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The thread discusses issues with beta keys not working for Windows 7 Build 7068 Professional, with several users clarifying that these keys are only valid for the Ultimate edition. The original poster seeks help, and others suggest editing the ISO file or reinstalling with modified settings to activate the desired version. Overall, the tone is helpful, with users sharing solutions and confirming that beta keys are specific to the Ultimate edition.
The thread discusses issues with beta keys not working for Windows 7 Build 7068 Professional, with several users clarifying that these keys are only valid for the Ultimate edition. The original poster seeks help, and others suggest editing the ISO file or reinstalling with modified settings to activate the desired version. Overall, the tone is helpful, with users sharing solutions and confirming that beta keys are specific to the Ultimate edition.
Solution
blackroseMD1
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Well, if you haven't deleted the ISO yet, then you can go in and change a file (I think it's ei.cfg) to say Ultimate instead of Professional, and then reinstall. The beta keys work on Ultimate. You could also download SoLoR's ALLSKU version and install Ultimate. There are no ways to get the keys to work for the Pro version.
hoopsdavis
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The Beta key worked for me on an Ultimate install
instead of just waiting for the RC to be released...
sw3rve
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i just gave a friend a copy. ill have to let them know that the ms keys only work on the ultimate version. i have a program that can change cd keys... so if someone knows where to get working keys for the other versions that would be great!
Mitchell_A
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Yes, the beta keys are only for Ultimate, like a previous poster said: go into the iso and delete ei.cfg to do this, extract the ISO to your hard drive then open the folder where you extracted it to and go to the "sources" folder and find and delete the ei.cfg file. Now open setup.exe (back in the main extraction folder), you can now install whatever version of Windows 7 you want (in this case, it's Ultimate)
Cheers,
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