Screwed on "Anytime Upgrade".

So I used this old Toshiba NB255 with Windows 7 Starter Edition. I bought about 2 years ago and I use it only when the woman is on the pc, or if she needs to print additional coupons. I was screwing around with him about a month ago and I found the guests "upgrading at any time". I followed the instructions, thinking maybe it was a play upgrade, or a ploy to get you to buy a new version. I clicked on a few buttons, nothing of prompting me to pay, or indicate a 'cost '. Before I knew it my laptop has been installing Windows Home Premium. Sweet, I thought. Everything is stopped a month later. A prompt saying invalid key, please validate now, etc. I try to validate and it won't. I will discuss with Arnold O support and he said, well, 'it was a paid version that you upgraded. You must purchase the key. "I don't know why it lets you just upgraded without buying the key", blah, blah, blah. I argued I wouldn't have updated if I had known that it would cost, and his answer was just... Sorry, you can't go back to Starter edition, your only option is to buy the key... Really, who is my only option? I got screwed by Microsoft.

Option 1:

Backup your personal files using Windows Easy Transfer and do a factory restore your previous version of Windows 7:

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

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.

This is how the recovery partition is accessible to most popular brands...

For Dell, press F8 on the keyboard until the Advanced Boot Options menu appears on the screen.

For HP, press F11 directly after switching on the device

For LG, press F11 directly after switching on the device

For Toshiba, press and hold "0" BEFORE and during the power upward

For Acer, press and hold ALT + F10, as soon as you see the logo

For Asus, press F9, as soon as you see the Asus logo.

For Samsung, press F4 to the power upward...

For Fujitsu, press the F8 key directly after the power

Advent, restart your computer. Then, press F10 repeatedly until the message "Starting system recovery"

Sony VAIO, reboot and press "F8" or "F10" repeatedly until the screen "Advanced Boot Options".

or

Buy a product key for Windows 7 Edition Home Premium and apply it:

Where can I still get Windows 7?

Version upgrade - Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium Upgrade

Family Pack: Upgrade of Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium Family Pack (3 users)

Press Windows key + R

Type: slui.exe 3

Press enter

Enter the new key when you get

Click next to activate via the Internet.

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