Apparently, even retail copies of Windows have a limit on how many re-installs can be done, before you have to purchase Windows again.
This is according to Microsoft phone conversation.
I own a retail copy of Win 7 Home Premium (which I used to activate Win 10).
Back in October 2012, I had re-installed it 7-8 times until I felt I had "gotten it right".
I was asking Microsoft what would happen if I had to re-install Windows 10. He said, it depends on how many times you installed Windows 7.
He asked for my Windows 7 key and explained he could see how many activations are left.
He said I had one left, because according to his tool, records, w/e... I had already installed (and activated) Windows 7... eight times.
That was when I started to get upset and he hung up.
I was asking why I wasn't old about this, when I purchased Windows 7.
Needless to say... I'm pretty upset about this. I buy a full retail copy of an OS and can only re-install it so many times.... even on the SAME hardware.
@Brink
This is according to Microsoft phone conversation.
I own a retail copy of Win 7 Home Premium (which I used to activate Win 10).
Back in October 2012, I had re-installed it 7-8 times until I felt I had "gotten it right".
I was asking Microsoft what would happen if I had to re-install Windows 10. He said, it depends on how many times you installed Windows 7.
He asked for my Windows 7 key and explained he could see how many activations are left.
He said I had one left, because according to his tool, records, w/e... I had already installed (and activated) Windows 7... eight times.
That was when I started to get upset and he hung up.
I was asking why I wasn't old about this, when I purchased Windows 7.
Needless to say... I'm pretty upset about this. I buy a full retail copy of an OS and can only re-install it so many times.... even on the SAME hardware.
@Brink
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