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Boggin:
Some programs may not work properly.

I've never been one for backing up the registry and much prefer to create a system image.

Now that you have a full install disk, can you try a repair install again.

I was never able to get that to complete on my Win 7 laptop but others have successfully been able to do that.

When doing a repair install on Win 7 you will need a product key which you can find by running a command prompt as an admin and copying & pasting this cmd to the prompt -

wmic path softwarelicensingservice get OA3xOriginalProductKey

Another program you can use is Magic Jellybean but I think that just gives you a generic key.

Let me know how you get on.

Larbo:
No joy on the cmd line..... Invalid Query. I looked at a website and tried the suggested registry method but that key has an appx 150 long alpha/numeric string and is not a product key. I got Keyfinder to work and it gave me valid (looking) key. Apparently, the long string is normal and the app converts it to a std product key format. So, the one I have seems to have been derived from the Digital Product ID registry key.

The repair install, to verify, is to reinstall Win 7 from our new disc, but to install/upgrade when asked?

I proceeded as I am not all that patient :), I went for install/upgrade and it said to restart into normal windows and then reinsert the disc. Since I could not find a way to restart, I had to do a hard shutdown. I then did what they said and I got a windows explorer window of the disc. Is setup.exe the next move?? I clicked it but it made me nervous so I cancelled it. Will the lack of Windows Updates be a problem?

Thanks

Boggin:
For a repair install, open Windows/File Explorer - double click on Computer - insert the disk and double click on its drive then click on Repair your computer which you will see lower left.

From memory the computer will do the rest to reinstall Win 7 without affecting your installed programs.

Hope this helps.

I think it used to take almost 4hrs on my Win 7.

Larbo:
Just wanted to mention that I haven't had a 4 hr block of time to try the repair install. By next weekend. Thanks for your patience.

Boggin:
You're welcome.

Let me know how you eventually get on.

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