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Refurb License limitations
Hi there,
I looked through past threads for something similar but was unable to find anything which answered my questions.
I bagged myself a bargain 18 months ago and picked up a Dell mini pc which had been refurbed and upgraded from XP with a Win 7 Refurb license and only cost £95.
I typically reinstall the OS every few months to keep things running smoothly as this little pc serves media to my house and is where everything is kept.
Irritatingly I have been unable to do a reinstall as last time I tried it told me the product key I have does not go with the installation disk I have.
The place I bought the pc was happy to do a reinstall, which at the time was to add a 1TB disk, and not charge me. They were also reluctant to offer me my own disk to go with the pc as it may jeopardise their staus as issuers of the refurb license.
My questions are these:
- where can I obtain a refurb download link? )I have one for a HP laptop where I dl'd a clean and legal copy)
- does a SLIC table have anything to do with not being able to add different hardware to the pc without it saying that it is not licenses to THIS pc? (am I misunderstanding SLIC?)
- Will any Win7 disk work if the SLIC table conditions are met? I am reluctant to begin a reinstall, get to the end and find I don't have a working pc!
Thanks in advance
Evile