reactivation

My desktop is a mess so I'd like to take one of my spare hard drives (wiped) and turn it into something like a large USB drive. I don't know how to reactivate a totally wiped drive though. I bought the two 500gb drives from eBay. Wish they could have put something on them so they'd boot. I'll...

Hi, I have a macbook and I run a windows boot camp partition on it most of the time. However, I frequently delete the partition whenever I don't need to use windows, need to add/remove space on the partition, or whenever I muck something up with it. I recently was trying to avoid having to make...

I have two connected laptops standing side by side. One is running Windows 10, the other Windows XP. I need XP for some applications, and I am unable to convert them to Windows 10. Until recently I shared the disks of both machines using a LAN connection, allowing me to access the Windows 10...

Alright so this is a bit of a long story, but any help whatsoever is much appreciated. Back in February I got a new PC. Assembled everything myself, and everything worked like a charm. Prior to that, I had of course linked my Windows 10 Home license to my account, which would ensure the license...

I bought an HP Envy 15 May of 2013. I did not want Win8 or a touchscreen, but that was all that I could find. I hardly used it the first two weeks and then the screen cracked, so I sent it in under the extended warranty. As I recall, I needed to reactivate Windows afterwards, and ended up...

I would like to reinstall my OEM version of 64-bit Win 7 Home Premium on new hardware (new PC). I'm having intermittent problems with my MB and want to take this opportunity to replace the machine. I was wondering if I would be able to do a phone activation of the OEM Windows. I know that OEM...

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 bought a notebook with pre-installed Windows 8. Unfortunately there is no Windows 8 DVD supplied with the notebook. Assume the hard disc or system crashes: From where do I get a windows 8 DVD for new installation? When I go to system info in Windows 8 I can see a Product ID...

HOW long does reactvation to windows 7 last. ACTUALLY I used win 7 for years before activation even with all the nuisances.

I recently recovered my data from a biohd-8 error. Can someone please tell me which files can I copy back to a hard drive in order for my system to start again and make it useable again. I do not know if any of the files were damaged in the recovery process. 1) If I am able to restart my...

OEM Windows 7, and processor upgrade. I am thinking about upgrading the processor on my system, and have Win 7 Home Premium OEM installed. Will changing the processor require a call to Microsoft to re activate windows? or is it a little more "hardware change" friendly?

This is a handy tip I found on the MS TechNet forums which I belong to, so I though I might share it. PROBLEM: My computer recently got a virus and I had a great deal of problem getting it off. It prevented me from connecting to the internet. My computer has now been cleared of viruses but...

Every couple of months I get an activation message on my computer to activate Windows 7. I've successfully activated it several times now and every couple of months it asks me again!!!!! What is going on and can I stop this annoying reactivation process:frown:?

Sorry if this is long-winded, I just wanted to make sure I provided all the relevant information… I am having some problems performing my upgrade from Vista Ultimate 64 bit to Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit. I ran the compatibility wizard and was instructed to remove iTunes and some HP games...

I don't know if this has already been posted or not, but I have a question about the Vista EULA. I have a HP model a6110n computer and want to upgrade the video to a nvidia GeForce 9600GT card and upgrade the system ram from 2 gig to 4. Will I have to reactivate my copy of Vista which came...