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Changing Product ID
Hi,
My problem is that I bought a lap-top with windows 7 in it. But after 30 days of usage, the operating system expired. I didn't know back than but I could have activated the operating system with the product key at the back of the computer. So, I found another trial version and installed it. And I did that several times because they were all trial versions. But I just learned that I did actually bought the windows 7 with my computer and that I could activate it with the product key on the back of my computer. but the problem is that I didn't get a recovery cd or something like that for the operating system when I bought my computer (btw, I did get a recovery cd for windows vista in the previous computer and I was able to reinstall it whenever I wanted). So I lost the the initial operating system in my computer, the one with which I bought my computer because of the installation of other trial versions and I don't have a cd with which I can regain it.
On the other hand, in the back of the computer, on the labeling of windows, a product ID is written just above the product key. And I'm thinking that if I could change the product ID of a trial version to the product ID of the previously lost original windows 7 to which the product key corresponds, I could enter the product key and activate the trial version that I'm using. First of all, I ask if that's a logical and possible operation and secondly "how to do it".
Thank you in advance for your helps.