Hey guys so I have a bit of a poblem here that is REALLY confusing me and I could use some help. So bacically here is what is happening...
I recently just built a new computer. New MOBO, new HDD, new everything basically. I had an old computer Dell 420 XPS with Windows Vista 32 bit installed on it. So i did some reading and saw that in order to take advantage of the Microsoft student discount for Windows 7 I needed to first have Vista installed on my computer. No problem, right? All I need to do is install Vista on the new PC then upgrade to Windows 7? WRONG.
I found out that the installation CD I had was in fact an OEM. Which after more reading I found out that OEM's only work on the first MOBO they are installed on. BUT, I was able to actually install Vista on my new computer. So after I installed Vista and installed my MOBO chipsets I then proceeded to go online to microsoft.com to upgrade my OS to 7.
This is where it gets confusing... I was unable to connect to microsoft.com or ANY microsoft related webiste (msn.com, hotmail.com, etc...) However, I am able to go on websites like yahoo.com, google.com, and tomshardware.com to write this post. So can anyone actually tell me what is going on here? Is Microsoft reconizing I am using an OEM from another MOBO and just not letting me on their site or what the heck is going on.
I really thought this would be a mindless installation but it turned out to be much harder than I realized. Please can someone help me out.
tl;dr New computer with old computer OEM OS. Cant go on Microsoft related websites.
I recently just built a new computer. New MOBO, new HDD, new everything basically. I had an old computer Dell 420 XPS with Windows Vista 32 bit installed on it. So i did some reading and saw that in order to take advantage of the Microsoft student discount for Windows 7 I needed to first have Vista installed on my computer. No problem, right? All I need to do is install Vista on the new PC then upgrade to Windows 7? WRONG.
I found out that the installation CD I had was in fact an OEM. Which after more reading I found out that OEM's only work on the first MOBO they are installed on. BUT, I was able to actually install Vista on my new computer. So after I installed Vista and installed my MOBO chipsets I then proceeded to go online to microsoft.com to upgrade my OS to 7.
This is where it gets confusing... I was unable to connect to microsoft.com or ANY microsoft related webiste (msn.com, hotmail.com, etc...) However, I am able to go on websites like yahoo.com, google.com, and tomshardware.com to write this post. So can anyone actually tell me what is going on here? Is Microsoft reconizing I am using an OEM from another MOBO and just not letting me on their site or what the heck is going on.
I really thought this would be a mindless installation but it turned out to be much harder than I realized. Please can someone help me out.
tl;dr New computer with old computer OEM OS. Cant go on Microsoft related websites.
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