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Activation Key usage and Windows 7 Home Premium installation guide

Please start from page 15 when you already have an unactivated Windows 7 Home Premium. Otherwise please start from the beginning of the document.

Please notice; to use Microsoft Download Portal to download Windows 7 Home Premium installation files, you need a retail key. This key is an OEM key, therefore it is not possible to download operation system files from Microsoft.

Our keys only work with Windows 7 Home Premium. Special versions like Windows 7 Home Premium N or K will not activate with our keys.

An activation key comes mostly with hardware and installation DVD, and therefore it is not eligible for online system downloads.

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How to download an installation medium?

We actually have a downloader which helps our customers to get ISO images but it is currently out of order for Win 7 Professional downloads. We can offer you genuine torrent links (files are checked, MD5 hash matches with genuine Microsoft downloads)

IMPORTANT: PLEASE COPY AND PASTE THE LINKS INTO YOUR BROWSER. PDF READERS BREAK THE LINKS

English 32 bit: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1IAiwS13LGz0NAqi2Zs-QAhihSFuNmqDT 64 bit: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1aw6XgG_TO5b4PpgxETqhAY2_lBSQDBdW

French 64 bit: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1DvuqPwkkpG5QKbqR6si40zVpP7Bxa9hA

Portuguese 32 bit: https://drive.google.com/open?id=13Jou7xlHPEXKQJ8IHUAC0xNfrCecqi3E 64 bit: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1UuMALWrE1Mac_hZgaBzz5Ej_Y3mUQi78

Russian 32 bit: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1xdEq1zfTHGd4q-Q1v7W0jNrrTONaL6hQ 64 bit: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1-WE4m-QOlyssbbeYUz9Y7UFCm0_qDmU2

Slovak 64 bit: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1vIS_HJIFkFdzaYLUvyadh8B4GnntFDYg

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How to create a bootable USB memory stick?

We will copy this ISO file onto a USB memory stick to be able to use it as a startup medium. For creating a bootable USB memory stick, please download the following tool:

Windows 7 USB/DVD download tool ( http://wudt.codeplex.com )

After downloading the tool please install it. After installation you will find the Windows 7 USB/DVD download tool in your start menu. Please open it. You will be welcomed by this screen:

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Please click Browse to choose the ISO file you’ve downloaded in the previous step. In the next screen we will choose the media type. Please select USB. (You can select DVD too, if you want to install Windows using a DVD player. The guide will still help you with the remaining steps.)

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Please insert your USB memory stick and select it in the following screen. Please make sure you have selected the right drive. We will delete the contents of the chosen drive.

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After selecting your USB memory stick please click on Begin copying to start the creation of your bootable Windows 7 Home Premium installation media.

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After your bootable USB device is created, please exit this tool and restart your computer. Please make a backup of any important files on your hard drive. We will install a new operating system; this will delete everything.

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Alternative way to create a bootable installation media

In case you need to install .Net Framework and can’t find it where to install you can use the following alternative way to create a bootable installation media.

Please download and install the software Rufus by clicking the following link.

https://www.cheapercodes.com/rufus-2.11.exe

After you’ve installed Rufus, please insert your USB flash disk into a USB port and start Rufus. Following screen will welcome you. Please make sure that your USB flash disk is selected in the device section. Please note that this software will wipe the entire disk selected in the device section, therefore please make sure that your USB flash disk is selected and NOT your hard disk.

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Please click on the dropdown box shown on screen to select ISO Image

Now click on the button shown on screen to select the downloaded ISO file.

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After you’ve selected the downloaded iso please make sure that ”Standard Windows installation” selected, and then click on Start.

Nowconfirmthatyouwanttooverwritethedisk.PleasemakesuretheselecteddiskisyourUSBflashdisk.

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Itwilltakesome>metocreatethebootableinstalla>onmedia.AAeritisfinishedpleaseclickonClosetoclosethesoAware.YoucannowusetheUSBflashdiskandproceedwiththeinstalla>on.

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How to select your USB memory stick as Boot disc?

Please restart your computer after you made sure you have a copy of all your important files. At the BIOS boot screen (you will see Press F12 to Choose Boot Device or a similar text on your screen) please choose your USB memory stick as boot medium.

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After selecting the right USB flash disc as your boot disc, please save your BIOS preferences and restart your computer.

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How to install Windows and enter your activation key?

Your computer should start installing Windows 7 Home Premium. Please follow the steps until the Product Key section. Enter your product key at the Product Activation step and click Automatically activate Windows when I’m online.

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We will need to activate your windows using phone activation. If any error message is shown after this screen please choose to activate later or activate using phone activation. Please see the next section for phone activation.

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How to activate your Windows 7 Home Premium?

1. restart computer 2. make sure that you've an active internet connection 3. check date and time and correct if necessary 4. start command prompt as an administrator 5. type slmgr /upk and press enter (this will uninstall the installed activation key from your

system) 6. type slui 3 and press enter. A window will open, please enter your purchased activation key

and confirm it. This will start the activation

If this should fail, please try the phone activation below.

PleaserightclickonStartandclickonProper)esthethemenuopened.

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Clickthe“Ac)vateWindowsnow”linkattheboHomofthewindow.

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Select“Showmeotherwaystoac)vate”fromtheAc>va>onmenu.

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EnteryourWindows7HomePremiumac>va>onkeyattheprompt.

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ClickNext.Selectthe“Useautomatedphonesystem”fromthelistofop>ons.Youmaybepromptedtoenteranadministratorpassword.Ifso,enterthepassword,andclickOK.

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Selecttheloca>onthatisclosesttoyou.Youwillbegivenalistofnumbersthatyoucancall,andaninstalla>onIDnumberwillbedisplayedinthewindow.

Callthenumber.Youwillbeconnectedtoanautomatedsystemthatwillguideyouthroughtheac>va>onprocess.Youwillbepromptedfortheinstalla>onIDthatisdisplayedonthescreen.

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Useyourphone’skeypadtoenteryourInstalla>onID.Writedowntheconfirma>onnumber.AAeryouhaveenteredtheinstalla>onID,youwillbeprovidedwithaconfirma>onnumber.WriteitdownortypeitintoNotepad.

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Entertheconfirma>onnumberintotheac>va>onwindowandclickNext.

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AAerthisstepyourWindowswillbeac>vatedsuccessfully.Ifanyissuesarisepleasedonothesitatetocontactus.

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Some common issues and how to resolve them

Q1 - I have tried to activate but is shows non genuine and requests me to buy a new key

Insuchacasewehighlyrecommendcheckingtheintegrityofyoursystemfiles. Herearethestepsforascanandreac>va>on:

1)makesurethatyou'veanac>veinternetconnec>on 2)checkdateand>meandcorrectifnecessary 3)restartcomputer 4)startcommandpromptasanadministrator 5)typesfc/scannowtoscantheintegrityofsystemfiles 6)restartthecomputer 7)startcommandpromptasanadministrator 8)typeslmgr/rearmtoresettheexpiry(importantforreac>va>on) 9)restartthecomputer 10)startcommandpromptasanadministrator

11)typeslmgr/upkandpressenter(thiswilluninstalltheinstalledac>va>onkeyfromyoursystem)12)typeslui3andpressenter.Awindowwillopen,pleaseenteryourpurchasedac>va>onkeyandconfirmit.Thiswillstarttheac>va>on13)typeslmgr/xprtoseetheac>va>onstatus

Ifthisshouldfail,pleaseletusknowwiththeerrormessage

Q2 - I have activated my OS successfully but updates don’t seem to work

Theupdateissueyou'vemen>onedisaWindowsbugwhichunfortunatelyhitsrarelyourcustomerstoo.Pleasecheckthefollowinglinkforacure:

hHp://superuser.com/ques>ons/951960/windows-7-sp1-windows-update-stuck-checking-for-updates

Alsothislinksuggestssomequickfixes:

hHp://helpdeskgeek.com/windows-7/cannot-run-windows-update-on-a-windows-7-pc/

Q3 - My WiFi or any other hardware component don’t work

installa>onofdevicedriversishardwarerelated,thereforewedon’tcoveritinouruserguide.Pleasecheckyourdevicemanufacturerswebsitetodownloadandinstallrequireddriversforyourhardware.YoucanalsocheckthefollowingguidefromMicrosoAaboutinstallingdevicedrivers:

hHps://technet.microsoA.com/en-us/library/cc754090(v=ws.11).aspx

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