Licensing query

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kranky

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Hello,

Long story short(ish): I have a PC that had Win7 Home Premium 64 bit and the C: drive got corrupted by Win 8 Preview that I tried to dual boot with. (My silly fault - I shouldn't have risked it on a good running computer - Especially silly since I hadn't done any backups for 6 months and lost pretty much everything new or modified over this time!). So I knew I had to start again and decided to go for Win 7 Pro 32 bit, because I would have liked more compatibility with some peripherals I have and software than I got with 64-bit Windows.

Well I have now decided that I don't like 32-bit its slow to boot and much more likely to hang, so I want to go back and emulate my previous 100% reliable 64-bit machine build.

The question is: Can I just use the old license key again (this is with exact the same hardware, or will the MS database have the new license on file for this hardware).
 

My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
DIY
OS
Windows 7 Home Premium 64
CPU
AMD Phenom II X4 955 3.2 GHz
Motherboard
MSI 890FXA-GD70
Memory
CORSAIR XMS3 TWINX 4GB DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHZ
Graphics Card(s)
ATI Radeon HD5670
Sound Card
on board
Monitor(s) Displays
LG Flatron W2243S
Hard Drives
OCZ VERTEX 2E 60GB 2.5" SATA-II SSD
WD CAVIAR GREEN POWER 1TB 64MB CACHE HDD SATAII
PSU
Seasonic M12II-520 520W
Case
ZALMAN GT1000
Cooling
Thermalright Ultra-120 eXtreme HS Nexus Real Silent 12cm fan
I can't give you the exact answer but Welcome to the forum and well done on filling out your system specs, that will help the experts a lot with giving you help.

Can you tell us what type of licences you actually have, are they Retail or OEM, if retail as long as it's not installed on any other machine you should be able to use it again, you might have to phone Microsoft to get it activated but then again it might not need it.

One of the experts will be along soon and give you all the information you need so just be patient for a short time and again welcome aboard.:D
 

My Computer

Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Acer Aspire XC-704 x64 bit/ Asus K55A Notebook PC/HP Envy x360 Convertible 15-bq0xx
OS
Windows 10 64bit/Windows 10 64bit/Windows 10 64bit
CPU
Intel Pentium J3710 @ 60GHz/Intel B820,1.7GHz/AMD A9 Radeon
Motherboard
Acer Aspire XC-704 (SOCKET 0)/Asus/HP 8312 (Socket FP4)
Memory
8.00GB DDR3 @ 1599MHz/8GB 2 x 4GB DDR3/8.00GB Dual-Channel
Graphics Card(s)
Intel HD Graphics/Intel/512MB ATI AMD Radeon R5 Graphics (HP
Sound Card
Realtek High Definition Audio/Onboard/AMD High Definition Au
Monitor(s) Displays
Acer LCD K222HQL /Asus 15.6/Generic PnP Monitor (1920x1080@6
Screen Resolution
1920x1080@59Hz/1366 x 768/1920x1080@60Hz
Hard Drives
1863GBWesternn Digital WDC/Asus/119GB SanDisk SD8SN8U-128G-1006 (SSD)
931GB Hitachi HGST HTS721010A9E630 (SATA)
Keyboard
Microsoft Natural Ergonomic Keyboard 4000 (UK)/Inbuilt/Inbui
Mouse
Microsoft Optical Wheel Mouse/Same plus Touchpad/Same + Pad
Internet Speed
Infinity 2 up to 76 Mbps
Antivirus
MSE/MSE/MSE and all 3 have MalwareBytes Premium
Browser
Edge, Firefox/Edge, Firefox/Edge, Firefox, Chrome
Other Info
Seagate Expansion 500GB External Desktop Drive
Seagate Expansion Portable Drives 500GB and 1TB
Epson XP-332 Wireless Printer
There's no problem about changing the bitness of an installation, apart from the fact that it requires a totally clean install.
You will probably have to use telephone activation after the changeover as well.

The sort of problems you appear to be seeing in 32-bit are more often than not caused by faulty drivers - have you tried simply updating the drivers from the manufacturer's site?
 

My Computer

Computer type
Laptop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Asus K52F or Lenovo B51-80
OS
Win 7 x64 Home Premium (and x86 VirtualBox VM)/Win10
CPU
i3 370M/i7 6500U
Motherboard
Asus/Lenovo
Memory
8GB - finally :)/8GB
Graphics Card(s)
it's an i3, dude!/dual Intel&nVidia
Sound Card
onboard
Monitor(s) Displays
15.6" built-in
Screen Resolution
1366x768/1920x1080
Hard Drives
750GB Seagate internal
Sundry external drives attached to other computers on the local network
1TB SSD on the Lenovo
PSU
n/a
Internet Speed
as much as I can get - usually on a dongle/phone, so <1MB/s
Antivirus
MSE/Defender
Browser
IE11/12/Edge/Chrome/FF(if I must)
Thank you for your help.

I should have stated that both copies of 7 are OEM.
 

My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
DIY
OS
Windows 7 Home Premium 64
CPU
AMD Phenom II X4 955 3.2 GHz
Motherboard
MSI 890FXA-GD70
Memory
CORSAIR XMS3 TWINX 4GB DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHZ
Graphics Card(s)
ATI Radeon HD5670
Sound Card
on board
Monitor(s) Displays
LG Flatron W2243S
Hard Drives
OCZ VERTEX 2E 60GB 2.5" SATA-II SSD
WD CAVIAR GREEN POWER 1TB 64MB CACHE HDD SATAII
PSU
Seasonic M12II-520 520W
Case
ZALMAN GT1000
Cooling
Thermalright Ultra-120 eXtreme HS Nexus Real Silent 12cm fan
Doesn't make any difference - OEM Keys are bit-agnostic as well
 

My Computer

Computer type
Laptop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Asus K52F or Lenovo B51-80
OS
Win 7 x64 Home Premium (and x86 VirtualBox VM)/Win10
CPU
i3 370M/i7 6500U
Motherboard
Asus/Lenovo
Memory
8GB - finally :)/8GB
Graphics Card(s)
it's an i3, dude!/dual Intel&nVidia
Sound Card
onboard
Monitor(s) Displays
15.6" built-in
Screen Resolution
1366x768/1920x1080
Hard Drives
750GB Seagate internal
Sundry external drives attached to other computers on the local network
1TB SSD on the Lenovo
PSU
n/a
Internet Speed
as much as I can get - usually on a dongle/phone, so <1MB/s
Antivirus
MSE/Defender
Browser
IE11/12/Edge/Chrome/FF(if I must)
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