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 out, please.
According to Microsoft, I can use my product key only for one pc at one time. But how do they know when I want to activate my installation of Windows 7 and that the former one does not exist anymore - won't the activation server think that I am using the same product key again for an additional system?
There are commands to remove the current product key from one's system, but that prodecure won't get noticed by Microsoft, right? ...even if I format my current drive where Win7 is installed.
Edit: To be clear about the title... does a product key activate the current copy's product-id or what exactly gets licensed?
So how do I make sure that current product key can be used again without any issue about licensing and stuff?
thanks a lot!
TRSS
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 out, please.
According to Microsoft, I can use my product key only for one pc at one time. But how do they know when I want to activate my installation of Windows 7 and that the former one does not exist anymore - won't the activation server think that I am using the same product key again for an additional system?
There are commands to remove the current product key from one's system, but that prodecure won't get noticed by Microsoft, right? ...even if I format my current drive where Win7 is installed.
Edit: To be clear about the title... does a product key activate the current copy's product-id or what exactly gets licensed?
So how do I make sure that current product key can be used again without any issue about licensing and stuff?
thanks a lot!
TRSS