I just got a Dell T3500 with a win 7 Pro COA sticker on its top, I paid basically peanuts for the machine, but when I try and activate it, it says, invalid, then in use or something like that. I can only presume, someone has poached the key for another machine, as this came from a mass reseller of these machines.
I'm not that arsed (bothered) because it was really cheap and I have a copy of Win 7 HP and it is a single CPU machine so I don't need pro anyway.
I was given the HP key by a friend in the business who told me he wasn't sure if it was off his MSDN subscription, and he certainly had one, or it was retail.
I don't want to install it to have it tell me the same thing, in use, expired, whatever, as I'm pressed for time.
I used a tool called PKC and it comes up with this : (I removed some bits, not sure if they cross reference the product key itself)
Description: Windows 7
Key Type: HomePremium
Product ID: XXXXX-(removed)
Channel: Retail
Activation ID: 3b965dfc-(removed)
Crypto ID: 172
Validity: Valid
Does this mean it is bog standard retail ?
Anyone know....many thanks in advance.
I'm not that arsed (bothered) because it was really cheap and I have a copy of Win 7 HP and it is a single CPU machine so I don't need pro anyway.
I was given the HP key by a friend in the business who told me he wasn't sure if it was off his MSDN subscription, and he certainly had one, or it was retail.
I don't want to install it to have it tell me the same thing, in use, expired, whatever, as I'm pressed for time.
I used a tool called PKC and it comes up with this : (I removed some bits, not sure if they cross reference the product key itself)
Description: Windows 7
Key Type: HomePremium
Product ID: XXXXX-(removed)
Channel: Retail
Activation ID: 3b965dfc-(removed)
Crypto ID: 172
Validity: Valid
Does this mean it is bog standard retail ?
Anyone know....many thanks in advance.