licensing

Just wanted to share my experience with installing Nero on windows 7. My clean install of win7 has been severely corrupted by a store-bought version of Nero 9 which should have been safe. It isn't. The only version of Nero that will work with Windows 7 is 9.4.26. The store-bought version I...

So I installed windows 7 on my hp touchsmart tx2z about a month ago, because a friend had an extra valid copy, and lately ive been getting little pop ups by the taskbar that says that I only have two days left to type in a valid product key. I tried retyping the product key again, to no avail...

Does W7 x86 use the same key as x64? Also, at work we have a company copy of W7, but some jackass put a permanent label over the disc, but failed to mark whether it is x86 or x64. Is there a way of telling?

I bought a Lenovo Laptop a few months ago with Vista and applied for the 7 upgrade. It's now been nearly 2 months after the October 22nd launch date. There's been 2 many delays. So my question is that if I can "obtain" Windows 7; will I be able to use it unactivated on the trial until I get a...

Congratulations guys, you're the only forum ww that answered correctly the difference between an OEM version and an end user version. Found this in the FAQs. I bought an OEM System Builder Pack 64bits of Win7 Pro together with all my PC parts as I'm assembling myself. For me it's clearly now...

http://www.winsupersite.com/win7/oem.asp One of the more mysterious ways in which you can legally acquire Windows 7 is through the so-called OEM Packaging. OEM stands for Original Equipment Manufacturer, which you can generally think of this term as meaning "PC maker" or, more precisely in...

Link Removed Microsoft has been licensing its exFAT flash file format for licensing for a while now. In case you forgot, Link Removed due to 404 Error. Link Removed, or EXtended File Allocation Table, is an enhanced version of the FAT file system from Microsoft that uses less overhead than the...

I see that Microsoft has posted on their website that they no longer will offer the family pack deal. So how do I install Windows 7 on 2 computers now?

Hi, i had posted earlier, turns out requesting 64 bit from the Hp is useless. Plus they charge you 20 pounds for shipping. Where as i just found students can buy the upgrade windows just for 30 pounds. I still however have a question. Just to clear it out so i dont end up blowing my cash. (...

Can someone explain how technet works? I called them and asked the same question. A very helpful lady told me I could download an ISO of any of the MS software up to 10 times and that each ISO has 10 activation keys. That makes 100 copies for my own use of each of their software titles. Is...

We are looking at upgrading our estate from XP to Windows 7. We currently use scripted builds and know we will have to create a KMS. The problem we can see is that once we deploy Windows 7 it will require re-activation via the KMS every 180 days. Most of the PC's are on the network but we do...

Hi I'm not sure if this is the right place to ask this question but I need a bit of help. Basically I have bought windows 7 through a separate company that offers windows 7 to University students for 39.99. The problem begins with the fact that I have "bought" 3 different copies although I am...

Hello everibody! I installed WIndows 7 Professional Edition on my laptop: Link Removed and I was surprised how good is this Operating System. But after a couple of days my WIndows broke down. I atach some print screens: Link Removed - Invalid URL. First time I beleve that was a virus, so I...

I have Win7-Ultimate installed and now would like to upgrade 2 other laptops with Win7-Ultimate. Is the family pack only good for Home Premium? If so, what is the most economical way to install to two new machines? BTW, the two laptops are not eligible for the upgrade.

Microsoft has dramatically changed its OEM licensing in the past year, and it's not really possible for individuals to legally use this type of Windows 7 Setup disc. More...

Hi all. Well, my adventures with Check Point Software and ZoneAlarm continue. If you've read my last post, you might remember that I mentioned having difficulty using ZoneAlarm Pro on my recently upgraded PC. It turns out that the minimum system requirement for running ZA Pro is a 2 GHz or...

I live in Northern California and went into a Best Buy, they had the boxes of the 3 pack on the shelf, no pricing. Then I got frustrate and left because I couldn't find anyone to help me... then I went to Fry's and they had NO 3-pack boxes on the shelf at all. I asked where they were, he said...

Does anyone know if there is a way to "keep" Win 7 without buying it? Don't preach to me now about supporting MS because as the world's richest company my few bucks ain't gonna' ruin them. I want to keep it because it really works well with COD(UO) and I have a lot of software installed that...

Hi, I paid £30 for the Windows 7 Professional Upgrade as I'm a student. Yesterday I bought a new 500GB HDD and some more RAM to use for Windows 7. I downloaded the files from the link provided in the e-mail I got, and extracted. I was then given a strange error message, which upon Googling...

I have installed W7 Professional (32 bit disc)on my laptop and validated it and now want to uninstall it from there and instead install the 64 version on my desktop. Will I have any trouble with re-validating it?