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Hey guys, i'm having an MSI Laptop with Windows 8 pre-installed and i downgraded to windows 7 (so, i have had to delete the partitions, so.. no recovery partition is there anymore). Now what if i want to go back to windows 8? What i have to do exactly? Because i've read that the Win8 Key is...

I bought a win 8 computer W/O A PRODUCT KEY. I did upgrade it to 8.1. I need web sites or any other information on how to reinstall win 8.1 or even repair 8.1 WITHOUT A PRODUCT KEY. I found one web site by Paul Thurrott but it required a RETAIL product key. Jim

Hi all, Purchased a laptop in 2012 it came with windows 7 I used a promotional offer to upgrade to windows 8, I recently restored the laptop and lost windows 8 I have the email conformation ( Printed out ) with the product key and am in need of assistance reinstalling windows because it is...

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!

I'm hoping you guys can help a guy who knows just enough to get himself into trouble. I just bought the HP Envy 17t-j100 Quad Edition with the 1TB hybrid drive and the 240GB SSD Upgrade Kit that you can get on the Customize and Buy page. I wanted to put the OS onto the SSD because I haul my...

Hi, all! Searched around for a definitive answer on this, mostly just finding "yeah, give it a shot" as the result. I have a Win8 laptop (not Win8.1) that I will be selling. How do I go about de-licensing that installation so I can use it on a new laptop that I've just received? Thanks...

Hello I am running Win 8.1 x 64 After downloading the iso file for Win 8.1, what can I expect to see? It is downloading and will be done in 2 hours Can I just burn it to dvd which I want or will I have to go through installation steps? The reason I ask is because I have a product key for 8 but...

I have Windows 8.1 installed on my old pc with Windows 8 upgrade key. I'm wondering can I reuse the same Windows key on my new pc if I uninstall windows on the old one?

I am a real dummy with this stuff. I bought 2 used computers at auction. They are Dell OptiPlex 760, 3.16 GHz, Core2Duo, 4Gb Ram. They have been sanitized and have no operating system on them. They originally had Windows Vista on them. I have been to EBay and there are a lot of products...

I am building 2 computers exactly the same. I have purchased 2 copies of Windows 7 pro I have installed one copy Windows 7 Pro and all of my programs and data files on the first computer and activated it. After I get the second computer built I would like to avoid re-installing everything on...

I am unable to find my original post...Link Removed replied to me and I followed the instructions provided for activation of Windows7. After spending much time on the telephone with MS support (blah). I am still unable to activate. I know the problems lies with my trying to activate my Win7 Pro...

My laptop crashed and I have to reinstall windows 7. I've managed to format my harddrive and get windows 7 to the installation phase but I cannot read my product key off the label. Is there any way I can retrieve this from Microsoft as I cannot get it from the laptop itself?

Hey, I've never once, ever, reformatted my computer. I've had a variety of issues with my computer for /years/, windows installer.exe being unusable being the worst of the worst. I've always told people who tell me to reformat that it's just not an option as I don't have the original disks and...

Hi, I need product keys for Installed Softwares like MS office, Adobe products. I need to collect this information for audit purpose. Please let me know if any scripts available, or any manual search also fine.

So last night I dropped my wife's laptop about 8 inches onto the floor. It hit the corner with the HDD and then gave me the blue screen of death. I ran the HP disk check which told me the the HDD was damaged. I bought a new HDD to replace the old but I don't have the windows 7 home premium...

Recently I purchased a windows anytime upgrade from Win 7 HP to Win 7 Pro from Microsoft. The new version downloaded and upgraded with no assist from me. Microsoft also emailed me a new product key. My question is if/when I reformat my HD and want to reinstall Windows 7 Pro how do I do it? I...

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...

Please help me with this issue! I bought dell inspiron 15 with windows 8 installed for my son. It was running fine but after couple months got slow (he might have got a virus on it) so I want to reinstall it back to the way it was before. When I try to remove everything and reinstall windows...

Host OS : Win 7 Home Premium SP1 64-bit. Guest OS : Win 8.1 Preview installed in Vmare Player. I have MS Office 2007 Home and Student installed in my host OS. How do I access them in guest OS ? Do I have to install into Win 8.1 ? If yes, a silly question......how ? My MS Office 2007 is a...

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