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Can not do a repair install for Win 7
I have win 7 X64 ultimate with SP1, it is an upgrade from 7 Pro and was done using a Anytime upgrade disk.
I Did a clean install several months ago and "windows" has some glitches or maybe did not get a good install.
When I select the upgrade option, using the upgrade disk, I get the can not complete, because the installed version is newer than my upgrade disk version.
So I tried to download a Windows 7 ISO with SP1. That did not work because the product key will not verify. I get the same thing with my other computer. Both computers were upgraded with the Anytime Upgrade. That's not to bad because I really don't want to do another clean install.
My gastrations are caused by Home Group and a missing application, "homegroupuser$, a hidden app, that is generated within windows. This being the reason for the repair re-install. ( if anyone wants to go with this, it is supposed to show in Computer management, local users and groups, users).