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Why can't I re-activate Windows 7?
Hi all. I recently was able to do a repair install of Windows 7 on an old AMD Opteron machine I built about 10 years ago. My issue is this; I am unable to re-activate Windows. I saved my product key to a notepad file, but when I try to use it for activation, I get a message saying to the effect that my product key appears to be a default key and they want me to use a different Key. I s they any way to get around this? I purchased this copy of Windows and downloaded it from Digital River and made a DVD.