WHY ISNT MY PRODUCT KEY WORKING!

caljburns · 29 Sep 2012 at 13:15

So i've just come back from town after spending £100 on windows 7 only to find that after the install when it asks for the product key it says its invalid. Ive typed it in 5 times to no prevail, it says on the package that this windows 7 is designed as a upgrade from vista. is this the issue here?

ReekiTiki · 29 Sep 2012 at 13:17

this happens with a fresh windows 7 install. put the install disk back in and reinstall windows 7 ontop of your previous install. this should fix the problem when you come to enter the key

RJC · 29 Sep 2012 at 13:18

Are you upgrading from Vista or have you put the disc in and started to install from a blank drive.

caljburns · 29 Sep 2012 at 14:29

Hi guys ive fixed the problem now.

Martini1991 · 29 Sep 2012 at 14:31

Why would you buy W7 for 100 pound when W8's out for less (Like 50 quid from Amazon, and 25 from MS upgrade) on October 26th?

Craigus · 29 Sep 2012 at 14:33

Was it caps lock?

4T5 · 29 Sep 2012 at 14:36

Craigus said:
Was it caps lock?

What is it with all the shouting today ?

First post solved it I reckon but we won't now without a Thanks or a How I solved it reply.

supergluechris · 29 Sep 2012 at 14:39

How did you solve it?

foster grant · 29 Sep 2012 at 14:45

Paying £100 for windows ?.....Why ? lol

dacads · 29 Sep 2012 at 15:33

£100 well spent

chaparral · 29 Sep 2012 at 16:49

£100 for only a windows 7 upgrade version :eek:

You can buy the windows 7 full retail version for that price..

Uther · 29 Sep 2012 at 18:15

£100 for a W7 upgrade??
sounds like the purple shirt emporium...

asim18 · 29 Sep 2012 at 23:56

Martini1991 said:
Why would you buy W7 for 100 pound when W8's out for less (Like 50 quid from Amazon, and 25 from MS upgrade) on October 26th?

I'd spend £100 to use W7, even if Microsoft rather paid me £100 to use W8.

chaparral · 30 Sep 2012 at 15:27

asim18 said:
I'd spend £100 to use W7, even if Microsoft rather paid me £100 to use W8.

+1

jackocurly0074 · 1 Oct 2012 at 12:26

Indeed, seems Windows 8 undoes all the things that were accomplished with 7 and for a desktop it has only downgrades..

nightmare99 · 1 Oct 2012 at 13:36

Indeed, seems Windows 8 undoes all the things that were accomplished with 7 and for a desktop it has only downgrades..

Utter tosh.

jackocurly0074 · 1 Oct 2012 at 23:02

Oh, what do you feel are the best improvements?

lurkio · 3 Oct 2012 at 16:56

the 8 in it ?

jackocurly0074 · 3 Oct 2012 at 23:56

There are one or two notable improvements, but it is a large shift. To make the desktop feel more like a table/phone seems like a risky move and where did Start Menu -> Search go... Do they really expect users to click several times to find the right "standard application" to then actually open and use it?! On 7 to open command prompt simply WIN key / Ctrl Esc and then type "cmd" enter... Windows 8 seems to have made it far more complex for the same end result..!

PaulM · 4 Oct 2012 at 00:17

jackocurly0074 said:
On 7 to open command prompt simply WIN key / Ctrl Esc and then type "cmd" enter... Windows 8 seems to have made it far more complex for the same end result..!

Yeah, on Windows 8 there's so many more steps, you have to press the "WIN key", type "cmd" and press enter... oh wait, it's exactly the same