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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?

Hello When the free upgrade is available, for people who are not techy like me, could you correct some misconceptions I have. I think I will click on the installation file to begin, I don't know if I will need a product key, I hope to choose 'custom' for a clean install and not upgrade, I do not...

Lost your Windows 7 install disk but still have the activation key then Microsoft have launched a website which allows you to download the iso: ref: http://www.thewindowsclub.com/microsoft-software-recovery-windows-7 Unfortunately the link below still doesn't seem active. Link Removed

My Acer computer has recently been telling my computer is not a genuine version of Windows 7. I searched up on how to fix this problem, and almost every post suggested I run cmd with an admin. So, I did so by clicking on "cmd", then clicking "Run as Admin". Then, I did what the website told me...

A couple of years ago I upgraded from XP to Windows 8 when Microsoft where charging £30 for the upgrade, which seemed to be a no brainer. Two years down the line my Dell Precision desktop feels sluggish compared to how it was performing with a fresh install (upgrade) to Windows 8 (I have since...

Hi, unfortunately my Lenovo e530 laptop run into a little issue recently and i was looking for a way to reinstall windows but without having to do a whole factory reset, as with the built in setup files, there only appears to be the option to restore to factory default and no 'repair only'...

Hi, I have installed windows 10 preview in my HP laptop. I want to revert back to Windows 7 Home premium which I was using earlier. My recovery DVD doesn't work properly as it has scratches and HP recovery tools also don't help. I have the old Windows 7 product key with me. Could somebody brief...

Hi, folks! I hope to get some clarification for my issue about reinstalling a copy of Windows 7. I am about to install Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit on a flash drive and I wonder if I can simply reuse my current product key. I am aware similar questions have been posed lots of times but hear me...

I have a laptop used to run Vista. Bought a retail Win 8 Pro upgrade version and installed over the Vista. Then upgraded to Win 8.1 Pro. That is what the laptop is running now. Question : If I install Win 10 TP over the Win 8.1 Pro, does it free up my Win 8 Pro product key so that I can use it...

Hello! I've recently bought a Dell Inspirion notebook with Windows 8.1 Home Edition 64 bit OEM pre-installed on it. Now, what i want to do is to replace the HDD with SSD, so i did a little research and....well, I' am more confused now! But first thing first. For those who want to tell me about...

Since the Original thread got very lengthy, I will post new problem. My Toshiba Satellite A665 laptop now shows me this: (Toshiba Recovery Wizard Recovery of Factory Default Software Preparing. Initializing the Partition, Please Wait....) There it sits. What do I need to do next? A...