<div dir="auto">Yeah. The retail OS can't be paired with an OEM license. I've seen the license key not be accepted. Calling MS support to get a new key may or may not work. A failed and replaced hard drive might work to get a new key but only once. The old OEM key will become invalidated in the process.</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Jan 1, 2017 11:48 AM, "Greg Clifton" <<a href="mailto:gccfof5@gmail.com">gccfof5@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">I can't speak specifically to the legality with regards to Win7, but we used to install Win XP long after it was no longer shipping as a downgrade. The requirements were that you had to have a legit Win 7 license and a Win XP disc + a legit license number. After the install, you had to call a M$ and key in the numbers generated by the system and they would generate a legit authentication code. As I recall, the pre-installed versions of OS, whether on laptop or desktop can't legally be used on a different system, but since VMs have become commonplace, M$ may have relaxed on that. Probably, the online authentication of an install with the previously used license will fail and you'll have to call M$ for a code. The rub is likely to come in the install itself, assuming you receive only a disc without the license code and it is a retail version of Win 7, your OEM laptop license code probably won't work for the install.</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Jan 1, 2017 at 10:39 AM, Narahari 'n' Savitha <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:savithari@gmail.com" target="_blank">savithari@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><div>He he. You are right but I dont know of any. :(<br><br></div>Folks here are smart and may have some inputs.<br><br></div><div>I just want a cheap Windows7 DVD thats all.<span class="m_-9088363643560183632HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br><br></font></span></div><span class="m_-9088363643560183632HOEnZb"><font color="#888888">-N<br></font></span></div><div class="m_-9088363643560183632HOEnZb"><div class="m_-9088363643560183632h5"><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Jan 1, 2017 at 10:30 AM, DJ-Pfulio <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:DJPfulio@jdpfu.com" target="_blank">DJPfulio@jdpfu.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><span>On 01/01/2017 10:04 AM, Narahari 'n' Savitha wrote:<br>
> Friends:<br>
><br>
> Is it a safe bet to buy the recovery DVD on ebay ?<br>
> I have windows 7 license on a broken laptop, can I use that license key<br>
> and this WINDOWS Recovery DVD to install Windows on a KVM ?<br>
<br>
</span>Should probably ask on a Windows forum.<br>
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