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Old 08-02-2010, 03:31 PM
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i've got a windows 7 upgrade (from Vista) for my laptop......will it go in my pc aswell (XP)....or is it just to use on my laptop...cheers Pete
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it should work.. but you'll probably have problems with activating it unless you're planning to use a hooky method.
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tell me the hooky method........
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howay peeps.................give me a yeh or nay
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try it , whats the worst that could happen??
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Surely this won't work unless you have an activation key for each machine you want to install it on? I'd have thought that was obvious?
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precisely.. meaning the hooky method - there are tools on the interent that effectively bypass the requirement for a valid/individual activation key.
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You don't have to try the hooky method. If you install it on your pc and then ring the number on the disc case they will give you an activation code, this only works two or three times though so it's no good trying to give it to all your friends and family, we have it on our pc laptop and office unit.

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Who pays for windows anyway?
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When you ring if the op. gets all ten questions just tell them the first computer it was on is broken down and it's now going on your new one. No problems.
Just be sure to turn off your automatic update facility on the first one or they may send in the spiders!
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There is no upgrade path from XP to Win 7. You would have to do a clean install of Win 7 on the XP machine.
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Pete whats the pc spec?

should fly with xp but possibly might chug along on 7.
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Originally Posted by PeterD
Pete whats the pc spec?

should fly with xp but possibly might chug along on 7.
.....it's 4 year old now....pentium 4,2g ram........i like it on XP, better than when my laptop was on VISTA.....just thought i'd ask if i could install it (7) on another pc.........
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Originally Posted by Adrian
There is no upgrade path from XP to Win 7. You would have to do a clean install of Win 7 on the XP machine.
...yes i know this.........
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Originally Posted by Markb_s1
precisely.. meaning the hooky method - there are tools on the interent that effectively bypass the requirement for a valid/individual activation key.
....u mean "key makers" off torrents sites...???......pm me if u like.....
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watch out what you say folks, or the thread will be in the sin bin!
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Originally Posted by BM08
watch out what you say folks, or the thread will be in the sin bin!
...........shh.......lets talk telepathicly.......
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