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• Can I use my product key for Windows Server 2008 after the downgrade to Windows Server 2003?

  Can I use my product key for windows 2008 after it downgrade to windows 2003?

  Hello
  Your question of Windows 7 is more complex than what is generally answered in the Microsoft Answers forums. It is better suited for the IT Pro TechNet public. Please post your question in the TechNet Windows 7 Server forum.
   
  http://social.technet.Microsoft.com/forums/en/category/WindowsServer/

• I bought windows 7 in a store, but my windows xp cannot read the dvd. can I download 7 and use the product key, rather than buy it again?

  I bought windows 7 in a store, but my windows xp cannot read the dvd. can I download 7 and use the product key, rather than buy it again? I bought an old compaq desktop computer, and I want to update.

  It's probably too late because you have unsealed the package, but as you have relatively minor glitch of the material do not have a DVD player, did you use the (free) Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor to determine whether your computer hardware is capable of running Windows 7?

• Failed to load XP on the same computer using the product key on the case of the CPU.

  I uninstalled XP and tried to load Window 7 s. had driver problems. Let down. Now I can't reinstall XP on the same computer using the product key on the case. I get a message "invalid Key". It's a Dell PC 6 years, if that matters.

  As I said, you will need the manufacturer's recovery disk, or disk OEM System Builder.

  Do you have which drive tried to use?

  You may be able to borrow a disk OEMSB from a friend - or you may be able to order the Dell recovery disks (they are cheap).

• I'm trying to re - install Windows XP and I was wondering if I could use my Windows XP CD friends but use my product key?

  My desktop with Windows XP computer cannot connect to my Iphone. So I would like to reinstall my Windows XP, but I lost my original CD, can I use Window XP Home Edition SP3 CD my friend to install but key in my original product key of window XP Home(first edition)?

  original title: Window XP reinstallation
  Hi Evelyn82,
   
  You cannot use your product key with the other CD. You can order for the replacement CD from the Microsoft Supplemental Parts team instead.
  For more information, see:
  How to replace Microsoft software or hardware, order service packs and replace product manuals

• Can I use a product key OEM Windows 7 provided with my laptop on a different computer if my laptop original broke and I no longer use it?

  I have a disc of "Window7 Holiday Home Edition". I got it on my laptop. But the broken laptop. Can I put on my laptop, using the "Product Key" that used it on the laptop.

  original title: product key

  I have a disc of "Window7 Holiday Home Edition". I got it on my laptop. But the broken laptop. Can I put on my laptop, using the "Product Key" that used it on the laptop.

  Sorry, but there is no such thing as «Window7 Holiday Home Edition»  This is the ultimate. Home Basic or Home Premium.

  He intervenes, it it is preinstalled on your laptop and the laptop died, the license to use, he died with him. It cannot be moved to another computer.

  Preloaded is an OEM version and the biggest drawback of an OEM version (at least in the USA) is that its license it permanently binds to the computer first it is installed on. He can never legally be moved to another computer, sold, or given to outside (except with the original computer). If the computer dies or is stolen, your license dies with him.

• Cannot install Microsoft Office 2010 trial, cannot use the product key.

  Original title: Office 2010 trial

  I downloaded a trial version of office 2010, I tried to install, and it gets so far and then stop saying that I can't use my product key, due to already having a trial on this laptop in the past which has been uninstalled by the former owner of this laptop. How can I get around this?

  Hello

  You can't go around it.

  You get only the a free trial of your version of Office.

  It is not an onging repeat trial offer.

  It will be reported on your computer that an Office of first instance has already been downloaded and installed.

  Buy office or use the free Open Office.

  See you soon.

• How do I stop using the product key in my PC, so I can use it in my laptop?

  A long time ago I had installed Windows Vista (original) on my PC at home. But now I m leaving in another city and I m just using my laptop. I received a message through the Windows Activation (¨The product key you typed is already use¨) and two options: buy a new online or type a different product key. I Don t want to buy anything and I Don t have a different product key. So, how can I stop using the product key in my PC (which i Don t use it!), so I can type in my laptop? Maybe uninstall Windows in my PC could solve the problem, but I Don t want to travel back home 7 hours for this! What can I do now?

  PS. : Sorry about my English, I m still learning!

  A long time ago I had installed Windows Vista (original) on my PC at home. But now I m leaving in another city and I m just using my laptop. I received a message through the Windows Activation (¨The product key you typed is already use¨) and two options: buy a new online or type a different product key. I Don t want to buy anything and I Don t have a different product key. So, how can I stop using the product key in my PC (which i Don t use it!), so I can type in my laptop? Maybe uninstall Windows in my PC could solve the problem, but I Don t want to travel back home 7 hours for this! What can I do now?

  PS. : Sorry about my English, I m still learning!

  Your English is very good.

  You simply need to activate Windows in the laptop by phone call at a command prompt, type slui 4.

  You * must * also to remove Windows from your desktop computer, but if it is to wait a few moments, it shouldn't be a problem.

• Is it legal to download windows and use my product key to install it?

  Is it legal to download windows and use my product key to install it. I found a Windows Vista Home Premium SP1 and downloaded so I can install it. on my computer, I have the key, but no CD.

  Vista is now at the SP2 level.

  No public download free "legal" of any MS OS does exist, with the exception of trial versions.

  Anything you download from a public site carries the risk of associated malware that can be hidden in the facility and is to be avoided like the plague, it may turn out be a carrier.

• Can I download Vista Home Premium somewhere and use the product key I have now?

  Original title: ACER GRRRRR!  Can I download Vista Home Premium somewhere and use the product key I have now?

  I need to reformat my laptop Acer Aspire 5520, but Acer WON'T provide me with the disks required to do... so my question is this; How can I reformat without having to buy a new drive for Windows Vista?  I went to the site of the Acers and downloaded all the drivers, applications, and the bios, but I can't find anywhere on Windows.  Can anyone help?
  Thank you in advance for your help!

  Hello

  It s no vista for free and legally download

  with an acer you never drives with him press Alt + F10 when you see the Acer start at startup screen

  who should begin the process of recovery back to factory settings

  Acer has do provide you with a way to reinstall vista, either way or a recovery (Alt + F10) on your disk partition hard or using recovery discs

  and read this:

  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 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 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)

• 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/

• How many times can I reinstall windows 7 on the same computer by using a product key?

  OT: Reinstall Windows 7.

  How many times can I reinstall windows 7 on the same computer by using a product key?

  How many times can I reinstall windows 7 on the same computer by using a product key?

  You can reinstall on the same computer as many times as you want.

  Eventually you may need to activate by using the telephone option.

  Concerning

• Re-install Windows 7 Professional by using the product key?

  Original title: Windows 7 Professional.

  Hello

  I just bought a pc that was advertised on facebook, he has Windows 7 Professional installed, I asked if he had the drive, but I was told that it has been installed by a computer scientist with a purchased product key.

  I want to reformat the h/d and to reinstall the software, how can I do this using the product key?

  Concerning

  TonyB76

  Hello Tony

  It depends on the type of license that is on the PC. to determine this, the simplest method is to run the MGADiag tool:

  Download MGADiag (by Microsoft) from the link below:

  http://go.Microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=52012

  Run the tool by double-clicking the file. Press to continue when prompted

  When it is finished, press on copy and then paste (Ctrl + V) in your next post please

  Please also indicate which version of windows is mentioned on your COA sticker (if you have one) but do not publish the key.

  http://www.Microsoft.com/en-us/howtotell/hardware.aspx

• Can I use the product key for windows 7 Home Premium

  Can I use the product key for windows 7 Home premium without sp1 to install windows 7 Home Premium SP1. also, please provide the link for both.

  Msft.digitalrivercontent downloading is legal.

  Download Windows 7 proper. ISO file that includes Service Pack 1

  Windows 7 Home Premium 32 Bit: http://msft.digitalrivercontent.net/win/X17-58996.iso
  Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit: http://msft.digitalrivercontent.net/win/X17-58997.iso

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  Downloading is legal

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  After downloading the file correct .iso using ImgBurn or ISO gear to burn a bootable DVD.

  Create a Windows 7 Bootable DVD using the. ISO file
  Engraving of a file of Windows 7 ISO on a DVD
  http://support.Microsoft.com/default.aspx/KB/977640

  ImgBurn - in addition to supporting the creation of CD/DVD of. 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/

  Projectiles help you to use ImgBurn to screen: http://www.imgburn.com/index.php?act=screenshots
  Burn the ISO Images with ImgBurn article: http://neosmart.net/wiki/display/G/Burning+ISO+Images+with+ImgBurn
  (Les étapes sont les mêmes pour Windows 7 ou Windows 8), except that you do not create a repair disk but complete an installation DVD)

  Note: Always use high quality DVD + R media and slower burning (4 x or 6 x) speed is offered a choice.

  J W Stuart: http://www.pagestart.com