For two recent Windows 7 64-bit installs, I was told that the image contained both 32- and 64-bit versions and that the product key determined which of the two was authorized for installation. If the original installation was 32-bit, then according to this, the original product key would not validate a 64-bit installation. I would be interested in learning of your experience. Good luck. max
On Sat, Dec 4, 2010 at 3:17 PM, Dominique Pivard <[email protected]>wrote: > On 04.12.2010 22:41, you, Richard Gordon wrote: > > Hi Richard, > > > A cautionary tale..................I purchased a set of Lenovo Windows 7 >> for >> a Thinkpad T61 from these folks and all was fine for about 6 months at >> which >> point Windows suddenly began to fail the 'Windows Genuine Advantage" test. >> >> An email to Microsoft provoked a reply which said that Microsoft had >> recently learned that the product activation key was no longer "genuine" >> >> Emails to thinkpadrecoverycds.com were not answered. >> > > Did you get a new product key together with the recovery CD? With the > method described in my previous post, I only got the media (downloaded from > Digital River, which is an official reseller of Microsoft). The product key > I used was the original OEM one that came with my X301. Therefore I think I > shouldn't fail the WGA test. > > Cheers, Dominique > > _______________________________________________ > Thinkpad mailing list > [email protected] > http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad > _______________________________________________ Thinkpad mailing list [email protected] http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad
