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Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2016 8:21 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: Replacing a disk on a Windows system
On Wed, Jun 22, 2016, 10:05 PM Scott Ritchey via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> assumes you are ok. If not you need to convince to a human you are
On Wed, Jun 22, 2016, 10:05 PM Scott Ritchey via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> assumes you are ok. If not you need to convince to a human you are not
> cheating. Of course, things may have changed by now.
>
The last time I called in (Server 2012), the appeal was entirely
I replaced a failed hard drive in an xp notebook and replaced the stock hard
drive in a win7 notebook with a SSD. In both cases I just restored the
Acronis disk image and everything just worked. As I recall, windows tracks
your hard drive s/n, cpu s/n, and nic address; if two are same as before
Clay,
I have two older Dells (Vostro 200 and 220) with dual core CPUs. I had a "good"
multi-user copy of Win7 Pro from a law firm support person. I've loaded it on 3
PCs prior to upgrade to Win10. All three loaded and registered via the internet
with no problems. The only problem I had was the
BillyG has a bunch of different versions of widows. the "install
media" (cd or dvd) have to match the key. If you have a sticker on the
computer, you have to have the "system builder" "install media" There
are consumer versions and "enterprise" versions that I am aware of. you
can't use a
I can get no joy from installs of Winblows. I have the magic tags, the codes,
the OE install disks and the rejuvenated Dell computers, but the things just do
not work. Oh, it installs, but will not register of verify properly. On the
macs that come to me with winblose, I just pull the drive
Well, I loaded a copy of Win7 64bit Pro on two desktops and a laptop. Each one
called home to register themselves. Months later, I loaded Win10 64 bit Pro on
the two desktops and the laptop required 32 bit. But, each one called home and
registered themselves with no problems. If you have a
rcedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of
Craig via
Mercedes
Sent: Tuesday, June 21, 2016 3:42 PM
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Cc: Craig
Subject: [MBZ] OT: Replacing a disk on a Windows system
What does one do with a Windows computer which has been authorized and
then has a disk
Usedta be you had to phone home (to some paki) I think that is still
how it works. you do a clean install, then call the Paki and explain
what happened. THey give you a code and you put that in and pray it works.
I only did that with MSDN licenses, so it may be different for John q
different laptop.
Greg
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From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of Craig via
Mercedes
Sent: Tuesday, June 21, 2016 3:42 PM
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Cc: Craig
Subject: [MBZ] OT: Replacing a disk on a Windows system
What does one do
You have to call MSFT with the code or something and then go through
some process to get an approval. It has been a long time since I did it
but I remember it was fairly straightforward, but that was with XP so
who knows how it works now.
--JC
On 6/21/16 6:41 PM, Craig via Mercedes wrote:
What does one do with a Windows computer which has been authorized and
then has a disk crash?
Does Microsoft prohibit installing the same OS onto the second disk?
What about a laptop that has been damaged and one needs to move to a new
laptop?
Craig
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