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    Windows 7 Installing Windows 7 (64-bit version) onto PC running Windows 7 (32-bit version)

    My Dell Vostro 3700 laptop original purchase allowed me an update to win 7. I had separate 32-bit update and 64-bit win 7 updates OEM discs sent to me by Dell and updated it to win 7 32-bit. Then I put in 4 more megs of ram (now have 8) but realized that I can only use the original 4 unless I...
  2. Windows 7 Windows Activation Question

    Quick question: Is there a limit on how many times you can use an OEM product key to activate a clean installed windows OS on the same machine it was originally pre-installed on? Thanks!
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    Windows 7 Win 7 Home Premium to Professional

    I have a HP laptop Running Home Premium. I purchased what I thought was and upgrade disc, turns out it is a OEM full install. Being the GENIUS that I am I opened package with out verifying and cannot return My question is can I install this with out losing my current set up such as Programs and...
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    Windows 8 Reinstalling OS 8.1 free upgrade

    I reformatted my hard drive the other night and put OS 8 back on. I was kinda of wondering if I would get OS 8.1 upgrade back in the Windows Store. It was not appearing there. I finally found the answer, a KB file was needed to be added to my registry to get the upgrade to show up in the...
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    Windows 8 Windows 8 OEM on Samsung

    I did search the forums and couldn't find anything specific to Samsung so apologies if it has been covered. I bought a Samsung Series 9 Notebook with 128GB SSD under the impression I would be able to delete all of the supplied software and recovery partition, and then install a fresh copy of...
  6. Can I install Windows 8.1

    A friend of mine just bought a new Toshiba Laptop which came with Windows 8 OEM. My question is can Windows 8.1 RTM work if it was a clean install? He is having trouble with windows 8. He wants to upgrade to Windows 8.1 even knowing that he will loose his recovery options.
  7. Windows 8 Windows 8.1 RTM Now Available for Download

    Microsoft has relinquished its previous statements that it would not provide Windows 8.1 RTM to developers on MSDN or Technet and has since published the following versions on both services. The final RTM version, a major update which includes numerous bug fixes and improvements to genuine...
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    Windows XP SFC /Scannow Problem

    Hello. I thought I'd check the system files as something about the system has crippled the machine's ability to run .JAR files. Did SFC /Scannow from cmd prompt. 'Please insert your Windows XP Professional SP-3 CD now' I inserted the system disc ... The system is XP Home according to Control...
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    Windows 7 Windows update not working

    I would like to do a Windows 7 repair install of my OEM system. I followed a link for a 64 bit oem download but it would open;see below: "You can do a repair install on a factory OEM installation with the latest official Windows 7 with SP1 ISO file here: Microsoft: Windows 7 Direct Download...
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    Windows 8 Replace OEM Windows 8 with Windows 8 PRO

    I just bought an HP Dv7t 7300 Quad editions and its coming with Windows 8 OEM version do any of you know how i would go about replacing the hp version with stock windows 8 PRO ? Will it install OEM windows 8 again since the serial is embedded ? is the process complicated ?
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    Windows 8 Windows Backup errors 0x8xxxxxxx

    Hello, this post just to share experience about a solved problem:upset:. I had to perform a clean install of Windows8 on an OEM ultrabook delivered with Window7 Pro preinstalled since I have been unable to boot the delivered Windows 8 Pri DVD Pack after converting the MBR delivered SDD to GPT...
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    Windows 7 Understanding Ruby.exe on Windows 7: Do I Need It?

    noob question alert!:redface: I understand that ruby.exe/interpreter is a gui of sorts. Why is it on my oem windows 7 os?/how did it get there?(ff greasemonkey?)/do I need it?/will it hurt my computer? etc. etc. I'm running an amd a4 5300 if that helps. (no video card)
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    Windows 7 No Access Rights to Disk Management

    I have a 2 year-old home-built computer with OEM Windows 7 Pro installed. A few days ago, Windows 7 randomly decided that I "do not have access rights to Logical Disk Manager," even though I had used it just a few minutes earlier. I've tried to restore access rights to Disk Manager, but my...
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    Windows 7 Windows 7 BSOD

    I just recently upgraded my computer and everything installed and was working great until a few days ago. Now I just suddenly started getting BSODs, and my programs are not working correctly. I attached the "grab all" from the W7F diagnostic tool. I tried to do an upgrade since I have an OEM...
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    Windows 8 Moving Windows 8 Upgrade to new PC

    I have a PC which was running (legit) from a disk Win7 and I have since upgraded it to Win8 but now I am building a new pc and I am wondering can install my upgrade version of Win8 on my new build (I will not use it on my old pc anymore) I still have my Win7 disk if that helps!? Or will I have...
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    Windows 7 Is It Possible to Receive a Corrupted Version of Windows?

    I have a question about a desktop workstation I purchased from Dell. The PC in question is a Dell OptiPlex 580 which came with an OEM installation of Windows 7 Pro x64. Please bear with the length of my post, and forgive me if I am not posting this in the correct forum. I’m not sure if there is...
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    Windows 7 Windows 7 Build 7601 This copy of Windows is not genuine

    My company bought about 15 pieces of desktop pc from dell. I created an Windows 7 image using Dell pre-installed Win7. I have used this image to clone 14 pieces of the dektops and there was no issue. However, the last one I encountered "Windows 7 Build 7601 This copy of Windows is not genuine"...
  18. Windows 8 Refresh not working

    Hi, I've just come back to windows 8 as I found that 7 suited me better. Now I have installed 8 upgrade as I wanted Media Centre and have only until the end of January to get it for free. A couple of things are not working too well so decided to 'refresh'. I get a message to insert windows 8...
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    Windows 8 Install Win 8 Upgrade

    I am going to download Win 8 and install it as an upgrade to an existing Win 7 oem on a Toshiba Laptop. I have run the pre- assessment tool and the result was OK. I want to do a fresh install of Win 7 prior to upgrading, I have the disk's to do that. Will I have to update the fresh install...
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    Windows 8 How to re-install Windows 8 from OEM version

    I just purchased a Dell Inspiron 15R 5520 laptop with Windows 8 installed. I wish to re-partition (into C and D), format, and re-install Windows 8 so that I can eliminate all bloatware. In order to accomplish this how do I accomplish the following: 1. Download and burn to DVD a copy of Windows...