Can I activate windows 7 after re-installation

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• Can't activate Windows 7 after re - install, have the product key for Vista but not W7

  Hello

  My father-in-law asked me to help him with his laptop because he had a lot of problems with it. After a lot of work trying to solve the problems, we have decided to re - install Windows because it seemed to be the easiest solution. Unfortunately, it doesn't have the installation disc. After some research, I discovered that it is possible to download an ISO of Windows 7 on Digital River and put it on a USB key to create a pseudo reinstall drive. I looked under the laptop and saw that the product key was still visible on the sticker, so I moved and re-installed Windows 7 using a USB key that had the right file ISO on it.

  However, it is only after you have reinstalled Windows 7 that I realized that the laptop came with Windows Vista and which is what provided the product key. It seems that the laptop has been upgraded to Windows 7 after, but my father-in-law doesn't remember anything about it since it is not too good with computer and the laptop belonged to his son.

  Now, we have a new installation of Windows 7, but I can't understand how to activate it. I would really appreciate the help as I already put a lot of time on this and cannot find a solution.

  Thank you.

  Managed to find a working link to a file image of vista and installed on the laptop. Everything seems fine now.

  Thanks for the help.

• I can't activate Windows 7 after installed my own.

  My laptop came with Windows Vista but I upgraded to Windows 7. I recently replaced my hard drive with an SSD and did install a clean Windows 7. But now, when I try to activate, I get the message that my key is not good for upgrades. How to solve this?

  If your computer comes with a qualifying previous license such as Windows Vista or Windows XP and the certificate of authenticity is still attached to the machine in good condition, then the COST is reason enough to represent the compliance to the software license agreement. No previous required software installation, which means you can do a clean install with Windows 7 Upgrade disk.

  How to do a clean install with upgrade disc:

  Boot from the Windows 7 DVD

  Click Install now

  Accept the license agreement

  When the option is displayed to select a type of installation, click (Custom advanced)

  Click on drive Options

  Select the disc/s click on Delete

  Click new

  Click on apply

  Click OK

  Click Format, and then click next to proceed with the installation

  Skip entering your product key Windows 7 and complete the installation.

  When you reach the desktop, click Start, right-click on computer

  Click on properties

  Scroll down to the Windows Activation

  Click the link x days before activation.

  Click on the link that says: "show me other ways to activate.

  Enter the product key

  Click next

  Select the Activation of the phone

  Click Next when you enter your key page

  Select your country

  Click Next, call the number listed

  Be sure to explain your situation to the Appeals Officer.

  Provide the installation generated when ID requested by the call agent

  They give a confirmation ID in return, enter it

  Click next to complete the activation.

  However, the requirements for the media upgrade is that you have an operating system already eligible such as Windows XP or Vista installed to use it. Since the Windows 7 end user license agreement.

  15 UPDATES. To use upgrade software, you must first be licensed for the software that is eligible for the upgrade. After the upgrade, this agreement takes the place of the agreement for the software that you upgraded. After upgrade, you can no longer use the software that you upgraded.

  So, if you are always denied, you will just have to reinstall Windows XP or Vista and let it do the verification of eligibility.

  or

  How to activate Windows 7 manually (activate by phone)
   
  1) click Start and in the search for box type: slui.exe 4
   
  (2) press the ENTER"" key.
   
  (3) select your "country" in the list.
   
  (4) choose the option "activate phone".
   
  (5) stay on the phone (do not select/press all options) and wait for a person to help you with the activation.
   
  (6) explain your problem clearly to the support person.
   
  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/950929/en-us

• I can't activate Windows 7 after cleaning installed.

  Activation of Windows 7 (upgrade) after clean reinstall

  Hi guys,.

  I have the problem with the Windows 7 upgrade version. I was with WIn 7 months with no problems. Win7 was installed on windows Vista in my case.
  But a few days ago, I decided to do a clean reinstall (from scratch, formatted HARD drive).

  The installation was funny until I got the error message telling me that my key is not for the clean install and I can't activate the system. I just left the empty key field and open windows.

  I thought that I activate the system in 'normal' mode not during the installation. So I now fully installed Windows 7 and I can't activate it - because the installation was made not M$ ' mroper way "." Very funny so the "right way" is to install windows Vista and upgrade to windows 7?

  The system has been enabled on this PC (the same harware 100%) before, so I can't do this again? I can not show same Vista installation CD, etc. installation key?

  Is there another way to activate it?

  Thank you

  Maciej

  I just followed the link information: http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/31402-clean-install-upgrade-windows-7-version.html option 3 was useful for me.
  Thnaks again for help

• My product key"is to upgrade only" so now I can't activate Windows 8 after spending $70

  Two weeks I upgraded to Win8 of Win7. (PS my laptop is not originally mine so I do not have the Win7 drive). Last Sunday, Windows could not update and crashed my system. After trying in vain to get help from Microsoft (and accumulating of the phone bill), I changed my hard drive and freshly reinstalled Windows 8. Finally I was in business... only that now my product key will not work. She is a straight key, but after several hours (and a bigger to my phone bill) I said that my drive is "for the upgrade only' and cannot be used for a clean reinstall. What? 1. what happens if someone doesn't have a disc with another OS, as is the case with me? 2. why I didn't say me that when 'redeveloped '? 3. what happens if someone has hardware problems and is forced to reinstall their OS, as was the case with me? The "backup drive" I was sent not supposed to work? What is the purpose of the "backup disc" then? 4. should I spend more money, even though I have yet to get the service I was looking for? 5. off topic a little: why Microsoft keep train to transfer me all over the world to say 'we can not help you. You are in a different area? Microsoft doesn't know how it works? Holy crap. No wonder that piracy is so popular.

  You can try this fix from another thread:

  Brilliant, wonderful human being named BinaryInk has reported the following:

  "Work around it, although probably not officially supported for obvious reasons (they want more money), is to change a registry key." It was published for the keys to update Windows 7 do the same thing on a forum (although I had an updated version AND a clean installed SEVERAL times without having to do) but worked without problems on my laptop under Windows 8 without worrying.

  1. run the registry (regedit) editor
  2. look for the following key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Setup\OOBE
  3. change the value to "MediaBootInstall" from 1 to 0
  4. open a prompt (run as admin)
  5. run the following command: slmgr-rearm
  6 reboot

  If you have already entered your key, check the activation: for me it has already been activated and I need to do nothing more. Otherwise, type activate windows and type the key. It should work. Also, do you a favor and export this regedit key and save it somewhere if you are required to do a clean install. I know I did. »

• How to activate Windows XP after the installation of repair when you cannot connect to Normal startup.

  I got XP Home SP2 OEM installed on an AMD machine and the power supply is dead.
  I have a P4, I prefer to use in any case, I moved the hard drives of the AMD machine to machine P4.  Of course, XP wouldn't boot.
  Without saving anything, I performed a repair installation (under the installer, not Recovery Console).
  Everything seemed ok, but eventually, I restarted XP and a message box informed me that I could not connect until I had activated XP.
  Unfortunately, I can not run the Activation Assistant because I can not connect.

  I found that I could start the computer Safe Mode / command prompt and could then start Windows Explorer from the command line.
  I followed some advice I found online: I extracted wpa.dbl drive OEM installation and copied in the folder Windows\System32 and rebooted.  Nothing apparently changed; "" I still couldn't log mode "normal".
  I restarted mode safe mode / command prompt, began to Windows Explorer and installed XP SP3.

  Now I can connect mode safe mode without network but cannot connect with networking.  Normal mode is not yet available.

  When I try to start 'normally', the saying that I need to activate before I can connect message.  If I say 'Yes' to 'Activate now?', the background of the desktop appears (my own shows JPG) - but that's all.  The mouse cursor is there, but I have found no way to access all the features after it.

  I need suggestions for possible patches that will avoid the need to reinstall completely.

  Here is the response of Fracture, it worked for me:

  http://social.Microsoft.com/forums/en-us/genuinewindowsxp/thread/ece30d55-d72d-4FF9-AFE8-a577f0f4564f

• How can I activate Windows XP after a crash when I can't read the code of computer-based product

  Also I would upgrade but I can't get into Windows because I can't read the code of the product.  I took be cleaned as I believe somehow that I caught a virus... they made a temporary activationsl, I suppose, Windows XP because they could not read the product either code.

  I would like to contact Microsoft support. Explain your situation and they should be able to deliver a readable product key. You can get the number here

• How to activate Windows 7 after the 30 day period?

  How can I activat windows 7 after the 30-day grace period?

  Type Activate in the Windows 7 search box and click on the Activate Windows icon that appears at the top of the Start Menu.  Then enter your genuine Windows 7 product key for the edition of Windows 7 you have installed.  If you do not have a genuine Windows 7 product key, you can buy one on the Microsoft Store. Carey Frisch

• I have windows xp after the installation of service pack 3 I can only start in safe mode

  I have windows XP after the installation of service pack 3 I can only start in safe mode?

  Hello

  ·         You get the error message?

  ·         What happens when you try to start in normal mode?

  Method 1

  Windows XP can in every start Safe Mode by default. Even if you select the option Start Windows normally, it always starts in Mode without failure. IOW, you can't get out of safe mode.

  This happens if the switch/SafeBoot is added to the Boot.ini file. / SafeBoot parameter forces a boot in safe mode by using the specified parameters. The available parameters are:

  (a) minimal (b) network (c) safeboot: minimal (alternateshell) For more information about the boot.ini switches, see visualization and correction of the settings of the boot on x 86 systems RESOLUTION (a) click Start, run and type MSCONFIG (b) click the Boot.ini tab (c) If you have a dual-boot system, select the entry that is appropriate under the [operating systems] (d) in section downstairs, Startup Options uncheck / hisFEBOOT (e) click OK (f) restart Windows The entry/SafeBoot are removed from the Boot.ini file.

  Method 2:

  If the above method is not the cause, it seems that Service Pack 3 is not installed correctly.

  Step 1: You try to run the system restore from safe mode that will repair return the computer to the point while it was working fine.

  How to restore Windows XP to a previous state

  Step 2:

  I suggest you follow the troubleshooting steps form the article and check if it helps.

   

  How to troubleshoot an installation fails on Windows XP Service Pack 3

  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/950718

  Note: System requirements to install Windows XP SP3

  Reference: Learn how to install Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3)

  Hope the helps of information.

• Can I activate Windows with a cd MAR key while using an OEM drive?

  MAR CD key, OEM disc

  The PC has been a repairer authorized Microsoft, and a product key of MAR on the side panel of the tower.  However, the disk hard out crapped and does not come with discs to re - install windows.  I have a windows XP Professional OEM drive, which is what the OS was when I got the computer.  In any case, MAR product key will not work with the OEM version installed from the disc I have.  I have no idea where to get a drive that will work with the key to the MAR, is there a way that Microsoft can upgrade the MAR touch to an OEM or retail so I can activate Windows?  Or at least I can activate this Windows again?

  If you have the key that works with the OEM disc, use it for installation only - do not activate.

  After the installation of Windows, use the official Microsoft product key Changer tool to update your product key and activate Windows.

• activate Windows xp after the expiry of the grace period of 30 days

  How to activate windows xp after the expiry of the grace period of 30 days, if the user does not have internet on PC? the user can get a new activation code on the microsoft site?

  "rajesh kur" wrote in message News: 6811c2fa-5fa2-4c2c-805f-2347c8e571c2...

  How to activate windows xp after the expiry of the grace period of 30 days, if the user does not have internet on PC? the user can get a new activation code on the microsoft site?

  Use phone Activation
   
  
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• How many times can I activate windows 7 online?

  could someone answer me please with the truth?

  NOP TrekDozer you cannot mark as the cause of the answer of the question was:
  How many times can I activate windows 7 online?

  But im going to have to answer my own question: I don't know, but apparently every time you want UNTIL microsoft detects a significant change in equipment, after that is the only way to reactivate windows by phone.

• Can't activate windows.

  I recently installed windows 7 ultimate 64-bit after a 32-bit version, because I added more ram for my pc. Now, I can't activate windows with the key that I have, I get error 0xC004E003. -What it means and how to fix it?

  Hi Slayer567,

  Follow the steps below:

  1. click on launch

  2. right click on computer, then click Properties.
  • In the Windows activation section, click change product key. If you are prompted for an administrator password or for confirmation, type your password, or click continue.
  • In the product key box, type the product key, and then click Next.
  • If this does not work for you, follow the steps below.

  1. click on Start

  2. open an elevated command prompt. (Type cmd in the start search box, right-click on the program that appears and select run as administrator)

  • After cmd opens, type slui.exe 4
  • Select your country and call Microsoft Product Activation Center.
  • Provide the product ID, you see on the screen of the wizard
  • Once verified, you will receive the Confirmation code. Type in the boxes and activate Windows 7.

  Don't forget to mark this reply as answer if it helped and let me know what happens.

• Again - the EULA allows to keep Windows XP after the installation and activation of a retail upgrade to Windows 7

  The EULA allows to keep Windows XP after installation and activation of a retail upgrade to Windows 7?
  I understand that the EULA (EULA) prohibits the USE of the operating system upgraded - must also be removed from the system?

  I intend to upgrade a pre-installed Windows Media Center 2006 on a Gateway computer to a level of detail to Windows 7 Pro 64 - bit.  I am adding a new hard drive, as this case nears end of life... and plan to install the operating system upgraded to the new HD - because I have XP 32 bit to Win7-64 bit... and a "custom" installation is necessary, anyway.

  This will result in an operating system XP on the old hard drive and the new OS Win7 Pro 64 - bit on the new drive.  There have been suggestions that the answer to this question is simply to remove the "old" operating system, after activating the 'new' Windows 7.  However - I see that any installation (or REINSTALLATION) of the operating system upgraded to Win 7 requires the previous XP to be "present on the computer.

  QUESTION: as long as I don't 'USE' the BONE replaced/implemented to date, I am in compliance with the EULA?  Alternatively, do I install "over" this Windows Media Player OS - on the old, due to lack of hard drive?

  The Media Center EULA States: «...» "15 UPDATES. To use upgrade software, you must first be licensed for the software that is eligible for the upgrade. After the upgrade, this agreement takes the place of the agreement for the software that you upgraded. After you upgrade, you can no longer use the software upgrade of. ... ', but is silent (as far as I can find by reading the EULA on the question of if software upgrade HAVE to be 'destroyed'.)

  (See: http://download.microsoft.com/Documents/UseTerms/Windows%207_Professional_English_7bb89e9f-20ea-4555-892f-394539ec1090.pdf "")

  Thanks for your review (a reference to the appropriate Microsoft documentation would be nice too)
  John

  You said above, «...» "You will be able to upgrade to Windows XP, it is a qualification license... »

  And I assume you are talking about my software Windows XP Media Center Edition (currently installed), as being a "qualification licence".

  That is right.

  Are we in agreement that a copy preinstalled OEM of Windows XP Media Center Edition IS extendable with a 'detail' update the license for Windows 7?

  His qualification, but you can't make a real room upgrade, you can do a custom installation. See the previous post on how to migrate from Windows XP to Windows 7. An upgrade maintains the personal files, settings and installed applications.

  I understand the ban on using the OEM OS software OR the upgrade replacement software on one computer other than the one on which it was originally installed by the OEM.

  I also understand that I cannot use the "improved" XP Media Center software, once the upgrade of Windows 7 has occurred.

  The rest to determine if it NEEDS to be deleted or replaced... you have no guidance on this issue?

  Well, when you perform a custom installation, in essence, it is deleted or replaced. Then, it is part of the upgrade license. It's like it becomes a mind is more tangible, but always there as a base to which the upgrade license may exist on your system.
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  On the original thread, Stuart W J replied 10 September 2012-
  "....

  "New - the EULA allows you keep Windows XP after the installation and activation of a retail upgrade to Windows 7?

  "..... No it does not preserve / using XP after the upgrade... »
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  Although I can't find the ban against the "continued" it any where in the EULA.

  Thanks again,
  John

• I can't activate my iPad after upgrade to iOS 9.3

  I can't activate my iPad after upgrade to iOS 9.3.  It seems that others have the same problem. Has anyone heard when a fix will be available?

  Yep, having the same problem. also, iTunes is not recognizing the device is