windows 7 key not working

tomg1234

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hello and thank you to everyone who reads. would love to hear everyone's opinions.

once upon a time i purchased all the parts i need for a working pc including windows 7 instal cd. i built the pc and installed windows 7. used the provided product key and no problem what so ever. fast forward two years and i decided to build a second pc. i used the old hard drive in the new pc and brought another hdd for the old pc. on the old pc i installed windows using the cd i had purchased the first time used the product key and had no problem. and for my new pc with the old hard drive i purchased another product key because obviously the old key wont work on 2 pc`s the same time. so i input the new product key in my new pc and it gives me error code 0xC004C008. now have i brought a false key or are microsoft a bunch are anuses ?

oh and i brought the key for £20 from kingquin.net was told they`re pritty legit and i have their insurance on it.
 
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Sorry, but sources like kingquin sell bogus keys all the time. You need to contact them about the issue. This is not a Microsoft problem.

This is exactly why I don't recommend these types of sources to purchase licenses/product keys. If the price is too good to be true, it often turns out exactly that way.

Sorry for your troubles. Good luck.

tomg1234

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kingquin.net and im useing win 7 home prem and thats what the key is supposidly for .. :/
 

COLGeek

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Sorry, but sources like kingquin sell bogus keys all the time. You need to contact them about the issue. This is not a Microsoft problem.

This is exactly why I don't recommend these types of sources to purchase licenses/product keys. If the price is too good to be true, it often turns out exactly that way.

Sorry for your troubles. Good luck.
 
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tomg1234

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i thanks you very much :)

 

tomg1234

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i looked at the kingquin support page and they said they wanted a screenshot of a chat with microsoft support with them saying its an invalid key. so i contacted microsoft support and he somehow managed to activate the key on my pc so its now working fine :)