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I have a computer that I bought refurbished and they loaded the 32 bit version of Windows Home Premium. I need to run the current version of Photoshop and it only runs on 64 bit. Need to do a clean install and I have no problem with that since their are very few programs on the computer. My...

Been using Windows 8 since the consumer preview was released with no problems. All of a sudden this morning this message appeared "The license for this pre-released version of Windows has expired. You’ll need to enter a new product key to activate Windows. Until you activate, Windows will...

I purchased Windows 7 pro and I have a license that lets me install it on three different computers. 2 of the computers are not longer running and I need to reinstall it on two of my new computers. I need to reset the key to enable that but I am not sure who to talk to to make that happen or...

Hello. A friend of mine have a pc with invalid windows 7 installtion (I get a message that that I may be a victim and so on...). I have a real original windows 7 pro copy that is still new and wasn't registered yet. Can I register the bad copy with the key of the good one so it will be legal...

I have a damaged PCIx16 slot & need to replace my motherboard, when I re-install W7 will it see my mobo as a whole new machine (1 copy per machine) and reject my W7 serial when it tries to activate online? Could someone help clarify this for me please.

Hello there. My younger brother did format his PC-computer in order to install Win xp, but he don't know where the product key is. I did upgrade my Win xp with Win 7 and own both discs. And I want to loan either disc to my brother BUT 1. Can my brother install Win Xp and not use the...

PLEASE help me I need a Windows 7 Kms activator.... Does anyone please have one that I can have I desperately need one... For Windows 7 Ultimate I cant find them any were online!!!!

MrSeb writes "With the latest Windows 8 build (8064) that has been delivered to Intel, it's clear that the company is taking strides to make sure that its upcoming OS isn't quite so easy to pirate. For starters, the generic volume license keys that were so easily exploited during the early days...

I bought my laptop a month ago and from 2 days appears that the copy of windows is not a genuine one...I'm so confused!!! What should I do?????:confused:

Greetings, I installed Windows 7 on one of my computers. I have another computer running Vista. Can I uninstall Windows 7 on my first computer and then reinstall Windows 7 on my other computer? Thanks in advance for your help and support. lrcite

I currently have Vista Home Primium 32 installed on a laptop. I want to take advantage of the MS student discount but they only offer Windows 7 Professional. There is no upgrade path other than a clean install for Vista Home Primium to Win 7 Pro. If I do an upgrade to Windows 7 Home Primium...

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I realise The Water Cooler may not be the normal place to post a spell checker It is free and really easy to use and may be found of use . I post it here in the hope others may find it handy . ieSpell is a free Internet Explorer browser extension that spell checks text input boxes on a...

Last year, I bought a new ThinkPad laptop from a reseller on eBay. Today, it BSOD'd on boot, giving me the options to repair Windows, or attempt to reboot normally. Whatever's causing the BSOD is apparently a gamekiller -- it happens almost immediately after the "loading Windows" screen...

If your wondering why, its inconvenient to image drives across multiple computers because the only thing different about them is windows key, and if your restoring drives constantly it can be a real pain. So whats microsofts stance on this, if i have a valid licenses x computers can i just use a...

Hi there, right now I have a non genuine version of Windows 7 Ultimate installed, I'm looking to replace it with a genuine copy of Windows 7 home premium. Could I do this with an upgrade disc or would I need to buy the whole OS? I'm trying to avoid paying 200$ to activate Ultimate.

I remember with XP on my laptop i purchased in England where i live, however spent a few months abroad for work reasons & got a notice from Microsoft stating my OS was not Genuine & the key as been blocked because its not for the Geographic location i was using it in & it took some hours on the...

I recently bought Original windows 7 Professional from USA which had a label saying "for distribution in US only" Unfortunately Im from another country and I was wondering if this can be used / Activated outside USA

Hi, I built my first custom PC about 4 months ago. I bought windows 7 ultimate off Ebay, installed it, entered my product key, installed Microsoft Security Essentials and everything worked fine. At the time it said my copy of windows 7 was genuine. Now 4 months latter my computer...

Hi Folks, I already have a genuine version of windows 7 installed on my main PC but would now like to instal it onto the other PC's I have at home. On searching the net to buy new licence keys I came across a site which claims to offer genuine unique keys for vastly reduced prices...