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Giving Laptop To Sister Without A Key?
I have a laptop I want to give my sister, and I would like to pre-install Windows 7 Home Premium from from my Family Pack Upgrade. Here is what I want to do and I'm hoping someone can tell me if it's possible.
I have the 3 licenses from my Family Pack in use on my own machines. I would like to perform a clean install on the laptop I intend to give to her using the my Family Pack media. When the time comes to enter the product key, I intend to NOT enter a key and deselect the activate Windows when I go online box. As soon as the installation is complete and everything is running properly, I will then navigate in REGEDIT to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/Software/Microsoft/Windows/CurrentVersion/Setup/OOBE/MediaBootInstall and change the value from 1 to 0. Then, from the Command shell as Administrator, I'll run slmgr/rearm to authorize the UAC, allowing Windows to be activated in 30 days.
I'm hoping that I can give her a good-running laptop and let her purchase her own license. During previous activations, I recall seeing an option to purchase a key online. When she gets the machine and attempts activation, can she just simply purchase her own, new key online during the activation process? Could it be just this easy?