Win7 activation

Jonathan_King said:

Sorry, I misunderstood. If you already have home premium installed, and want to upgrade to professional, you can get an anytime key.

If you need to do a clean install on a new machine, you will need to buy the full retail version.

If you are upgrading from Vista or XP, buy the upgrade key: Windows 7: Compare Windows 7 Home Premium, Professional, and Ultimate

No, the story goes like this: I bought Win7 Home Premium from Amazon and installed it on my computer and that of a friend of mine. I activated the product on my laptop in Control Panel > System inside the 30 days window, but forgot to do so on my friend's laptop. So the 30 days passed and now she gets the message to activate Windows on a daily basis. So, you told me that only one activation key per computer is allowed, no? Which means I'll have to download an upgrade version of Win7 to get another activation key for my friend's computer. Am I correct?

Phew, that's a relief. Alright, I'll do the repair install as suggested.

However...

derekimo said:

Revol said:

gregrocker said:

You know that you can only activate on one machine at a time, right?

Say what? You mean I can't activate it on more than one computer?

Not unless you have another product key.
One key per computer.

I'm confussed.

Revol said:

Jonathan_King said:

Sorry, I misunderstood. If you already have home premium installed, and want to upgrade to professional, you can get an anytime key.

If you need to do a clean install on a new machine, you will need to buy the full retail version.

If you are upgrading from Vista or XP, buy the upgrade key: Windows 7: Compare Windows 7 Home Premium, Professional, and Ultimate

No, the story goes like this: I bought Win7 Home Premium from Amazon and installed it on my computer and that of a friend of mine. I activated the product on my laptop in Control Panel > System inside the 30 days window, but forgot to do so on my friend's laptop. So the 30 days passed and now she gets the message to activate Windows on a daily basis. So, you told me that only one activation key per computer is allowed, no? Which means I'll have to download an upgrade version of Win7 to get another activation key for my friend's computer. Am I correct?

Sorry, but just to clarify, are you trying to use the same key you used on your computer on your friends computer also?

derekimo said:

Revol said:

Jonathan_King said:

Sorry, I misunderstood. If you already have home premium installed, and want to upgrade to professional, you can get an anytime key.

If you need to do a clean install on a new machine, you will need to buy the full retail version.

If you are upgrading from Vista or XP, buy the upgrade key: Windows 7: Compare Windows 7 Home Premium, Professional, and Ultimate

No, the story goes like this: I bought Win7 Home Premium from Amazon and installed it on my computer and that of a friend of mine. I activated the product on my laptop in Control Panel > System inside the 30 days window, but forgot to do so on my friend's laptop. So the 30 days passed and now she gets the message to activate Windows on a daily basis. So, you told me that only one activation key per computer is allowed, no? Which means I'll have to download an upgrade version of Win7 to get another activation key for my friend's computer. Am I correct?

Sorry, but just to clarify, are you trying to use the same key you used on your computer on your friends computer also?

Yes. I guess it doesn't work, eh?

Revol said:

derekimo said:

Revol said:

No, the story goes like this: I bought Win7 Home Premium from Amazon and installed it on my computer and that of a friend of mine. I activated the product on my laptop in Control Panel > System inside the 30 days window, but forgot to do so on my friend's laptop. So the 30 days passed and now she gets the message to activate Windows on a daily basis. So, you told me that only one activation key per computer is allowed, no? Which means I'll have to download an upgrade version of Win7 to get another activation key for my friend's computer. Am I correct?

Sorry, but just to clarify, are you trying to use the same key you used on your computer on your friends computer also?

Yes. I guess it doesn't work, eh?

No that won't work. One per computer.

The activation key is the product key behind the box cover, right?

So then, what should I do to get another activation key?