Can I install genuine Win7 Pro over Non Genuine Win7 Ultimate

ozrock

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Hi,

I have bought a second hand PC and found that the Win 7 Ultimate it came with is showing non genuine.
Unfortunatley before this came up I installed many of my fav programs on it.
I have a bought Win 7 pro which is unused, can I install this over the non-genuine one, or is there another way to do this.

Or, should I create another partition, install the new Win 7, reinstall all the programs :-( then delete the non gen partition.

Help please?
 

MasterofLego

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i believe you can enter the genuine key in, to make it genuine.

open start menu, right-click "computer", click properties, look for "Windows Activation", then click "change product key".

hope this helps :)