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Hi everyone, I find myself in a bit of a bind. I'm fixing a PC for a family friend - the motherboard died. Anyway, it was running Windows 8.1 - (I believe it was a cracked version - dunno, didn't build it). So anyway, the motherboard died, so I swapped like for like - A Gigabyte SKT-AM3...

Hey guys, Just bought a new desktop without an OS. The exact same system was £100 (I'm in the U.K by the way) more expensive. And after doing some research, I discovered you could get Windows 7 for around £70. So I figured I'd save a bit of money, seeing as I'm on a tight budget. But whilst...

Sorry if this has been gone over here, but I couldn't find any information. Once windows 10 is up and running, what happens to my version of windows 8.1. I bought a retail copy of it for this computer and it wasn't cheap. Will I be able to install it in another pc sometime in the future and...

I just built a new system. It had been working for a few days now... but then 'The product key you typed cannot be used to activate Windows on this computer.". But I bought this... a retail copy, even. I had this problem with my first gaming rig a couple years ago where I actually had to call MS...

This is not an issue but an observation open for discussion. Ever since installing Win 7 home in December of last year I have my computer boot interrupted at least every month by a dialog box "informing" me that I may not have a genuine copy of Win 7 and requesting my input to verify that I...

I purchased a retail copy of Windows 7 Home Premium. It would not activate using the code in the box. Seems the code in the box was for what ever reason deemed no good by the registration server. Had to call to get it activated. Why? Retail box purchases should have unlimitied installs, correct...

Forgive for the double post--- my aggrivation must be shared. ive been googling my ass off for 4 hours with no helpful information. I have removed all periphs and unneeded hardware -- ram -- disabled floppy -- everything but video card. Drives have been formatted and partitioned a few times...