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c64   11-03-2009 at 12:19:52 AM

I purchased acer timeline laptop on 7/9/09 and i just received the windows 7 upgrade disc today and i really don't want to upgrade it, but I have a desktop that needs the upgrade and it has all the compatible hardware for win 7. Could i use the windows 7 upgrade disc key on the desktop?

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Prescott_666   11-03-2009 at 12:33:38 AM
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If you can make an image backup of your present hard drive, or if you have another hard drive, then try it. But it is probably an OEM version and it probably won't work on anything accept an acer laptop.

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c64   11-03-2009 at 12:37:44 AM
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Prescott_666 wrote :

If you can make an image backup of your present hard drive, or if you have another hard drive, then try it. But it is probably an OEM version and it probably won't work on anything accept an acer laptop.




That sucks, i thought i could use the win 7 product key.I just purchased a digital download of win 7 for another one of my desktops and thought i could use the win 7 upgrade key with the digital download.

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area51reopened   11-03-2009 at 12:41:09 AM
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two different types of install keys...it won't work!

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Silver Win 7 badge The_Prophecy   11-03-2009 at 01:15:08 AM
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Windows 7 Upgrade media is hardware independent. You can use it on the desktop (though you are technically not supposed to) to upgrade it, but remember that you can't use it on both systems. You're supposed to purchase another license to do that.

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c64   11-03-2009 at 05:05:28 AM
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I'm not trying to use the product key twice, I downloaded a school discount digital iso win 7 and i just wanted to know if i could use the acer win 7 upgrade key on the school digital iso?

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Silver Win 7 badge The_Prophecy   11-03-2009 at 05:13:47 AM
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So long as both keys are upgrade keys, they should be interchangeable. However, if the key you got with the student discount copy is an OEM key and not an Upgrade key, it won't work. It all depends on what type of key each is considered to be.

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c64   11-03-2009 at 05:47:48 AM
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The_Prophecy wrote :

So long as both keys are upgrade keys, they should be interchangeable. However, if the key you got with the student discount copy is an OEM key and not an Upgrade key, it won't work. It all depends on what type of key each is considered to be.

 


the student key was already used on another computer, I just was planning on using the student win 7 software with the acer win 7 key.both are upgrade versions.


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Silver Win 7 badge The_Prophecy   11-03-2009 at 05:50:31 AM
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Should work fine.

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c64   11-03-2009 at 06:20:11 AM
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The_Prophecy wrote :

Should work fine.




thanks

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