Cool Geex » Windows 7 http://www.coolgeex.com Gadget and tech guide for the rest of us Fri, 07 Oct 2011 04:57:09 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2 Perform a clean Installation of Windows 7 with Upgrade DVD http://www.coolgeex.com/perform-a-clean-install-of-windows-7-with-upgrade-dvd/ http://www.coolgeex.com/perform-a-clean-install-of-windows-7-with-upgrade-dvd/#comments Tue, 03 Nov 2009 01:13:48 +0000 Cool Geex http://www.coolgeex.com/?p=264 windows-7-activation

1. Boot from the DVD or Bootable Win 7 Flash Drive.

2. Follow the steps to install the OS.

*** While Prompt For product key, Just leave blank.

3. Open regedit.exe using the Start Menu Search and navigate to:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/Software/Microsoft/Windows/CurrentVersion/Setup/OOBE/

4. Double-click the variable MediaBootInstall and change from “1″ to “0″.

5. Open the Start Menu again and type “command” in Start Menu search.

Right-click the “Command Prompt” shortcut and choose “Run as administrator.”

6. In the command line window that open, type:

slmgr /rearm and press Enter.

7.  A popup window will come up with success message. (Just Press Close/OK)

8. Restart  the computer.

9. Start the Activation Windows utility, enter in your product key and activate windows.

You’re done. you are now running a fresh activated installation of windows 7.

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