Hi guys,
Has been a while since I posted here so please bear with me...
I currently am working on a Lenovo b570 laptop spec is:
Windows 7 ultimate x64
Intel i5 2nd generation
8gb RAM
320gb hdd
On board graphics driver.
So I've been having problems with this laptop for a month or so now. In which it would not let me view a .h264 format file in a web browser, download the video, displays fine. Any other video format will play through my browser.
After a particularly long day of messing around trying all sorts of things such as completely removing and reinstalling the activeX, making sure the graphics driver is up to date etc. I decided that enough was enough and took the drastic measure of reinstalling windows (as the computer was filling up with useless junk anyway). Now my problem has arisen that after reinstalling windows, reinstalling my drivers and testing the video playback (it now works, fantastic!) I have come across the problem of not being able to use my product key to validate windows.
I get the error message along the lines of "this is a windows anytime upgrade key and cannot be used for a fresh install"
My computer originally came with win7 home premium (32 bit with 8gb of ram but that's another story) and I upgraded it to ultimate through anytime upgrade.
I have both my home premium and ultimate license keys handy and would prefer not to have to reinstall from my backup I made prior to reinstalling windows.
Could somebody please tell me there is a solution out there?!
Your replies are much appreciated in advance!!
Has been a while since I posted here so please bear with me...
I currently am working on a Lenovo b570 laptop spec is:
Windows 7 ultimate x64
Intel i5 2nd generation
8gb RAM
320gb hdd
On board graphics driver.
So I've been having problems with this laptop for a month or so now. In which it would not let me view a .h264 format file in a web browser, download the video, displays fine. Any other video format will play through my browser.
After a particularly long day of messing around trying all sorts of things such as completely removing and reinstalling the activeX, making sure the graphics driver is up to date etc. I decided that enough was enough and took the drastic measure of reinstalling windows (as the computer was filling up with useless junk anyway). Now my problem has arisen that after reinstalling windows, reinstalling my drivers and testing the video playback (it now works, fantastic!) I have come across the problem of not being able to use my product key to validate windows.
I get the error message along the lines of "this is a windows anytime upgrade key and cannot be used for a fresh install"
My computer originally came with win7 home premium (32 bit with 8gb of ram but that's another story) and I upgraded it to ultimate through anytime upgrade.
I have both my home premium and ultimate license keys handy and would prefer not to have to reinstall from my backup I made prior to reinstalling windows.
Could somebody please tell me there is a solution out there?!
Your replies are much appreciated in advance!!