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Activate OEM license on a clean install?
My wife wants to buy a laptop (oh joy - another PC to maintain!)
The thing I despise about laptops is the Bloatware. Even after uninstalling as much crapware and trialware you can find there is still gigabytes of useless data left over.
And I can't remember the last time I've ever seen OS media come with a computer.
So I'm wondering if, after creating the "Recovery Disks" and doing a disk image of the drive out of the box, I could wipe the hard drive and install W7 clean using the OEM key (usually on a sticker on the bottom of the laptop) to activate.
This would be using an upgrade version of W7 media. But the idea is to re-activate the OEM license, not another instance of my upgrade license.
(Please note that I know how to "Clean Install W7 from Upgrade Media").
Would this work?
And, is this a legal, socially acceptable way to get a new, clean system on a new laptop?