[SOLVED] Windows 7 reinstall

[glennd]

I have a machine with windows 7 home premium oem coa sticker. the installed windows is Ultimate and apparently got deactivated during an attempted win 10 upgrade. there is no recovery partition and no discs. can i use a standard iso to reinstall and use the oem key?

 

[Diggs]

Yep. Should work fine. The worst I've had lately is on some "Refurbishers" copies of Win7 to play the telephone number game.....

 

[nlinecomputers]

It got deactivated because the Ultimate version was pirated. I would not do any repair install. Nuke and Pave as that system may have back doors in it warez install.

 

[nlinecomputers]

Also right now the Windows 10 upgrade is still working. So you can do a Windows 10 nuke and pave and use the Win 7 home key.

 

[Porthos]

So you can do a Windows 10 nuke and pave and use the Win 7 home key.

Use 10 home with the COA key.

 

[glennd]

Use 10 home with the COA key.

ta!

 

[glennd]

Follow Up:

Recap: Desktop with Win7 HP OEM COA sticker. Win 7 Ultimate installed. Attempted Win 10 upgrade failed and deactivated the Win 7 installation.

1. Attempted a N&P of Win 10 using the latest ISO and activated using the OEM COA key but it wouldn't activate.
2. Installed all updates including 1511 but still refused to activate. error code 0xc004f050.
3. N&P again using Win 7 Home Premium OEM as per the sticker. This activated.
4. Perform Win 10 upgrade from aforesaid ISO. This also activated.
5. WSUS updates all good.

Edit:
6. SDI. Magnificent!

 

[cypress]

Follow Up:

Recap: Desktop with Win7 HP OEM COA sticker. Win 7 Ultimate installed. Attempted Win 10 upgrade failed and deactivated the Win 7 installation.

1. Attempted a N&P of Win 10 using the latest ISO and activated using the OEM COA key but it wouldn't activate.
2. Installed all updates including 1511 but still refused to activate. error code 0xc004f050.
3. N&P again using Win 7 Home Premium OEM as per the sticker. This activated.
4. Perform Win 10 upgrade from aforesaid ISO. This also activated.
5. WSUS updates all good.

Edit:
6. SDI. Magnificent!

Had the same issue with my personal rig when upgrading to Windows 10, what a pain.

 

[Porthos]

1. Attempted a N&P of Win 10 using the latest ISO and activated using the OEM COA key but it wouldn't activate.

Was the key inputted at the beginning of set up or after full install?

 

[glennd]

Was the key inputted at the beginning of set up or after full install?

After the full install.

 

[Porthos]

After the full install.

I am at a loss. But at the end of the day and all that good work.