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Hello,
I couldn't find a Windows 7 group, so I thought it appropriate to post my question here. I installed Windows 7 on an iMac in a Virtual Engine using Paralles Desktop 5. I decided to install it using a Disk Partition instead, so I sent Windows to the trashcan ( I couldn't find a method to uninstall it) and unistalled Paralles. Using a program on the Mac called Bootcamp, I set up the particion and reinstalled Windows 7. Now I am getting a message that the Product Key I entered can't be used on that machine. I understand why, I think, because the hard drive name changed. Should I have deactivated Windows before reinstalling, and can I still do it? The Help shows that it can after installing a new hard drive or memory, but the system doesn't let me. Thanks for any help and God Bless, Mark A. Sam |
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No version of Windows can be formally deactivated.
You need to use telephone activation. Type "slui 4", without the quotes, in the Start box and follow the instructions. On 22/03/2010 15:28, Mark A. Sam wrote: Hello, I couldn't find a Windows 7 group, so I thought it appropriate to post my question here. I installed Windows 7 on an iMac in a Virtual Engine using Paralles Desktop 5. I decided to install it using a Disk Partition instead, so I sent Windows to the trashcan ( I couldn't find a method to uninstall it) and unistalled Paralles. Using a program on the Mac called Bootcamp, I set up the particion and reinstalled Windows 7. Now I am getting a message that the Product Key I entered can't be used on that machine. I understand why, I think, because the hard drive name changed. Should I have deactivated Windows before reinstalling, and can I still do it? The Help shows that it can after installing a new hard drive or memory, but the system doesn't let me. Thanks for any help and God Bless, Mark A. Sam |
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Activation
No version of Windows can be formally deactivated.
You need to use telephone activation. Type "slui 4", without the quotes, in the Start box and follow the instructions. On 22/03/2010 15:28, Mark A. Sam wrote: Hello, I couldn't find a Windows 7 group, so I thought it appropriate to post my question here. I installed Windows 7 on an iMac in a Virtual Engine using Paralles Desktop 5. I decided to install it using a Disk Partition instead, so I sent Windows to the trashcan ( I couldn't find a method to uninstall it) and unistalled Paralles. Using a program on the Mac called Bootcamp, I set up the particion and reinstalled Windows 7. Now I am getting a message that the Product Key I entered can't be used on that machine. I understand why, I think, because the hard drive name changed. Should I have deactivated Windows before reinstalling, and can I still do it? The Help shows that it can after installing a new hard drive or memory, but the system doesn't let me. Thanks for any help and God Bless, Mark A. Sam |
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Thank you dominic. That worked for me.
"Dominic Payer" wrote in message ... No version of Windows can be formally deactivated. You need to use telephone activation. Type "slui 4", without the quotes, in the Start box and follow the instructions. On 22/03/2010 15:28, Mark A. Sam wrote: Hello, I couldn't find a Windows 7 group, so I thought it appropriate to post my question here. I installed Windows 7 on an iMac in a Virtual Engine using Paralles Desktop 5. I decided to install it using a Disk Partition instead, so I sent Windows to the trashcan ( I couldn't find a method to uninstall it) and unistalled Paralles. Using a program on the Mac called Bootcamp, I set up the particion and reinstalled Windows 7. Now I am getting a message that the Product Key I entered can't be used on that machine. I understand why, I think, because the hard drive name changed. Should I have deactivated Windows before reinstalling, and can I still do it? The Help shows that it can after installing a new hard drive or memory, but the system doesn't let me. Thanks for any help and God Bless, Mark A. Sam |
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Thank you dominic. That worked for me.
"Dominic Payer" wrote in message ... No version of Windows can be formally deactivated. You need to use telephone activation. Type "slui 4", without the quotes, in the Start box and follow the instructions. On 22/03/2010 15:28, Mark A. Sam wrote: Hello, I couldn't find a Windows 7 group, so I thought it appropriate to post my question here. I installed Windows 7 on an iMac in a Virtual Engine using Paralles Desktop 5. I decided to install it using a Disk Partition instead, so I sent Windows to the trashcan ( I couldn't find a method to uninstall it) and unistalled Paralles. Using a program on the Mac called Bootcamp, I set up the particion and reinstalled Windows 7. Now I am getting a message that the Product Key I entered can't be used on that machine. I understand why, I think, because the hard drive name changed. Should I have deactivated Windows before reinstalling, and can I still do it? The Help shows that it can after installing a new hard drive or memory, but the system doesn't let me. Thanks for any help and God Bless, Mark A. Sam |
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"Mark A. Sam" wrote in message ... Hello, I couldn't find a Windows 7 group, so I thought it appropriate to post my question here. I installed Windows 7 on an iMac in a Virtual Engine using Paralles Desktop 5. I decided to install it using a Disk Partition instead, so I sent Windows to the trashcan ( I couldn't find a method to uninstall it) and unistalled Paralles. Using a program on the Mac called Bootcamp, I set up the particion and reinstalled Windows 7. Now I am getting a message that the Product Key I entered can't be used on that machine. I understand why, I think, because the hard drive name changed. Should I have deactivated Windows before reinstalling, and can I still do it? The Help shows that it can after installing a new hard drive or memory, but the system doesn't let me. Thanks for any help and God Bless, Mark A. Sam Although your immediate issue has been solved, you should be aware that support for Windows 7 is provided in Microsoft web forums only. There are no Microsoft public newsgroups for Windows 7. Here are the web forums: http://social.answers.microsoft.com/...egory/windows7 http://social.technet.microsoft.com/...egory/w7itpro/ |
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"Mark A. Sam" wrote in message ... Hello, I couldn't find a Windows 7 group, so I thought it appropriate to post my question here. I installed Windows 7 on an iMac in a Virtual Engine using Paralles Desktop 5. I decided to install it using a Disk Partition instead, so I sent Windows to the trashcan ( I couldn't find a method to uninstall it) and unistalled Paralles. Using a program on the Mac called Bootcamp, I set up the particion and reinstalled Windows 7. Now I am getting a message that the Product Key I entered can't be used on that machine. I understand why, I think, because the hard drive name changed. Should I have deactivated Windows before reinstalling, and can I still do it? The Help shows that it can after installing a new hard drive or memory, but the system doesn't let me. Thanks for any help and God Bless, Mark A. Sam Although your immediate issue has been solved, you should be aware that support for Windows 7 is provided in Microsoft web forums only. There are no Microsoft public newsgroups for Windows 7. Here are the web forums: http://social.answers.microsoft.com/...egory/windows7 http://social.technet.microsoft.com/...egory/w7itpro/ |
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Thanks for the links. I wonder why there is no Newsgroup for Windows7.
"PvdG42" wrote in message ... "Mark A. Sam" wrote in message ... Hello, I couldn't find a Windows 7 group, so I thought it appropriate to post my question here. I installed Windows 7 on an iMac in a Virtual Engine using Paralles Desktop 5. I decided to install it using a Disk Partition instead, so I sent Windows to the trashcan ( I couldn't find a method to uninstall it) and unistalled Paralles. Using a program on the Mac called Bootcamp, I set up the particion and reinstalled Windows 7. Now I am getting a message that the Product Key I entered can't be used on that machine. I understand why, I think, because the hard drive name changed. Should I have deactivated Windows before reinstalling, and can I still do it? The Help shows that it can after installing a new hard drive or memory, but the system doesn't let me. Thanks for any help and God Bless, Mark A. Sam Although your immediate issue has been solved, you should be aware that support for Windows 7 is provided in Microsoft web forums only. There are no Microsoft public newsgroups for Windows 7. Here are the web forums: http://social.answers.microsoft.com/...egory/windows7 http://social.technet.microsoft.com/...egory/w7itpro/ |
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Thanks for the links. I wonder why there is no Newsgroup for Windows7.
"PvdG42" wrote in message ... "Mark A. Sam" wrote in message ... Hello, I couldn't find a Windows 7 group, so I thought it appropriate to post my question here. I installed Windows 7 on an iMac in a Virtual Engine using Paralles Desktop 5. I decided to install it using a Disk Partition instead, so I sent Windows to the trashcan ( I couldn't find a method to uninstall it) and unistalled Paralles. Using a program on the Mac called Bootcamp, I set up the particion and reinstalled Windows 7. Now I am getting a message that the Product Key I entered can't be used on that machine. I understand why, I think, because the hard drive name changed. Should I have deactivated Windows before reinstalling, and can I still do it? The Help shows that it can after installing a new hard drive or memory, but the system doesn't let me. Thanks for any help and God Bless, Mark A. Sam Although your immediate issue has been solved, you should be aware that support for Windows 7 is provided in Microsoft web forums only. There are no Microsoft public newsgroups for Windows 7. Here are the web forums: http://social.answers.microsoft.com/...egory/windows7 http://social.technet.microsoft.com/...egory/w7itpro/ |
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Microsoft has abandoned them as a means of peer support in favor of the more
controlled environment of the web forum. Think less spam and OT discussions. -- Best of Luck, Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/ Windows help - www.rickrogers.org "Mark A. Sam" wrote in message ... Thanks for the links. I wonder why there is no Newsgroup for Windows7. "PvdG42" wrote in message ... "Mark A. Sam" wrote in message ... Hello, I couldn't find a Windows 7 group, so I thought it appropriate to post my question here. I installed Windows 7 on an iMac in a Virtual Engine using Paralles Desktop 5. I decided to install it using a Disk Partition instead, so I sent Windows to the trashcan ( I couldn't find a method to uninstall it) and unistalled Paralles. Using a program on the Mac called Bootcamp, I set up the particion and reinstalled Windows 7. Now I am getting a message that the Product Key I entered can't be used on that machine. I understand why, I think, because the hard drive name changed. Should I have deactivated Windows before reinstalling, and can I still do it? The Help shows that it can after installing a new hard drive or memory, but the system doesn't let me. Thanks for any help and God Bless, Mark A. Sam Although your immediate issue has been solved, you should be aware that support for Windows 7 is provided in Microsoft web forums only. There are no Microsoft public newsgroups for Windows 7. Here are the web forums: http://social.answers.microsoft.com/...egory/windows7 http://social.technet.microsoft.com/...egory/w7itpro/ |
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