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W7 Hm Prem OEM 1X only install?
I bought a desktop at WalMart in 2009, I think it was. It came with Windows 7 Home Premium. I reinstalled W7 Hm Prem about a month ago using DigitalRiver. Now I get the popup that states that my Windows 7 is not genuine.
The first time I contacted Microsoft, the agent asked my for product key, which I gave to him. Then he told me I would have to contact Dell because the OEM came pre-installed. There is no manufacturer's sticker anywhere on the box. I called Dell and they were very nice, but it turns out that it is not a Dell computer.
I called Microsoft for the second time. I got through to a tech person who told me that my OEM was "locked." He went on to say that because it had come pre-installed, it could only be installed that one time.
I did LOTS of research on the internet before I reinstalled, and all I ever saw what that you couldn't install an OEM on a new motherboard because that made it a new computer. I am still using the same motherboard.
Can this be right?