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10-30-2012, 11:33 PM
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#101 | | I answer every Emotion with an emoticon
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I was asked to enter my win 7 key right after the registration page. I cannot even get the email without entering a win7 key. Help plz.
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10-31-2012, 07:06 AM
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#102 | | Everyone wants a piece of R S...
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Originally Posted by q0192837465  I was asked to enter my win 7 key right after the registration page. I cannot even get the email without entering a win7 key. Help plz.
Posted via RS Mobile | are you upgrading from windows 7?
I just upgraded from xp to 8 without any issues.. its gonna take some getting used to...
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10-31-2012, 07:54 AM
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#103 | | My dinner reheated before my turbo spooled
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once downloaded the files are located here
C  ESD\Windows\  Quote:
Originally Posted by c3m That's pretty much it. You can choose to keep personal files or nothing during installation.
The serial key that Microsoft email you will only be valid by upgrading from Window 7. So if you are doing a fresh install on a computer that does not run Window 7 then the serial key would not work | Quote:
Originally Posted by TOPEC i booted into the usb, format and wiped whats in the hdd (not activated win 7) n began installation from there, dont think it checked for any copies of previous windows? |
conflicting info here.. ??
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10-31-2012, 01:33 PM
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#104 | | Diagonally parked in a parallel universe
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Here's my experience...
DOWNLOAD & UPGRADE
My PC shipped with Win 7 Home (not sure if it was 32 or 64 bit), before I downloaded the Windows 8 promo I wiped my HD and installed Win 7 Pro x64 but did not enter a key. The copy of Win 7 Pro x64 I was running was not activated and utilizing the grace period. Next I downloaded the Windows 8 promo, saved the ISO file and also chose the option to create a USB key installer. Booted from USB key, entered Win 8 key and installed, was not prompted to enter any Win 7 key. After reboot Windows 8 was automatically activated.
Also the copy that was downloaded/installed was Win 8 Pro x64, not sure if that is based off of my hardware or the OS that I was running when I downloaded the promo.
CLEAN INSTALL
Just wiped my hard drive using Hiren's boot CD, then booted from Win 8 USB installer, entered Win 8 key and installed. Not prompted for Win 7 key, after initial configuration Win 8 was NOT activated. Tried to activate manually, prompted to enter 8 key again, key accepted, received the following error "key can only be used for upgrading, not for clean installations".
UPGRADE FROM CLEAN INSTALL.
Since I couldn't activate the clean install of Windows 8 I decided to reinstall over top, inserted USB installer, ran Setup.exe and entered key, chose "Don't keep anything" and installed. Once complete Windows 8 was automatically activated.
Seems like the promo key won't work to activate clean installs but will work to activate any upgraded OS, even if the original OS is NOT-activated, doesn't matter if it is Win 7 or Win 8. Not sure if upgrading from XP works...
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10-31-2012, 01:56 PM
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#105 | | My dinner reheated before my turbo spooled
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nice.. thanks for the update..
so Win 8 to Win 8 count as upgrade thus activation works!  | |
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10-31-2012, 06:15 PM
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#106 | | My homepage has been set to RS
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Yeah, looks like it's asking for a product key from Win 7 now. Won't accept a valid key from a few years back either.
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10-31-2012, 06:35 PM
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#107 | | Hacked RS to become a mod
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Time to go to Fortress and copy some Win7 keys off the sample notebooks  | |
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11-01-2012, 01:34 AM
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#108 | | Hacked RS to become a mod
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Originally Posted by SkinnyPupp Time to go to Fortress and copy some Win7 keys off the sample notebooks |  | |
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11-01-2012, 02:27 AM
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#109 | | Hacked RS to become a mod
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Also if you want to be real scammy, there are plenty of new enough COA's being posted on ebay and craigslist  | |
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