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Need to activate Windows 7 Starter

Anonymous
2021-11-14T08:15:24+00:00

Hi team,

I have a Dell mini netbook which came with XP. To upgrade it, I have downloaded and installed Windows 7 Starter from a website. This has a trial license which expires after 30 days. Can someone please tell me where I can buy a real product key to activate my Win 7 starter? I found something on the internet for $3~$4, but that did not look ligit to me. Can someone please help?

Thank you,

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  1. Anonymous
    2021-11-15T02:44:03+00:00

    Hi Bill,

    Sorry to get you a bit confused. Let me re-phrase:

    "... to see if we can find a legal workaround. We will share the results here for the benefit of community if our findings are any different than what you have documented above."

    Best wishes.

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  2. Anonymous
    2021-11-15T02:13:39+00:00

    Hi Bill,

    Again, thank you for sharing your viewpoint.

    As I mentioned in previous reply, we will seek some more expert advice to see if we can work around the issue. We will share the results here for the benefit of community if our findings are any different than what you have documented above.

    Best wishes,

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  3. Anonymous
    2021-11-14T23:40:12+00:00

    Hi Bill,

    RE: "You could never buy it separately."

    The videographic evidence, as you saw, suggests otherwise. So, I am not convinced if your statement is accurate.

    Anyways, I will seek some more expert opinion and will post here if I discover something other than what you covered above. Thank you for your time and commenting.

    Best wishes.

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  4. Anonymous
    2021-11-14T17:08:44+00:00

    Hi Bill,

    Thank you for the info & background on this topic. After reading the above paragraph, I guess a better way of asking the question is: How can we get Win 7 starter separately? (The article says that it was pre-installed on some computers. However, it does not indicate that it cannot be acquired separately.)

    Moreover, there is this video:

    Looking at ~ 2:00, looks like at least at some point it was available separately on disk.

    < Link removed by VM >

    Any other thoughts?

    Thank you.

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  5. Anonymous
    2021-11-14T10:28:35+00:00

    You can't do it.

    Windows 7 Starter came preinstalled on Netbooks from the computer manufacturer such as Dell, HP, etc.

    You could never buy it separately.

    Windows 7 Starter came on cheaper OEM Manufactured Netbooks.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_7_editions

    Windows 7 Starter

    Windows 7 Starter is the edition of Windows 7 that contains the fewest features. It is only available in a 32-bit version and does not include the Windows Aero theme. The desktop wallpaper and visual styles (Windows 7 Basic) are not user-changeable. In the release candidate versions of Windows 7, Microsoft intended to restrict users of this edition to running three simultaneous programs, but this limitation was dropped in the final release.^[8]^ This edition does not support more than 2 GB of RAM.

    This edition was available pre-installed on computers, especially netbooks or Windows Tablets, through system integrators or computer manufacturers using OEM licenses.

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