legal options

About this tag
Discussions tagged with 'legal options' on WindowsForum.com cover situations where users seek legitimate ways to obtain or restore Windows licenses. One thread describes a user who accidentally overwrote their Windows bootloader while attempting to install Ubuntu, leaving them unable to boot into Windows and exploring alternative OS options. Another thread involves a user who was misled into buying a single Windows 7 Ultimate upgrade license but needing a second product key to activate it on another computer. These conversations focus on resolving licensing issues, finding legal purchase channels for product keys, and recovering from installation errors without violating Microsoft's terms.

  1. Android How to get Windows back?

    First of all i didn't know where to post this so sorry if it's in the wrong section Ok so about 2 years ago i got bored of windows 7 so i wanted to try out a new OS, i went to install it as a dual boot (Ubuntu) and it said there was an error and couldnt be installed, sad and dissapointed, i...
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    Windows 7 Want to buy Product key only

    Hi Recently bought the win 7 ultimate upgrade from a local store. They young guy in the store assured me I could use the 64 bit disk on my main PC and the 32 bit on my laptop and be able to activate both. I stupidly listened to him and installed Win 7 on both but off course was only able to...