There is no license to do that so while you can try it, the results if they did it proper should be at best a screen saying "Wrong Machine." At worst you'll end up with a machine you have to re-install the OS.
Bob
can i use a windows 7 upgrade kit i got from buying a compact desktop to upgrade a acer laptop which is running vista

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