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Geek Culture / Windows 7 : Full Install Disc w/ OEM Key?

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That Guy John
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Posted: 18th Jan 2011 21:42 Edited at: 18th Jan 2011 22:11
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Sorry found my answer..

You can use an OEM Key with a full install disc, but you have to use phone activation.

That is what I understood from this anyways.
http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/w7install/thread/7788dfa2-94a7-4db3-8bcd-b0e109bd7b95
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Slow Programmer
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Posted: 19th Jan 2011 03:04
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I have done that a few times. It works great and you can easily get rid of all the unwanted bloatware that seems to come preloaded on most new Microsoft OS machines. It is all computerized and you don't have to talk to anyone when you call.

There are two kinds of computer users. Those that use Macs and those that wish they did.
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That Guy John
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Posted: 19th Jan 2011 03:58
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Yeah, I haven't bought a desktop in years. I prefferr putting my own together.
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JoelJ
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oh nice. That's good to know. I'm fixing my friend's computer, and we can't find the OEM disk anywhere.

Your mother has been erased by a mod because it's larger than 600x120
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That Guy John
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Posted: 19th Jan 2011 05:33
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If it is a store bought computer, and it has a windows serial key stick on it. Look at what it is suppose to have installed on it, xp, vista or Win7. You can use a full windows install disc and just enter that key on the sticker and you should be good to go.
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Indicium
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Quote: "nd just enter that key on the sticker and you should be good to go."


No you can't :p

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Fatal Berserker
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Quote: "No you can't"

Yes, nearly all manufacturers put a sticker with the windows CD key on it.

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Indicium
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Quote: "Yes, nearly all manufacturers put a sticker with the windows CD key on it."


Including mine, which isn't the correct key if you try and reinstall, but maybe I'm wrong and it's specific to me.

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That Guy John
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Posted: 19th Jan 2011 23:01
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The key has to match with the corresponding windows version.
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Posted: 20th Jan 2011 01:44
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@joelJ is that the brave little toaster??? he looks evil in your avatar... awsome.

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Indicium
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Quote: "The key has to match with the corresponding windows version."


Thanks for clearing that up .

I managed to get the actual key for my installation using some program that scans the registry ( or something ), I can't remember what it was called, but the key didn't match the one on the case.

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That Guy John
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Quote: "key didn't match the one on the case."


That is strange, maybe the Mobo was swapped out at some point.
Did you get everything straightened out though?
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Indicium
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Nope, it wasn't :p

I won't know until I ever try to install windows XP again, it was just incase I ever wanted to go back to it.

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Fatal Berserker
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Yeah i think its a specific case.
Its ment to be the windows key.

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That Guy John
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Quote: "Yeah i think its a specific case.
Its ment to be the windows key."


Huh?
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Quote: "@joelJ is that the brave little toaster??? he looks evil in your avatar... awsome.
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I call him "The Brave Little ... Toasted". I made him for my avatar here at least 5 years ago now

Quote: "The key has to match with the corresponding windows version."

I had problems in the past with trying to use an XP SP1 key with an XP SP2 disk or vise-versa. So you have to be careful with that, too.

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Phaelax
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Posted: 21st Jan 2011 08:22
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I've had some stickers work with another CD and some that don't. They do seem to be pretty version specific.

"Only the educated are free" ~Epictetus
"Imagination is more important than knowledge..." ~Einstein
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