Links to additional Windows 7 SP1 "Editions" and "Languages" can be found HERE and HERE.
This arcticle is entitled "Clean Reinstall - Factory OEM Windows 7" and provides detailed steps required to backup your computer, audit current hardware and software, locate software and drivers, install and activate Windows 7, and create a Windows 7 Backup Image of your fresh install. Verify that Windows is activated, repeat "activation restore" if needed.Ģ) Here is another useful article, this time from. Once Windows is fully installed, run ABR "activation restore" to "restore" the previously backed up product key and certificate to the new Windows 7 install. Also, don't allow Windows to try to auto-activate. Don't enter a Windows 7 product key if request.
This will allow you to pre-activate your "clean" Windows 7 install on the computer you pulled the key and certificate from.ġd) Now install Windows 7 from your new "Windows 7" disc or USB stick, following all prompts as needed. Save the entire ABR folder to an external location for later use. Perform the "activation backup" to "backup" and save the OEM SLP key and OEM SLP certificate. The steps listed for Vista apply to Windows 7 as well.
This OEM SLP key needs to be mated with an OEM SLP certificate and an appropriate OEM BIOS with a proper SLIC table.ġc) Here is where ABR Beta With Windows 7 Support comes to the rescue. Follow the "How to use it" section of ABR for Windows Vista for information and instructions on how to use ABR. Trying to use this key by itself isn't going to work. as most do, it uses a generic "mass activation" OEM SLP key.
Assuming your computer came from one of the big brand computer manufacturers. You need your product key to reinstall Windows."ġb) Using a key finder, however, is only useful if the Windows 7 product key was printed on a sticker (Microsoft Certificate of Authenticity) affixed to your PC, on documentation included with your PC, or sent via email by Microsoft. Alternatively, you can use a keyfinder program such as Magical Jelly Bean Keyfinder to pull your product key from the Registry. "Find your Windows 7 product key: Typically this 25-character alphanumeric string is printed on a sticker affixed to your PC or on documentation included with your PC. The article also has links to Magical Jelly Bean Keyfinder and legitimate Windows 7 ISOs from Digital River, a licensed distributor of Microsoft software. The article is entitled " How to Install Windows 7 Without the Disc" and means just what it says.