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Boggin:
Did Speccy give you a 5x5 alphanumeric product key ?
If whoever you bought this off or even the previous owner before that had upgraded the machine to Ultimate, then it should have a proper product key to activate it.
Normally it would be on a sticker somewhere on the casing of the machine but if this machine had been upgraded from an earlier or lower version of Win 7, then that key wouldn't activate Ultimate.
On an OEM laptop with its original build, Speccy will give the vendor's generic key which is different to the one on the sticker, but using Slui 3 you can change it to the sticker key which can make life easier if you have to do a repair install with a Win 7 SP1 ISO.
There's no need for reimbursement as the postage is negligible and I buy my DVDs in spools of 50s, so there's plenty left :D
qaz:
yes it's a 5x5 alphanumeric product key . Slui 3 sounds useful too if i can remember it:)
qaz:
no luck...same message saying not compatible, definitely used the new disc. As i said several posts ago i made startup repair with my disc but cant get back to the option now.maybe windows repair was offered as well..what do u think
Boggin:
I definitely checked that the ei.cfg file was removed so can't understand why you are still getting the compatibility error.
I'm surprised that you aren't getting that error when you try the same with your original install disk unless it has SP1 included and it is of concern, that you don't get the Repair your Computer option when using that disk.
Can you tell me exactly what happens and the stages it goes through when you boot up with that disk ?
qaz:
afraid i dont understand this: I'm surprised that you aren't getting that error when you try the same with your original install disk unless it has SP1 included and it is of concern, that you don't get the Repair your Computer option when using that disk.
i'll try to do it tomorrow and makes notes
thanks
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