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is it possible to move win 7 on to another pc in your home

Nov 27, 2009 12:18PM PST

hi there is it possible to move win 7 on to another pc in your home,is there any way i can get microsoft to alter the serials so it isn`t tied to one pc, i cocked up by trying it out on my pc in the living room .before i put it on the pc that i realy wanted it on ,it wouldn`t accept the serials, on my other pc, boo hoo !

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License
Nov 27, 2009 2:46PM PST

What type of license did you purchase? Is this a free upgrade you received for purchasing a computer with Vista or XP or a full retail/upgrade versions?

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it`s an upgrade
Nov 28, 2009 2:21AM PST

hi,thanks for your reply ,it`s an upgrade from xp i paid for ,it is ok now, i read the licence agreement it says as long as you totally uninstall 7 you can put it on another pc, but you might want to reload xp back on the said pc, and fully register it again,before attempting to load win7 on to a new pc,which i am in the process of doing right now ,i think it may have a big horrible bug when attempting to switch back from win 7 64 bit to xp 32 bit all the drive letters are changing my C drive is now F.