Sunday, October 25, 2009

Save $80 When Buying Windows 7 With a Few Hacks

The trusted Windows expert, Paul Thurott have figured out howimage to use a Windows 7 Upgrade disk to do a clean install of Windows 7. This is really great because the Windows 7 Upgrade costs a whole $80 less then the regular version.

Here are the installation instructions:

1. When installing Windows 7 do a clean install. You should have no problems doing this.

2. Make sure there are no Windows Updates pending -- if there's an orange shield icon next to the Shutdown button in the Start Menu, that means you need to reboot before attempting the next steps.

3. Open the Windows Registry Editor.This can be done by clicking start and type “regedit” (without quotes).

4. In the Registry Editor navigate to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/Software/Microsoft/Windows/CurrentVersion/Setup/OOBE/

5. Change MediaBootInstall from '1' to '0'

6. Open Command Prompt. This can be done by clicking start and searching for “CMD”.

7. Type slmgr /rearm -- and press enter.

Your PC will restart and run the Activate Windows utility. Then like magic, everything works and you’ve got another $80 in your pocket.




4 comments:

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  2. Thanks for the post about windows7. if you are looking for some extraordinary Electronics Engineers or marketing to sell your windows7.? Do not worry just visit Freelancer.com . There are thousands of coders are waiting for you. They are very experienced and very cheap. Use this 'TURBOCIRCUITS" coupon word to get some extra opportunity.
    Have a nice time
    bye

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  3. thats a nice trick, I read about this trick on few more blogs but was looking for more evidence.

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  4. Or just grab a crack from Piratebay, as THIS method is also against the license agreement.

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