September 10, 2011
Q&A: How do I put windows 7 ultimate on a different computer?
Posted by: kk : Category: Computer Question Answers
Question by I’m awesome: How do I put windows 7 ultimate on a different computer?
I have Windows 7 ultimate installed and activated on my computer. If I bought a new computer and installed it on that, the activation will fail because it is already installed on one computer. How do I deactivate the key from computer A so it can be activated on computer B?
Changing the hard drive will not work, Microsoft blocked this because hard drives can be cloned.
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Answer by yrjokin
I believe it can be done with extreme difficulty, but
have you considered switching the hard drives
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September 10th, 2011 at 5:05 pm
Simple, you don’t.
You must repurchase windows 7 ultimate again. Microsoft does not allow licenses to be transferred from one computer to another.
Update: first answers suggestion would cause a Blue Screen of Death due to incorrect drivers. And still would get deactivated because it will notice the motherboard change.
September 10th, 2011 at 5:20 pm
Hello,
Rather than attempt to deactivate and reactivate on a different computer, your best bet is to purchase Windows 7 again with a new product key.
Let us know if this helps.
Cheers,
Jason
Windows Outreach Team