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Reinstalled windows 7 32bit over 64 bit - windows not genuine
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"I am having a similar issue. I have purchased a laptop computer from Walmart Thanksgiving Black Friday 2010. The deal was good, so I bought it not noticing it was for a 64 bit copy of windows. I was having problems getting the computer to work in our office, so after much research I determined I needed the 32 bit copy of windows 7. I popped a disk for windows 32 bit in the computer and it automatically started to copy the needed files to install the windows 7 [COLOR=#3485bd !important][COLOR=#3485bd !important]32bit[/COLOR][/COLOR] edition. It stored my old [COLOR=#3485bd !important][COLOR=#3485bd !important]settings[/COLOR][/COLOR] in a windows.old folder, so I figured this was something really cool that Windows had coded to allow someone to quickly change over to a 32 bit OS. Last week I get a message that my copy of windows is not genuine. I tried entering the code on the underside of my laptop and it stated that it was for a different copy of windows.
The problem I am having is I now have a working laptop with windows 7 that has been working fine for a long time. I don't want to have to buy a new OS license. Does anyone have any help that isn't going to involve running the pirating program as I don't intend to use something illegally.
Any help is much appreciated."
I have downloaded the program as instructed and will post results soon. Thanks for prompt reply.