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Back in 2012, I spent some money (can't remember how much) to buy this Windows 8 DVD for installing Windows into my MacBook Pro. When Windows 8.1, I have no problem upgrading by using the Windows Store. Now in 2015, Windows 10 is out, and I am about to replace my current MacBook Pro for a new...

I had the free upgrade to Windows 10 from Windows 7 and the upgrade was completely broken. Edge wouldn't launch and list numbers things after that. I got the CDKEY of my install, did a clean install, and now the product is unable to activate. Same exact hardware and everything. IT does not...

Hello all I today downloaded the Win10 ISO with Microsoft's "create installation media" tool. I then extracted that ISO to my USB drive and used it to upgrade my activated 8.1 installation. It did not ask for any key during the upgrade process. Now, after installlation I cannot activate the...

I attempted to upgrade a genuine Windows 10 installation to Windows 10 to verify if a product key needed to be entered to activate the system after installation and these are the results. read more Continue reading...

so I upgraded my computer from windows 7 to the windows 10 insider edition a few months ago. I just finished upgrading my computer today from the insider edition to the official windows 10. under updates it says I will still get insider builds though. anyways I can not seem to activate my...

Hello! I won a year ago a notebook with official Win8.1 in it, but I did not like it and as it it lowend notebook the performance was bad, so ma mate advised me to give there Win7 but ofc it was pirated version. But now with the arrival of Win10 I would like to install that. But I would like to...

This all started several months ago. My laptop was stuck in processing updates for hours, even when I had got off work. I turned it off by holding down the power button, the I turned it back on. After booting up, it continued to process updates. I turned off again the same way I did the first...

Hi I bought a laptop today that came with Windows 8.1,it is activated, and I have the product key. Can I install the Windows 10 Technical Preview now, and make it activated? Thank you

Hello, and thanks in advance to whoever responds here. Does anyone have any information about if Microsoft will release an ISO for the final version of Windows 10 come July 29th? I understand that they will release Windows 10 via Windows Update for those who have "reserved" a copy, but what...

Hello, Sorry if this has been asked and answered but I have a lingering question about running Windows 8.1 and Windows 10 tech preview dual boot. First of all, Windows 8.1 here is an HP OEM. I would like to keep 8.1 as is and upgrade Windows 10 tech preview to the official release when it...

Greetings, Today I had to reboot my computer in order to complete the installation of a program. When the computer rebooted, it suddenly didn't recognize my OS anymore. I tried to repair windows with the installation disk after setting the boot priority in Bios to DVD. Repairing windows...

I have Office 2007 on my old computer and now have a new computer that I want to install Office on. I do not have my Key Code. How do I retrieve my key code from the old computer?

Hello! (My first thread here!) My mom bought a laptop online (I know how it sounds...). It's Lenovo's Thinkpad x240. Problem is, it appears to be running a pirated Windows 7. (Also it's not a clean installation, but just a computer that somebody used for some time. So I'd like to format it.) I...

When I got my laptop (Acer Aspire E1-510) it came with Windows 8. I had some really bad lag with this computer so it was recommended I go to Windows 7 which I did. Now, I want to try and re-install Windows 8, however, I do not have a product key... Is there any way to recover it?

I installed windows 10 tech preview today and was super excited to see all the new stuff, to my displeasure I found out that windows 10 isn't working properly on my system what so ever, as soon as i boot up into the start menu after putting in my password and signing into my Microsoft Account I...

I bought my computer last November, since then, I installed windows 10 technical preview, now whilst the OS is good, its getting too buggy for me too handle at the moment, saying this, I would like to downgrade to windows 8.1 which was my original OS. The only problem is I don't have any other...

I need urgent help. I recently finished building my gaming PC, so I brought Windows 8.1 for my OS. I stuck in the x64 bit DVD and waited. It was on "Preparing files for installation" all of a sudden, my power goes off. I turn the PC on and start the DVD again, and after choosing the install...

I just reset my windows 8.1 using the reset feature that wipes out your files and re installs the OS. now i'm back to Windows 8, but it says my product key is invalid, and that i have windows 8 pro. I got my computer from best buy and i think they just had a core windows 8 edition installed. so...

So i recently just installed windows 8 into a new hard drive i got, as it started it up into the desktop screen it asked for my product key to activate windows. So i used the key i had and it didn't work then went it into a error "saying the software licensing service determined that this...

Has anyone with a Windows 7 computer using the Office Starter had to pay to continue using Microsoft Office?