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moses221

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Hi everyone

I use my laptop [bought from the uk and with win vista on it] and use it on my travels also.
Can I buy Win OS , be it 7 or 8.. purchased from another country [not the UK] and install it on
laptop which is for personal use ?

Will i incus additional charges ? has anyone has had personal experience down this road?

thanks
mo
 
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My Computer

Computer type
PC/Desktop
OS
win vista
(Just lost my response due to a 500 server error here! :( - try again....

For Windows 7:
Some countries have Geo-Blocked versions which are cheap - but cannot be activated or validated outside their home region, so will quickly show as non-genuine when you get back to the UK.
Bear in mind also that 'cheap' also often means 'fake'!


For Windows 8 you need to be aware that you will effectively be reformatting the machine - so back up to external media first!
I don't believe that Win8 has GeoBlocking - but I can't swear to it, as I haven't seen many such machines.
 

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)

My Computer

Computer type
PC/Desktop
OS
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit 7601 Multiprocessor Free Service Pack 1
CPU
Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3770 CPU @ 3.40GHz
Motherboard
ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. P8H77-M
Memory
8.00 GB
Graphics Card(s)
Intel(R) HD Graphics 4000
Sound Card
On Board
Monitor(s) Displays
Dell 24"
Screen Resolution
1920 x 1080
Hard Drives
(1) INTEL SSDSC2CT180A3 ATA Device (2) ST500DM002-1BD142 ATA Device (3) WDC WD3200AAKS-75L9A0 ATA Device (4) Generic- Compact Flash USB Device (5) Generic- MS/MS-Pro USB Device (6) Generic- SD/MMC USB Device (7) Generic- SM/xD-Picture USB
PSU
500w Corsair
Case
Cooler Master
Cooling
3 Fans
Keyboard
Logitech MK300
Mouse
Logitech WOM
Internet Speed
75Mb
Antivirus
Norton 360
Browser
Firefox, Opera, IE
I'd buy Win7 Upgrade version locally, boot the installer to do a Clean Install Windows 7, deleting all partitions during Steps 7 and 8. With Vista on the HD it will allow inputting the Product Key during install.
 
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