Paul, the link is from "https://download.microsoft.com/download so I believe it's from M$.
Regarding Telemetry, yes it probably has it. But you can always uninstall them.
But most important, most people don't care if they are tracked and the big majority will leave the WU on it's default (auto update) that will install Telemetry anyway.
To uninstall the Telemetry, rename KB_Spy.cmd.txt to KB_Spy.cmd and run the batch file.
kb_spy.cmd.txt

 

[Paul Black]

Hi Megahertz07,

Paul, the link is from Microsoft Download Center: Windows, Office, Xbox & More so I believe it's from M$.
Regarding Telemetry, yes it probably has it. But you can always uninstall them.
[1] But most important, most people don't care if they are tracked and the big majority will leave the MU on it's default (auto update) that will install Telemetry anyway.
[2] To uninstall the Telemetry, rename KB_Spy.cmd.txt to KB_Spy.cmd and run the batch file.
kb_spy.cmd.txt

[1] True!
[2] People who are not conversant with batch files and how they work will probably not want to use third party alternatives to achieve their aim!

 

[RoWin7]

Can't he install all, then remove the bad ones?

2952664 (Windows 10 Upgrade preparation)
2976978 (Windows 10 Upgrade preparation)
2977759 (Windows 10 Upgrade preparation)
2990214 (Windows 10 Upgrade preparation)
3021917 (Windows 10 Upgrade preparation + Telemetry)
3022345 (Telemetry); may affect System File Checker
3035583 (Windows 10 upgrade preparation)
3050265 (a June 2015 replacement for 2990214)
3065987 (a July 2015 replacement for 2990214) might allow a way to block other Win 10 related KBs.
3068708 (Telemetry) (a later replacement for 3022345)
3075249 (Telemetry); first seen 8/19/15
3080149 (Telemetry); first seen 8/19/15
3090045 (update revision)
3112343 (Windows 10 attack vector)
3123862 (Upgrade vector)
3133977 (Windows 7 'Bitlocker' = Asus landmine)
3139929 SECURITY update that includes ad-ware
317304 The final nag
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in ascending order

2952664
2976978
2977759
2990214
3021917
3022345
3035583
3050265
3065987
3068708
3075249
3080149
3090045
3112343
3123862
3133977
3139929
317304


My friend's late husband was a retired techie. He maintained all the household machines, a total of 11 in 2 homes. I thought maybe some of his priorities had rubbed off on her. I asked if she cares that Chrome is a huge piece of spyware, recording every page she looks at, and selling her eyes to advertisers. She said no.