Win7/32 to Win7/64 On Two Laptops

[jweir43]

Is there a Windows.Old folder on your lenovo containing your earlier activated windows 7 ?.

It will depend how many times and the method by which you have subsequently tried to install on the Lenovo.

If that is there, you can get the activation from it.

OK, folks, and believe me I **DO** appreciate the help. Here is the problem ... I'll do anything you ask me to in order to get this problem solved. HOWEVER, as I am rather ignorant of the process, you have to tell me not only WHAT to do but HOW to do it.

In the particular case at hand, you ask if there is a Windows.old folder. Yes, there are two of them. Windows.old and Windows.old.000 . I have not a CLUE what the difference is between them. Then the statement is made that I can get the activation from it. I have NO IDEA how to do that.

Just for future reference, I have attached four images. Two of them are the disks and a closeup of the product key that came on the jacket that my Windows 7 Professional came in. Two of them are the disks and a closeup of the product key that came on the jacket that I acquired somewhere along the way (??) my WIndows 7 Home Premium came with.

Since I have tried several permutations of this process, I have no idea what keys I used on what machine.
Nor do I completely understand how to find that out. But I'm willing to put in as much time and money (within reason) to get these two machines up and running on 64 bit as necessary.

But for me, please, let's just fight one machine at a time. I stand ready to give you as much information as I can as requested.

THanks,

Jim

 

[torchwood]

DELETE THOSE IMAGES NOW



Roy

 

[jweir43]

DELETE THOSE IMAGES NOW



Roy

IF I KNEW HOW I WOULD. I"VE BEEN TRYING FOR TEN MINUTES.

Jim

 

[SIW2]

Not a good idea to post keys publicly.

Clck Edit at the bottom of your post.

Then click the little paper clip. Then click manage attachments.Then when the attachments windows opens, click Remove next to each picture.

 

[jweir43]

Not a good idea to post keys publicly.

Clck Edit at the bottom of your post.

Then click the little paper clip. Then click manage attachments.Then when the attachments windows opens, click Remove next to each picture.

Doesn't work. It asks me for the URL of the file. THere is no URL for a pasteed picture of a jpg.

JIm

 

[SIW2]

1. click paper clip




2. clcik manage attachments



3. click Remove next to each thing you want to delete

 

[jweir43]

Gotta run. Late for class. I'll try anything you ask for, but right now teaching comes first.\

JIm

 

[SIW2]

Ten minutes since your last post and the pics are still there.
Will get those removed for you.

Explanation how to get the activation from windows.old will come later

 

[torchwood]

Hi Jim,

I've asked the mods to remove them..

 

[jweir43]

Ten minutes since your last post and the pics are still there.
Will get those removed for you.

Explanation how to get the activation from windows.old.000 will come later

Thanks a bunch. Two weeks until the end of semester and the kids really needed a refresher before going into the final exam. It cost me an extra hour after class but I think they are all primed for the test.

THanks again. Now to the problem at hand.

Jim

 

[jweir43]

Hi Jim,

I've asked the mods to remove them..

Thanks a bunch. Two weeks until the end of semester and the kids really needed a refresher before going into the final exam. It cost me an extra hour after class but I think they are all primed for the test.

THanks again. Now to the problem at hand.

Jim

 

[jweir43]

OK, thanks for all the help. I really mean that.

I'm out of here for the rest of the day and I've got class all day tomorrow (Tuesday, Pacific time). I won't have any time tomorrow (Tuesday) to participate as I'm out of here early in the morning and not back until late in the evening.

Wednesday is supposed to snow, so campus may be closed, but I'm not betting on it. So I'll be here early Wednesday morning, Wednesday afernoon.

Thanks,

Jim

 

[SIW2]

On The Lenovo

1. Download and extract this zip View attachment Dism++10.1.1000.100.zip


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[SIW2]

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[SIW2]

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[jweir43]

I'll never remember all this, so is there a way I can print this one message at a time? THe only way I see to do it is print all the messages in section 4, some 20 pages including a lot of stuff up at the top I don't need.

Thanks,

Jim

 

[SIW2]

There are only a few screenshots to follow.

Is there a reason why you can't have this thread open while you are doing it?

Or you could take screen captures of the three relevant posts #33 #34 and #35, if you prefer.

 

[jweir43]

Why do you want 20 pages - there are only a few screenshots to follow.

Is there a reason why you can't have this thread open while you are doing it?

I don't WANT 20 pages, but I can't print out just one or two separate posts.

I suppose I can do that, but I tend to like to work from paper. You can't hit a wrong key and destroy paper, while electrons are a little fussier.

I"ll give it a try.

Jim

 

[jweir43]

SIW2, you've spent a LOT of time and I appreciate it very much. HOWEVER, I tried to follow it on split-screen (your posts on one side, my file on the other side) and it just didn't work. The reason I like to print stuff out is that I can take notes in the margin of how it worked, and even more important, where it did NOT work. That doesn't happen in digital.

Unless I have some way of printing these screens out, i'm going to have to wait for a day or so (tomorrow is Giving Thanks Day) until I can set up a second machine next to the Lenovo to look at a screen on the second machine and work it out on the Lenovo.

You have no idea how much you are helping, and if there is a gold star I can give you at the end, I will do so.

THanks,

Jim

 

[jweir43]

On The Lenovo

1. Download and extract this zip View attachment 410277


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View attachment 410276


I did this as requested and it told me that I could not open the 64 bit version even as an administrator, that the version of Windows was not compatible. What do I do now?

Sorry for the delay in responding. The last two weeks of a semester is a constant round of grading final essays, doing last projects, and final exams. I'm doing my last class in an hour and will have until the end of January free to solve this problem.

Thanks,

JIm