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1216638 2011-07-14 21:49:00 Brand new laptop (June), without Office, took 350MB of Win 7 updates! IE9 and SP1 were big contributors. linw (53)
1216639 2011-07-14 22:54:00 Yes, should do. Make sure you apply Office SP3.

OpenOffice also runs just fine
Agent_24 (57)
1216640 2011-07-18 23:31:00 I have decided to buy the OEM as I can get 2 for less than 1 retail version. Driftwood (5551)
1216641 2011-07-22 02:50:00 I tried something of an experiment - at work we are still running XP (in a few weeks we change to W7 and will be using a corporate installation) but we have heaps of newish PCs around the place, each with their own Product Keys for W7 Pro. I made copies of several Product keys then I down loaded a 64 bit version of W7 Pro but made an image of my Vista HP to a HD. The Vista installation ran perfectly well but was just curious to see what would happen.
The W7 installed perfectly well but about 4 days later a message showed that my product key wasn't legitimate. I re-entered my product key again and it went and activated ok. I'm still running W7 after several months and all is ok.
Aren't all those Product keys on the side of every PC, at work, going to waste if they never get used?
Fishb8 (484)
1216642 2011-07-22 02:57:00 Keys will only be on the case, if you've brought it as a system. Obviously it wont be on it if you've built it. Unless you stick it on if you buy / install Windows

Altho, I'm not ruining my case, just to please MS. It can stay on the CD case
Speedy Gonzales (78)
1216643 2011-07-22 04:15:00 Aren't all those Product keys on the side of every PC, at work, going to waste if they never get used?

Kind of, yes, but you've gotta have a unique key for each machine, even if it isn't installed with it. Ideally you *ought* to be changing it, but nobody bothers :p
Chilling_Silence (9)
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