Windows 7 not accepted in a retail PC product key

I have a product key genuine alternative for Windows 7 that I wanted to use to install my friend a new operating system. She has an old Windows XP retail PC. When it came time to activate the operating system by using the product key, the message was: "Product key not accepted" - and the help section, said that this is probably due to the fact that it's a PC detail that is used to have a copy of XP OEM. It is possible to activate a new OS on a computer that was previously bound to an OEM product key? Is it a particular format of the MAC address that accepts only the activation of the OEM operating system?

The restriction that prevents the operating system that is being replaced is called Secure Boot is available only on the UEFI BIOS and is active with Windows machines 8/10. If the computer had Windows XP on it it would not Secure Boot enabled even if they are available.

Windows XP/Vista/7 OEM systems has just had the key integrated into the installation image that checked for a tag SLIC in BIOS to check that the license was valid for the particular manufacturer and that it is not activate online or by phone.

Disk based installations must activate online / by phone so don't check is not the license using the BIOS and ignores the built tag, even if it exists.

If your license key is detail it should activate automatically or return to the phone Activation however product key not accepted"is not normal under these circumstances. When this message comes up? If during the installation of Windows, the computer is not online, and it is a failure the internal controls of the encrypted in the key product ID, it is not rejected by the activation servers.

If Windows is installed and you try to activate and then download and run the MGADiag

https://support.Microsoft.com/en-us/KB/942962

Click on copy and then paste into an answer here.

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