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I have a question regarding Parallels for my iMac

by Jul 5, 2011 4:13AM PDT

I need to know if, when I install Parallels on my iMac, will I need a new Win 7 license or will it use the version already installed on my PC?

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What is on your PC? Version, OEM? Preinstalled?
by Forum moderator Jul 5, 2011 4:25AM PDT

And are you going to retire that license from your PC?

Tell more.

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I have a question regarding Parallels for my iMac
by amckenz Jul 6, 2011 3:20AM PDT

I'm running Win 7 with all updates/SP/etc. I didn't know you can retire a license. My problem is, I will be phasing out my PC over time, not immediately, so I will still have Win 7 on the PC and I will need Win 7 for the virtual machine on my iMac. The iMac was just purchased last week so it's the latest version of Snow Leopard.

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Then you can't use this 7 license.
by r. proffitt Forum moderator Jul 6, 2011 6:12AM PDT

But let's say you try to use your 7 license. The worst that will happen is that it will not activate or accept it in parallels. But why I asked the questions was to see if we could tell if that would happen ahead of time.

Without the details, the answer would be unknown.
Bob

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