I just picked up a used Dell Latitude E6150 from state surplus property. It's in good shape except that they wiped the hard drive including the OS. However, it still has the COA for Windows 7 Pro OE.
I had hoped to be able to download a copy of the OS, authenticate it with the COA numbers on that tag, and finally upgrade to Windows 10. UNFORTUNATELY, I now find that Microsoft won't let me download Windows 7 because it was original equipment from Dell. (I guess that's the "OE" on the COA, eh?)
As I'm not the original owner, I'm not too sure I can get Dell to help. Is there a way for me to get this done? Any suggestions cheerfully accepted!!!
I had hoped to be able to download a copy of the OS, authenticate it with the COA numbers on that tag, and finally upgrade to Windows 10. UNFORTUNATELY, I now find that Microsoft won't let me download Windows 7 because it was original equipment from Dell. (I guess that's the "OE" on the COA, eh?)
As I'm not the original owner, I'm not too sure I can get Dell to help. Is there a way for me to get this done? Any suggestions cheerfully accepted!!!
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