Register Windows 7 Upgrade disc as full installation
26 Oct
You can now perform a clean, full-featured installation of Windows 7 for the price of an upgrade.
Simply follow these instructions:
1. Perform a clean installation using the Upgrade disc, you should have no problems here
2. Make sure there are no Windows Updates pending — if there’s an orange shield icon next to the Shutdown button in the Start Menu, that means you need to reboot before attempting the next steps.
3. Open ‘regedit.exe‘ from the Start Menu — just type it in there, where it says: Search programs and files. Accept the User Account Control dialogue that pops up to give yourself Windows 7 superpowers.
4. Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/Software/Microsoft/Windows/CurrentVersion/Setup/OOBE/
5. Change MediaBootInstall from ‘1‘ to ‘0‘
6. Open the Start Menu again and type ‘cmd’ — use ctrl+shift+enter to run it as an elevated-permissions user
7. Finally, type slmgr /rearm — and press enter.
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Your computer will now reboot and run the Activate Windows utility. Type in your product key, and there you go… a full Windows 7 with all of its utilities for eighty dollars less than the original price.
