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August 25th 10, 11:01 PM
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This is my friends new laptop and it contains Windows 7 Home
Premium.(Purchased at Office Depot with Win7 on it) Do you have to register it with MS? What happens if you don't? How much time do you have after you first use it before you HAVE to register it? Thanks, Buffalo 
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August 25th 10, 11:03 PM
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"Buffalo" wrote in message ... This is my friends new laptop and it contains Windows 7 Home Premium.(Purchased at Office Depot with Win7 on it) Do you have to register it with MS? What happens if you don't? How much time do you have after you first use it before you HAVE to register it? Thanks, Buffalo You don't have to register it but you need to activate it. Usually you have 30 days and will continue to receive reminders if you don't activate.
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August 25th 10, 11:50 PM
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Colon Oscopy wrote: "Buffalo" wrote in message ... This is my friends new laptop and it contains Windows 7 Home Premium.(Purchased at Office Depot with Win7 on it) Do you have to register it with MS? What happens if you don't? How much time do you have after you first use it before you HAVE to register it? Thanks, Buffalo You don't have to register it but you need to activate it. Usually you have 30 days and will continue to receive reminders if you don't activate. Thanks, I will inform her of that. What happens if you don't activate it? Buffalo
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August 26th 10, 12:02 AM
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"Buffalo" wrote in message ... Colon Oscopy wrote: "Buffalo" wrote in message ... This is my friends new laptop and it contains Windows 7 Home Premium.(Purchased at Office Depot with Win7 on it) Do you have to register it with MS? What happens if you don't? How much time do you have after you first use it before you HAVE to register it? Thanks, Buffalo You don't have to register it but you need to activate it. Usually you have 30 days and will continue to receive reminders if you don't activate. Thanks, I will inform her of that. What happens if you don't activate it? Buffalo Windows will not work properly.
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August 26th 10, 01:20 AM
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"Colon Oscopy" écrivait :
"Buffalo" wrote in message ... This is my friends new laptop and it contains Windows 7 Home Premium.(Purchased at Office Depot with Win7 on it) Do you have to register it with MS? What happens if you don't? How much time do you have after you first use it before you HAVE to register it? Thanks, Buffalo You don't have to register it but you need to activate it. Usually you have 30 days and will continue to receive reminders if you don't activate. I don't think so, branded OEM Windows are pre-activated and probably BIOS locked. Unless that has change with Win7. I bought a laptop and a netbook in the past that came with XP factory installed and I never had to activate Windows.
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August 26th 10, 02:44 AM
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Hi, Buffalo.
The official word can be found by starting he Windows 7 Solution Center http://support.microsoft.com/ph/14019/en-us#tab1 One more click from there gets you: Activate Windows 7 on this computer http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/w...-this-computer As the others said, Activation is required. Registration is not. RC -- R. C. White, CPA San Marcos, TX Microsoft Windows MVP Windows Live Mail Version 2011 (Build 15.4.3002.0810)) in Win7 Ultimate x64 "Buffalo" wrote in message ... This is my friends new laptop and it contains Windows 7 Home Premium.(Purchased at Office Depot with Win7 on it) Do you have to register it with MS? What happens if you don't? How much time do you have after you first use it before you HAVE to register it? Thanks, Buffalo
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August 26th 10, 03:12 AM
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"Doum" wrote in message
.. . "Colon Oscopy" écrivait : I don't think so, branded OEM Windows are pre-activated and probably BIOS locked. Unless that has change with Win7. I bought a laptop and a netbook in the past that came with XP factory installed and I never had to activate Windows. I have bought 3 laptops since Win 7 came out and none needed to be activated. I just fired them up and started using them. I did have to validate the first time I tried to install something from MS like antivirus but Windows never asked me to activate it. -- I think drug tests are great. Since I have to pass them to earn money to pay taxes, Everyone on, or applying for welfare should have to pass them to get some of my money.
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August 26th 10, 03:57 AM
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R. C. White wrote: Hi, Buffalo. The official word can be found by starting he Windows 7 Solution Center http://support.microsoft.com/ph/14019/en-us#tab1 One more click from there gets you: Activate Windows 7 on this computer http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/w...-this-computer As the others said, Activation is required. Registration is not. RC Thanks for your input and links. Buffalo
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August 26th 10, 10:31 AM
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On Wed, 25 Aug 2010 16:01:07 -0600, "Buffalo"
wrote: This is my friends new laptop and it contains Windows 7 Home Premium.(Purchased at Office Depot with Win7 on it) Do you have to register it with MS? Maybe look at the instructions that would have come with the laptop. If no hard copy check the HDD.
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August 26th 10, 11:58 AM
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On Wed, 25 Aug 2010 16:01:07 -0600, Buffalo wrote:
This is my friends new laptop and it contains Windows 7 Home Premium.(Purchased at Office Depot with Win7 on it) Do you have to register it with MS? What happens if you don't? How much time do you have after you first use it before you HAVE to register it? Registering a Windows OS is optional, activation is mandatory. Though usually pc's with windows preinstalled have already been activated.
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August 28th 10, 03:58 PM
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On 8/25/2010 6:01 PM, Buffalo wrote:
This is my friends new laptop and it contains Windows 7 Home Premium.(Purchased at Office Depot with Win7 on it) Do you have to register it with MS? What happens if you don't? How much time do you have after you first use it before you HAVE to register it? Thanks, Buffalo You have nothing to do, everything is already taken care of since you got this Windows with the laptop. You don't need to register it or activate it, both are already done for you. Activation is only for those copies of Windows which you buy from a store separately from the computer and install afterwards. Yousuf Khan
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August 28th 10, 07:34 PM
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On 8/28/2010 7:58 AM, Yousuf Khan wrote:
On 8/25/2010 6:01 PM, Buffalo wrote: This is my friends new laptop and it contains Windows 7 Home Premium.(Purchased at Office Depot with Win7 on it) Do you have to register it with MS? What happens if you don't? How much time do you have after you first use it before you HAVE to register it? Thanks, Buffalo You have nothing to do, everything is already taken care of since you got this Windows with the laptop. You don't need to register it or activate it, both are already done for you. Activation is only for those copies of Windows which you buy from a store separately from the computer and install afterwards. Yousuf Khan It may be activated but I seriously doubt it will be registered, as that is up to the actual users to do, if they so desire.
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August 28th 10, 11:12 PM
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On Sat, 28 Aug 2010 11:34:40 -0700, Frank wrote:
On 8/28/2010 7:58 AM, Yousuf Khan wrote: On 8/25/2010 6:01 PM, Buffalo wrote: This is my friends new laptop and it contains Windows 7 Home Premium.(Purchased at Office Depot with Win7 on it) Do you have to register it with MS? What happens if you don't? How much time do you have after you first use it before you HAVE to register it? Thanks, Buffalo You have nothing to do, everything is already taken care of since you got this Windows with the laptop. You don't need to register it or activate it, both are already done for you. Activation is only for those copies of Windows which you buy from a store separately from the computer and install afterwards. Yousuf Khan It may be activated but I seriously doubt it will be registered, as that is up to the actual users to do, if they so desire. Not to mention that at the time of manufacture, the manufacturer has no idea who the user will be... -- Gene E. Bloch (Stumbling Bloch)
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August 28th 10, 11:20 PM
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Gene E. Bloch wrote:
On Sat, 28 Aug 2010 11:34:40 -0700, Frank wrote: On 8/28/2010 7:58 AM, Yousuf Khan wrote: On 8/25/2010 6:01 PM, Buffalo wrote: This is my friends new laptop and it contains Windows 7 Home Premium.(Purchased at Office Depot with Win7 on it) Do you have to register it with MS? What happens if you don't? How much time do you have after you first use it before you HAVE to register it? Thanks, Buffalo You have nothing to do, everything is already taken care of since you got this Windows with the laptop. You don't need to register it or activate it, both are already done for you. Activation is only for those copies of Windows which you buy from a store separately from the computer and install afterwards. Yousuf Khan It may be activated but I seriously doubt it will be registered, as that is up to the actual users to do, if they so desire. Not to mention that at the time of manufacture, the manufacturer has no idea who the user will be... They do if it's a custom built PC... -- Roy Smith Windows 7 Professional Postbox 2.0.0b2 Saturday, August 28, 2010 5:20:02 PM
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August 29th 10, 02:34 AM
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On 28/08/2010 6:12 PM, Gene E. Bloch wrote:
Not to mention that at the time of manufacture, the manufacturer has no idea who the user will be... Usually, most OEMs put a default user id of "owner" in, which you can then change later on. Yousuf Khan
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