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#31
Went back and reviewed #20. I think what is confusing is every tutorial I read refers to the "product" key. It would be most helpful to specify what is meant when you say the 'product'. Put it in plain English so idiots like me won't keep asking the same redundant question. Which key is the "product" key?? For most of us there is the every popular OEM key. The key on the side of the case and the key coming with the new upgrade. See where the confusion comes in?
Manufactures would like for you to believe that without their key you can't do anything. Acer kept telling me I would have to roll mine back to "factory settings", create a new recovery CD, then do the "upgrade". They said I couldn't do a clean install on a new hard drive (even though I explained 10 times it was a replacement hard drive)
Every time I even mention the words clean install they went into a frenzy telling me the mobo wouldn't recognize the new key, I had to have the old key, or I wouldn't be able to register it. That's their idea of support. It's no frickin wonder people get confused.