Hi 3DPiper,
That licence was issued as part of an MSDNA subscription. (min cost $2000)
From what i can find that comp only came with Vista.
(you can check on the COA certificate to see what it came with).
As i said earlier i believe MS has blocked the key
So no updates.
note the keys in this range are known to be suspect.
You will have to purchase a genuine key to get updates, as i believe its a non-genuine install.
Roy
Arg..
I have my Win7Ultimate disc right here!
I should call Microsoft, some virus/malware has screwed my system up dadgumit
Hi 3DPiper,
Apperently those were given away by MS.
BUT were marked NOT FOR RESALE.
eBay sales of Windows 7 party packs halted - CNET
Id guess what they've done is block a second activation, possibly using a boot script setting, which is what the 2 error codes indicate, as i said originally very unusuall.
(original recipients would have both sets of discs, 32/64, but could only activate one)
Roy
Last edited by torchwood; 03 Mar 2017 at 07:43.
Maybe they were trying to force everyone to upgrade to Win10?
Like I said, this is the ONE machine we are keeping on 7 (not that we are unhappy with 10)..
So I called MS and they were no help.
I checked the solution on this link:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/...indows-updates
And tried all of them and it still does not update.
I was especially interested in Method 5, but when I tried it the install said "you have a newer version of windows" and would not install..
I guess I am out of luck?
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