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    A little help please...

    Hi all, thinking of getting the student offer on win7 as its so cheap atm I just have a few concerns. I like to reformat my machine about once a year. If I reformatted in a years time can I use the same license provided I'm only using it on 1 PC?

    Also what would happen if I upgraded my CPU/Motherboard? the license isn't tied to them in any way is it? I'm just not that familiar with these single use licenses so if anyone could give a little advice it would be greatly appreciated.

    Thirdly I'm currently running win7 RC...other people must be in the same boat, do I need to re-install win7 when I d/l the retail version? Or is there some easier update option? Or some option to just enter my license key? Sorry for all the questions

    Thanks in advance

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    Re: A little help please...

    Quote Originally Posted by Nobull View Post
    Hi all, thinking of getting the student offer on win7 as its so cheap atm I just have a few concerns. I like to reformat my machine about once a year. If I reformatted in a years time can I use the same license provided I'm only using it on 1 PC?
    Yes, yes you can.

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    Also what would happen if I upgraded my CPU/Motherboard? the license isn't tied to them in any way is it? I'm just not that familiar with these single use licenses so if anyone could give a little advice it would be greatly appreciated.
    You'll be fine - it's a retail copy which doesn't have the OEM restriction (and even if it did, in my experience reactivation is as simple as a phonecall to MS). You can use this on any PC (but only one at a time of course).

    Quote Originally Posted by Nobull View Post
    Thirdly I'm currently running win7 RC...other people must be in the same boat, do I need to re-install win7 when I d/l the retail version? Or is there some easier update option? Or some option to just enter my license key? Sorry for all the questions

    Thanks in advance
    Yes you'll need to reinstall - you can fiddle things to allow an 'upgrade' but it's a *very* bad idea (from experience I'll add) and MS don't officially support it. You can use the file and settings transfer wizard to migrate some things across if you so wish (safely).
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    Re: A little help please...

    Thanks for the help mate, very much appreciated.

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    Re: A little help please...

    No worries
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