• We’re currently investigating an issue related to the forum theme and styling that is impacting page layout and visual formatting. The problem has been identified, and we are actively working on a resolution. There is no impact to user data or functionality, this is strictly a front-end display issue. We’ll post an update once the fix has been deployed. Thanks for your patience while we get this sorted.

Clean install of Windows 7 with Upgrade version not Full version

B

benwood

Member
I bought the Windows 7 Home Premium Upgrade Family Pack and want to use it on a clean installation on my newly built computer and I don't want to do the double installation trick. I tried using these instructions http://blog.chriskankiewicz.com/post/10/windows-7-activation-hack/ . But when I went to make the registry changes I couldn't find "...Setup\OOBE" under the CurrentVersion directory. Anyone know how to fix this? I'm a novice regarding the directory so please be very explicit in your instructions. Or is there another way to do a clean install with Windows 7 upgrade. A lot of the instructions on how to do so on Google are obsolete as Microsoft has fixed some of the loopholes.
 
It just means you need to create the necessary keys by hand. If you're not comfortable doing that, the following command (run from a prompt with administrator privileges) should do the trick.

Code: 
REG ADD HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Setup\OOBE /v MediaBootInstall /t reg_dword  /f /d 0
 
ViRGE said:
It just means you need to create the necessary keys by hand. If you're not comfortable doing that, the following command (run from a prompt with administrator privileges) should do the trick.

Code: 
REG ADD HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Setup\OOBE /v MediaBootInstall /t reg_dword  /f /d 0
Click to expand...


I did a cut & paste to a CMD window and got the following message "Error: Access is denied". What did I do wrong?
 
benwood said:
I did a cut & paste to a CMD window and got the following message "Error: Access is denied". What did I do wrong?
Click to expand...
That means you didn't do it from a prompt with admin privileges. CTRL-SHIFT-ENTER when bringing up a command prompt.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

TRENDING THREADS

Back
Top