Questions tagged [license-key]
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What does it mean if a laptop has been erased but has a Certificate of Authenticity?
I thinking about buying an HP 20-B013 All in One 20" on Ebay, but the description says
This All In One is in very good condition. The screen has no marks. The hard drive was erased, so there is ...
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Download Windows 7 and use HP's product key? [duplicate]
My Hewlett Packard computer came preinstalled with Windows 7 Home Premium x64. It did not come with a Windows 7 install DVD.
I need to reinstall it because its full of viruses and whatnot.
Can I ...
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Retrieving forgotten serial number for adobe CS4
I have Adobe CS4 installed on my iMac, but I forgot where I wrote down the serial number. I want to move it to a different computer in the future, but I would need the serial number to reinstall in. ...
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Upgrading from a non-genuine Windows 7 Ultimate to Windows 7 Professional
I bought a "copy" of Windows 7 Ultimate from overseas that turned out to not be genuine.
Without having to reinstall, can I purchase Windows 7 Professional and authorize my current windows 7 Ultimate ...
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Microsoft Office Small Business Edition - Medialess license - Download software
My client has a media-less license for Office 2007
He has since re-formatted his hard drive, and no longer has the software.
He has his certificate, and license key..
Where can we download it, to ...
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Is it possible to transfer an OEM Windows 10 license?
I want to change the drive on my laptop to an SSD. I use Windows 10, and I have two options :
clone the HDD to an SSD
install a fresh copy of Windows 10 on the new drive
Since I would like to use ...
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Microsoft Office 2007 license self-audit?
I've been given the task of getting the company I work for into compliance. I currently have 71 users with Office 2007 installed:
35 users on key A
9 users on key B
27 users on key C
Here is my ...
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Windows Vista Activation Error (Key In Use)
I'm a Linux person, so when I bought this computer I formatted it immediately into separate partitions so I could use Windows Vista/7 for games.
I finally got around to installing Vista (my Win7 ...
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How to activate Windows 7 with BIOS license
I got a new DELL Latitude E6440 laptop, and after finding what I thought was the licence key I habitually reinstalled it using a vanilla Windows 7 disc in order to get rid of bloatware.
The ...
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Best way to retrieve license information
At my place of work, we have been given 80 computers from a company we bought out
Now these computers have office etc installed but when inventorying them, we discovered we have no literature on them ...
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Can you match a Windows XP product key to a service pack release?
I have a Windows XP product key on my PC, but I'm not sure which release of Windows XP it belongs to SP1, SP2, or SP3.
Is there a way I can tell without trying each one?
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In this case, I have ...
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Use existing license key with new Windows 7 ISO?
I have a netbook which came with Windows 7 preinstalled and a recovery partition. I would like to put a SSD in the netbook (and reinstall Windows). The idea is to create a bootable USB stick and ...
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Windows 10 upgrade offer: Once installed is it tied to the one machine?
As many people, I have the icon in the task bar offering me to register for the upgrade to Windows 10. However, I plan to build a new machine later this year and I'm concerned that if I upgrade to ...
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Moving my store-bought Windows 8 Pro license off of old laptop to new laptop
I have installed Windows 8 Pro onto laptop 1 from a CD purchased at a store.
I entered the CD key on Laptop 1.
Now laptop1 is out of commission, and I want to move my Windows 8 Pro license from dead ...
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How do I find my windows product key? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I find out which product key was used to activate Windows?
I'm running Windows Vista now my Laptop came pre-installed with Vista and I have always used the recovery ...
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