Solved Refurbished PC Windows 7, problems.

[claw106]

Hi,

There was a garage sale and this person was selling this desktop for free.

It came with OEM (I believe, because it had the sticker saying this was designed for XP, and booted to XP) with XP, and I also got a windows 7 install ISO from Microsoft Tech Support awhile back for a different problem. I used that ISO to install, and i'm currently running unactivated.

The product key for XP doesn't work.

The product key that magical jelly bean found says it's default.

The product key that was actually designed for this ISO didn't work either.

What can I do about this? With buying a licence being last.

Willing to try other options...

 

[fireberd]

You can try contacting Microsoft to see if they will activate it. If not, you are most likely looking at purchasing a license (if you can).

 

[Bertison]

claw 106, complete 7 O/S disks and/or COA licences still available on Ebay in the UK, don't know about Oz. I just bought a disk with COA from IT Discounts in the UK, installed and activated fine. There are some rogues about though, look for Seller ratings and reviews.

 

[claw106]

Alright, thanks.

 

[torchwood]

Hi Claw,
with the code from MS on your comp please run this tool, might give us a clue, note it cant be used on 2 comps at the same time might have to unregister it.

http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=52012

Roy