Can I use this OEM key to install Windows XP Professional if I have a drive to it?

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• Can we use this product key on the back of the laptop for the activation and the windows 7 Professional 32-bit to windows 7 Professional 64-bit upgrade?

  I have a laptop HP originally shipped with windows 7 32-bit professional. Now I want to upgrade to windows 7 professional 64 bit. I don't have with me installation disk. So I thought that it is possible (and legal) to resume an installation of windows 7 professional 64 bit disc from a friend and use this product key on the back of my laptop computer to activate windows after the installation of 64-bit? I'm a bit confused.

  NOTE: This sticker on the laptop has windows 7 pro oa, and a product key to 25 digits (xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx) written on it.

  In addition, the product ID in the information system in the control panel is OEM.

  Yes, you can use the product key located on the COA sticker with a full retail version or the version upgrade Windows 7 Professional disc.

  You will need to do a clean install, there is no place on the way to upgrade Windows 7 32 bit to 64 bit.

  Using the disk of 64-bit Windows 7, install Windows 7 Windows Easy Transfer Utility from the DVD (to find it, simply navigate to x:\support\migwiz, "x:" is the name of your hard drive. (In this case, you will see a collection of files, the important"that you must search for and double-click is 'migsetup'.) run it and create a DAMP (Windows Easy Transfer file), if you have an external hard drive, you can access it later when you perform a clean install of Windows 7 64-bit disk so you can stored there.

  Once you have done this, just do a clean install of Windows 7 64 bit disc. In Windows 7 64 bit disk, start Windows Easy Transfer, follow the wizard screen, tap on which is stored the WET file (external hard drive) and it will restore your personal files and settings. Reinstall the applications needed.

  http://www.notebooks.com/2009/10/07/using-Windows-easy-transfer-in-Windows-7/

  Boot from the DVD 64 bit Windows 7
  Click Install now
  Accept the license agreement
  When the option is displayed to select a type of installation, click (Custom advanced)
  Select the disk partition where you want to install Windows 7 click Next.

  You will receive the following warning:
  The partition you have selected may contain files from a previous Installation of Windows. If so, these files and folders will be moved to a folder named Windows.old. You will be able to access the information in Windows.old, but you will be able to use your previous version of Windows.
  (At all costs, do NOT click on anything in Format, deletion or Partition name.) So even do a custom installation, your personal files are still kept. Click OK

  The installation program will now begin installation. During installation, your computer will be restarted several times.

  Once the installation is complete, you can complete the Out of Box experience as the choice of your laptop, create a username, password, your time zone. You can then proceed to download the latest updates for Windows and reinstall your applications and drivers.

  You can then retrieve your personal files from the Windows.old folder and reinstall all of your applications and drivers.

  http://notebooks.com/2010/11/09/how-to-recover-documents-music-and-email-after-upgrading-with-the-Windows-old-folder/

  See also:

  http://techingiteasy.WordPress.com/2012/04/13/how-to-activate-Windows-7-OEM-license-using-a-retail-disc/

• can I use a serial key to install two windows 8 in the same system

  If I double boot windows 8 on the same system. for activation, I use the same key for the two installation.
  is this possible?

  Hello

  Windows 8 comes with only on product key (license) that can be activated on a computer at the same time. If you want to enable another computer with him, then he must be uninstalled from any other computer first.
  The fact above, as I know, the installed on another partition of Windows 8 will become the second computer and unfortunately you can not use the same key.
  Hope this helps, good luck :)

• Can I use a Windows XP Home Edition OEM key to install Windows Xp Pro?

  Reinstalling windows on a laptop computer in the format

  I'm reinstalling windows on the laptop of a friend that she sold to a person.  It has formatted and deleted all partitions (which I think included his info hidden windows), but could not find his CD to reinstall windows (she believes that she did not have a when she got the device, and I am inclined to think that the 'cd' was an image on a hidden partition).

  I have mine, but the product key on the bottom of the laptop does not work with my cd (he says it's an invalid code).  What I have to use old CDs to install windows or can I use another?  I just noticed that my cd is Windows XP Pro, and its key is Windows XP Home Edition.  Who count?  And if so, is it possible to get a new installation cd?

  Thank you very much in advance.

  Or the other

  (1) (preferably) order a set of manufacturer's recovery disc and reinstall the system using htem

  or

  (2) borrow a disc retail Windows of the same edition of a friend (the manufacturer NOT another recovery disc!) and use it for installation - you will then have to track down the appropriate/required drivers and install them. - and use the key from the COA of the sticker on the laptop to turn it on.

• Can I use the same CD to install windows 7 in two different parts by buying a new key for the second PC?

  I bought a full version ultimate DVD with two CDs and a windows 7 for 32-bit and one for 64-bit. I had installed the software (64-bit) in my laptop and it got successfully installed and activated with the key writtn on the CD packaging. Can I use the CD of 32 bits that came with the pack to install windows 7 ultimate in my desktop PC? If this is not the case, can I use the CD with a new key? Please guide the installation process

  No, you will need to buy a new product key.

  Unfortunately, Microsoft is no longer product keys is selling, so you could end by would have to buy a new Windows 7 Ultimate license to a third party.

  Full version-

  Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate

  Version upgrade-

  Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate Upgrade

• Can't use the product key to install Vista on my Satellite U400-112

  HI, GOOD DAY

  I BOUGHT TOSHIBA SATELLITE U400-112, WINDOWS VISTA, I FORMATTED MY COMPUTER LAPTOP THEN I INSTALL WINDOWS VISTA, BUT WHEN I INTRED PRODUCT KEY (THAT OF THE LAPTP THUMBNAIL), A MESSAGE WILL APPEAR AND SAY THE P K IS NOT VALID!

  ALSO, MY WINDOWS VISA IS A VISTA ORIGENAL CD COPY, IT CAN BE RENEWED BUT DOES ' T ACCEPT MY LAPTOP PRODUCT KEY!

  WAIT FOR HELP, THANK YOU.

  Thank you for this return of experience and the posted answer! :)

  Good day!

• Can I use the same disk to install Windows in 2 devices

  Hello

  I was wondering earlier this year I bought Windows 8 for my laptop game. And now I'm upgrading to a desktop PC Windows games with windows 7, can I use the software disks even if I connect to my Microsoft account. In other words I re can I use the disks if they are associated with the same account?

  No, you can't, 1 license, 1 computer.

  The key that can be used with 32-bit or 64-bit of Windows 8 is exclusively for 1 disc. You cannot use install both. 1 license, 1 installation, so choose wisely. If you want to install Windows 8 32-bit or 64-bit on another partition or another computer, you must purchase an additional license.

  http://www.Microsoft.com/Windows/buy/default.aspx

  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows7/get-a-new-Windows-product-key

  If you comply with these license terms, you have the rights below for each license you acquire.

  1 OVERVIEW.

  a. software. The software includes operating system software. This software does not include Windows Live services. Windows

  Live is a service available from Microsoft under a separate agreement.

  b. license model. The software is licensed on a basic computer copy. A computer is a physical hardware system with internal storage capable of running the software. A hardware partition or blade is considered be a separate computer.

  2. INSTALLATION AND USE RIGHTS.

  a. one copy per computer. You can install one copy of the software on a single computer. This computer is "licensed computer.

  b. a computer license. You can use the software on up to two processors of the computer under license at some point. Except as provided in these license terms, you cannot use the software on any other computer.

  c. number of users. Except as provided in these license terms, only one user may use the software at a time.

  d. other Versions. The software may include several versions, such as 32-bit and 64-bit. You may install and use only one version at a time.

• Can't use the product key to activate Windows 8

  Original title :-2147023450

  Because my new phone Samsung (which has been activated online) does not have a product key Windows 8 I download Belarc, which shows the product key.

  I used this product to update key.  Microsoft has refused to acknowledge this product key.

  This key cannot be used to activate Windows 8. In addition, your new laptop Samsung if it came preloaded with Windows 8 should already be enabled. The only thing you had to do was to connect to the Internet and it would activate automatically.

  With Windows 8, Microsoft changed stickers that have the product key that the user must type in during the installation of the operating system of new embedded BIOS product key. The idea is that by eliminating the tile, you eliminate one of the easiest ways for nefarious users get a legitimate product key. The sticker also eliminating product key removes any concern that the vignette could get damaged while at the same time eliminating the long and irritating the process of typing in various letters and numbers in the installation of the operating system.

  If the user has to reinstall the operating system on a computer with Windows 8, the installation process automatically captures key software product of the motherboard BIOS without input from the user. This means that these stickers familiar windows product key will no longer appear on Windows 8 computers.

  If you have problems activating, try to do a Reset and attempt to activate again:

  You have two options:

  If you want to reinstall Windows 8, which means remove applications and personal files and settings, you can use the reset and refresh. This is equivalent to a clean install.

  To do this, follow these steps:

  · Press the Windows key + i on your keyboard to show the charms (if you use a touch screen: touch the right edge of your screen and drag your finger to the left)

  · Click settings

  · Click change PC settings

  · Click general in the left column

  · In virtue remove all and reinstall Windows, click Start

  Then follow instructions that will be provided on the screen to reinstall Windows on your PC.

• Where can I get the product key to install Windows 8 on HCL laptop?

  I have a HCL laptop with windows 7 in there. At the time of purchase they (HCL) gave a set of 2 CD of Windows 8 Pro. It is written "OEM Activation required 3.0" on the disks.

  In the game there are no other documents.

  So where can I get the product key? If it is not necessary at installation time? How to install Windows 8 across these disks?

  If it's a free update which was accompanied by the system prior to the general availability of Windows 8 in 2012, then not as a product key will be automatically after when it is installed on the designated system.

• I have my serial number and that you wish to register online, but the message he has already been saved. How can I solve this? We just installed Adobe Acrobat Professional on my PC

  I have my serial number and that you wish to register online, but the message he has already been saved. How can I solve this?

  This version has been installed on a server that crashed last week. We just installed Adobe Acrobat professional on my PC and it says I have 30 days to activate it.

  Hi danneels,.

  Allows you to check with the guest would ask where its giving you information 30 days. on the right corner of this window, you will see the option "software license".

  Click this option, and then it will give you register in the window, use your credentials Adobe ID then check if it works or not.

  And for the State of serial number request would ask you to go ' adobe.com/getsupport' & it launch a chat session using 'still need help contact us' after following the instructions on the screen. The representative of cat will help you with this using tools

  .

  Kind regards

  Christian

• I can't install Windows XP Professional on my new hard drive.

  original title: I can not get my copy of windows xp pro to record

  I had to buy a new hard drive to my HP pc, I rebooted my windows xp pro.  Now, I can't activate.

  It would be useful to describe some of the problems that you are running in...
  You may have to call to activate Windows.
  Try the following article to see if it helps...

  "How to activate Windows XP"
    <>http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/307890 >

  HTH,
  JW

• Can I use a product key Vista Business OEM with retail Vista Business install disc on the original OEM computer?

  In fact, I have two questions:

  [1] my niece has a HP laptop with a sticker of the OEM Vista Business product key on the bottom. She has no HP restore disks or something like that. The computer was demoted in XP and now there is something wrong and Windows fails to start (goes to blank blue screen with the mouse pointer, no further). According to the test material, the hard drive still works. I have a retail copy of Vista Business. Can I use its product key with my Vista disks professional retail to install Vista on her computer? It is the key to correct OEM, original to this computer product.

  If the #1 answer is Yes, is [2] possible to install without erasing its hard drive? Maybe by making an upgrade? She has files out there that are not backed up - mainly music and Word documents. Can I somehow save them because I install Vista?

  Monday, October 4, 2010 20:08:21 + 0000, kerasmus wrote:

  In fact, I have two questions:

  [1] my niece has a HP laptop with a sticker of the OEM Vista Business product key on the bottom. She has no HP restore disks or something like that. The computer was demoted in XP

  No, this is not possible. I guess that you don't really want
  "retired", and that XP has been installed clean.

  and now there is something wrong and that Windows will not start

  Something new, or it never does to start XP?

  (empty blue screen with the mouse pointer, not go further). According to the test material, the hard drive still works. I have a retail copy of Vista Business. Can I use its product key with my Vista disks professional retail to install Vista on her computer? It is the key to correct OEM, original to this computer product.

  No. an OEM product key does not work with a retail CD. The CD and the
  product key must match with respect to retail vs OEM, complete vs.
  Upgrade and family or professional.

  If the #1 answer is Yes, is [2] possible to install without erasing its hard drive? Maybe by making an upgrade? She has files out there that are not backed up - mainly music and Word documents. Can I somehow save them because I install Vista?

  Whatever you do, you must first copy the Word documents and music
  files from external media: CD, DVD, USB keys, eternal hard drive
  etc. Even if could do an upgrade (which you do not have a key for) you
  should do it because there is always a risk of losing everything.

  Ken Blake (MS-MVP)

• Satellite A300-1IK - installation after Windows I can't use the multimedia keys

  I tried to clean my laptop, so I installed Windows7 64-bit using my code, but now that I also donwloaded all drivers, I still can't use easy media keys (as for Windows Media Player, or those who must play/stop music, ect..)

  No one knows how to fix this?

  Hi dilettafornasiero,

  I think you forgot to install Toshiba value added Package this package contains the driver for these buttons (lighted) media where you can start Windows media player, for example.

  You should check the Web from Toshiba site again and search for VAP also indicated for Satellite A300. Download and install the package and after I restarted the lighted buttons should start working.

  Check this box!

• Can I use my product key to get a vista installation disc sent me to start ona computer broken?

  My desktop came with Vista already installed, but after a total crash, I need to start over.  I have no OS on it right now, but I have the official Windows product key.  Can I use this product key to get a physical boot disk?

  Hello

  There is no free and legal Vista download

  Here are the different ways to reinstall vista

  Microsoft provides no DVD of vista for Dell brand name computers Acer etc.

  Contact the computer manufacturer and ask them to send you to vista recovery disks to reinstall the operating system back as it was when you bought it

  they do it for a nominal cost of $

  also ask them if you have a recovery partition on your hard drive to get back to the way you bought

  you would normally press F8, F9, F10 or F11 or Alt + F10 or 0 to start to start the recovery process according to the manufacturer

  Ask them of the exact key sequence

  or borrow a vista microsoft dvd; not a HP, Acer recovery disk etc

  Make sure that you borrow the correct 32-bit or 64-bit microsoft dvd to your computer

  they contain all versions of vista

  This is the product key that determines which version of vista is installed

  http://www.theeldergeek.com/Vista/vista_clean_installation.html

  How to replace Microsoft software or hardware, order service packs and replace product manuals

  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/326246

• Can I install a copy of Windows 7 retail and use the OEM key that came with my system to activate it?

  Help me asus laptop n55sf
  I bought asus n55sf notebook, The OEM OS (Windows 7 Home Premium) it comes preinstalled without any image or cd and I want to ask to download an original copy of Windows 7 Home Premium from microsoft using the key provided with the laptop

  New computers coming often pre-installed with Windows 7 have what is called a recovery partition. This is used to reinstall an operating system in the case of a system failure. To access it, you need to start when you start your computer by pressing a function key. This can be either F1, F2, F9, F10, F11, F12 key DEL or tab. See the manual that came with your PC for instructions on how to reinstall Windows.

  If your recovery partition is not available or damaged, you must contact the manufacturer of your computer, and request that a defined recovery disk you can use to reinstall Windows 7. They could practice a small shipping and handling.

  Another option:

  Download the Windows 7 ISO Image

  Windows 7 Edition Home Premium x 64 (64-bit)

  English: http://msft-dnl.digitalrivercontent.net/msvista/pub/X15-65733/X15-65733.iso

  32 bit
  http://MSFT-DNL.digitalrivercontent.NET/msvista/pub/X15-65732/X15-65732.ISO

  ImgBurn - supporting the creation of CD more. ISO files,
  It supports a wide range of image file formats, and it's free.
  (BIN, CUE, DI, DVD, GI, IMG, MDS, NRG, PDI and ISO)
  http://www.ImgBurn.com/

  http://NeoSmart.NET/wiki/display/G/Burning+ISO+images+with+ImgBurn

  Download and install burn ISO Gear (free):
  http://www.GearSoftware.com/gear-ISO-burn.php

  Note: Use always slower burning (4 x or 2 x) speed is offered a choice.

  You will need to create a disk bootable thumb with the help of the. ISO so you can reinstall Windows 7 Home Premium using your product key:

  Download Windows 7 USB/DVD tool

  http://store.Microsoft.com/help/ISO-tool