Jimpy
The Invisible Observer
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I'm currently on Beta 7, my 'trial' time cacks out on March 1st. I have the Windows 7 ultimate CD (32bit) and the registry code.
When I go into Control Panel, System, at the bottom is a section called Windows Activation. It shows that I am activated, and my current registry code. Next to that is the update option. When I place the update code in I receive a "Not valid code" message (Its typed correctly).
Running the CD from boot appears like its going to wipe what I have on the PC, and I really don't want to risk that. Am I mistaken, am I missing something, is there a simple way of simply updating without any worry of losing computers current contents?
(If I don't have to back things up, it will help out a lot, my music stuff really gets mangled and non-functional when you start moving its files around.)
When I go into Control Panel, System, at the bottom is a section called Windows Activation. It shows that I am activated, and my current registry code. Next to that is the update option. When I place the update code in I receive a "Not valid code" message (Its typed correctly).
Running the CD from boot appears like its going to wipe what I have on the PC, and I really don't want to risk that. Am I mistaken, am I missing something, is there a simple way of simply updating without any worry of losing computers current contents?
(If I don't have to back things up, it will help out a lot, my music stuff really gets mangled and non-functional when you start moving its files around.)