uninstall win7 ultimate

[dja8384]

will windows registration server automatically detect if I uninstall win7 on one machine and reinstall on another (ie, will it accept the license key on the new machine, or will I have to jump through hoops?)

 

[theog]

You may need to phone MS, when you reinstall.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/18715-activate-windows-7-phone.html?ltr=A

 

[tw33k]

If you have activated Windows on one machine and want to move it to another machine and activate it you'll have to call M$. Here's a guide: http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/18715-activate-windows-7-phone.html?ltr=A

 

[dja8384]

thanks...now if you could help with media center on my homemade machine - I can't get a picture in live tv with 2 hauppage tuners installed and hdhomerun dual tuner box. Wintv7 works, hdhomerun doesn't show a picture or sound, mcenter has sound but no picture. 2 clean installs of win7 home premium later, and still no go. gpu is ati radeon 4650, I've updated, uninstalled, re-installed just about everything, but no pic.

 

[tw33k]

That's a new question for the Media Centre thread. Sorry, I can't help with this one

 

[karlsnooks]

Re you original question: My experience has been that sometimes MS will complain, but always after calling them and explaining the situation then all is in order. I have MS to be very flexible in this area. I would even say that MS has been customer-friendly in this regard.

 

[gregrocker]

The deactivation of old activation is done when you trade numbers during the robocall, as is the new activation.

It basically updates the hardware signature stored for that Product key..