Hello there
Can I get some advice please?I own an Acer aspire Laptop running windows 7 but after the screen got smashed I left it in a cupboard for a few months because I had ready access to another laptop, a Fujitsu Siemens Esprimo running windows vista.
I always intended to go back to the acer eventually but then the Fujitsu was given to me to keep and as I preferred it over the acer, I took the hard drive out of the acer and inserted it into the Fujitsu.
This was the only thing I done and to my surprise the machine booted up fine and even showed my original login screen and screensaver.
I logged in and all was fine. I removed some of the old acer applications via the control panel and have used the laptop normally ever since - 4 days since my first login.
Now though, when I check the properties tab of "Computer", it shows the acer logo on the page & at the bottom of the page it says 27 days to activation activate windows now. But, when I turned my old laptop over to get the product key, I can read 4 sets of 5 digits but 1 of the sets of 5 has rubbed off the sticker.
I am the legal owner of both machines yet microsoft want money from me just to talk about the issue, which I found to be very unfair. So I am wondering if any of you guys can suggest any other route I can take to make my machine workable in the normal sense once the 27 days expire.
There does not seem to be any issues at the moment as I am using it now, but I fear that it will become unusable after the time is up.
Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated please?
Thanking you all,
Mark
Can I get some advice please?I own an Acer aspire Laptop running windows 7 but after the screen got smashed I left it in a cupboard for a few months because I had ready access to another laptop, a Fujitsu Siemens Esprimo running windows vista.
I always intended to go back to the acer eventually but then the Fujitsu was given to me to keep and as I preferred it over the acer, I took the hard drive out of the acer and inserted it into the Fujitsu.
This was the only thing I done and to my surprise the machine booted up fine and even showed my original login screen and screensaver.
I logged in and all was fine. I removed some of the old acer applications via the control panel and have used the laptop normally ever since - 4 days since my first login.
Now though, when I check the properties tab of "Computer", it shows the acer logo on the page & at the bottom of the page it says 27 days to activation activate windows now. But, when I turned my old laptop over to get the product key, I can read 4 sets of 5 digits but 1 of the sets of 5 has rubbed off the sticker.
I am the legal owner of both machines yet microsoft want money from me just to talk about the issue, which I found to be very unfair. So I am wondering if any of you guys can suggest any other route I can take to make my machine workable in the normal sense once the 27 days expire.
There does not seem to be any issues at the moment as I am using it now, but I fear that it will become unusable after the time is up.
Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated please?
Thanking you all,
Mark