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‎05-12-2018 04:15 PM

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@Paul_Tikkanen@  wrote:

That would cost a person a small fortune to buy the volume license based on the number of licences desired.

I believe there is a minimum amount of 250 licenses.

Te OP wants to (re)install W7 for free due to the downgrade rights entitlement,

so buying any license just to get the installation media would defeat the purpose, would it not?

I have purchased  though the VLSC on behalf of my church -- getting only 4% of your "minimum" quantity, namely 5 licenses for Windows and 5 licenses for Office.  QED. One can purchase from the VLSC every two years.

 

Indeed, buying a licensed copy of Windows 7 (which was "withdrawn from marketing" several years ago, making it difficult to buy the product) definitely is not the same as trying to leverage those "downgrade" rights.

 

 

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‎05-13-2018 06:19 PM - edited ‎05-13-2018 06:20 PM

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@Paul_Tikkanen, yes it worked. I retrieved the key & certificate with ABR Beta from the existing install of Win 7, burned en_windows_7_professional_with_sp1_x64_dvd_u_676939.iso (X17-59186.iso) to DVD & used it to install the Retail version of Win 7 Pro x64 SP1-U, declined auto activation during the Windows post-install process, re-ran ABR Beta to reinstall the saved key & certificate on the new Win 7 install.

 

Thanks again.

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‎05-13-2018 07:00 PM

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Anytime.

 

Thanks for letting us know that the method you used worked.

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