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| 879539 | 2010-04-24 04:00:00 | Hi I'm looking at purchasing a 2nd-hand laptop which is currently running the Chinese version of Windows 7. What I'm wanting to confirm is if it can be easily changed to the English language version or do I need to buy a new Windows 7 license? |
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| 879540 | 2010-04-24 04:03:00 | Easiest way would be to do a fresh install and select english. The COA should be fine,( as long as its a legit one) as its going back onto the same hardware. | wainuitech (129) | ||
| 879541 | 2010-04-24 04:06:00 | Cheers wainuitech I was wandering if I could use one of my current Windows 7 DVD-Roms with the laptop's COA. How sure are you about this? Cheers |
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| 879542 | 2010-04-24 04:18:00 | Not if its been activated, or if its OEM | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 879543 | 2010-04-24 05:20:00 | Cheers wainuitech I was wandering if I could use one of my current Windows 7 DVD-Roms with the laptop's COA. How sure are you about this? Cheers If the type of COA is the same as the W7 DVD, Eg: COA = OEM Professional and the COA on laptop is OEM Professional, it should work. I did this on a Vista Laptop a while back, the person was given it as a present from a Chinese student, but of course the whole OS was in Chinese. I used a Vista OEM DVD and the COA on the back of the Laptop, and it worked fine. How sure ?? About as sure as you can ever be, there have been cases where even legit COA's and DVD's dont want to play nice together. Sometimes it s suck it and see. If you want me to test the key against a DVD PM me with the COA - I've got plenty of COA's so I wouldn't use it. |
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