Quote:
Originally Posted by Nibiru2012
Well, it looks like your stuck with Windows 7 x64 version.
Your product key will work with an x86 version though. Maybe you could find a friend who has the x86 disc you could borrow and install it.
Also changing from x64 to x86 system you will have to do a clean install and reformat your hard drive too. That's the only way it can be done.
|
Last night, I tried my product key to give me a clean version of Windows 7 (my key is not on the desktop casing), so I used Belarc Advisor and Jelly Bean Key Finder, they both report the same key, but my regular version of Windows 7 (Home Premium) would not activate with the key. I had to resort to the recovery partition to reinstall, and guess what? The programs still both show the same key. Then, I reentered my Anytime Upgrade key, and Pro was reinstalled, too. So, the regular versions of Windows 7 (the ones from Digital River) won't always activate with the OEM key. I read somewhere that many of the large OEM's use the same "master key" for activation for many installs, saving them (and us) lots of money. It was in the Jelly Bean Key finder that I read this.