![]() ![]() See here for an article on Technical Details on Microsoft Product Activation for Windows XP - it's well worth reading and much of it also applies to Windows 7. See here for an interesting article on the subject of According to the author ".The weakest link in the PC ecosystem is, without a doubt, the one right before the hardware reaches your desk.".īefore proceeding it's worth discussing Microsoft Product Activation. You will need to provide your own installation media. Provided your BIOS contains the relevant information it's possible to extract an OEM certificate from your existing system so that it can be added to a new retail installation to convert it back to OEM - activating windows. ![]() It won't work for everyone as it depends on the method your OEM uses to activate your system. Basically it will cover extracting OEM licensing information prior to installing a clean (non version of Windows 7 (and probably Vista/2008), then (re)activating using the OEM information extracted earlier. I have a tendency to go on a bit so I'll do my best to clarify what this post is about before you become so bored you stop reading. ![]()
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