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Thanks to whomever it was that posted the link to this tool the other day.
I have downloaded the x64 & x86 of Professional and am currently downloading the x64 & x86 of Home. Hoping I can use this to install for customers who have sh*tty internet connections. They still do exist.
Anyone know if these can be used to update an existing Windows installation and also on a fresh HDD?
If I can install on a fresh HDD, do I only need to enter a valid Windows Vista/7/8/8.1 License key, or do I need to some how get a Windows 10 key from Microsoft?
Michael Martin
Australia
"I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible."
- Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004
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As I understand it you can use that downloaded media to do the upgrade from 7/8 to 10 in order to get your key for 10 - one of the guys at the office did it like that. Then you want a fresh install you can format and install 10 on that PC without the need for a key because somehow it has tied the install to the hardware. But it sounds like you have to do the upgrade 1st.
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If I'm installing it on a VM or new machine with a clean install, will it work if I pop in my Win7 DVD or put in a Win7 key, like the upgrades did in the old days?
Jeremy Falcon
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I don't know if a Win7 key will work, but it's worth a try.
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Fair enough.
Jeremy Falcon
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Not for me it didn't but you can run it (in a VM at least, I haven't tried an HDD) without a product key at all for the moment. Just skip the entry pages. Don't know when the 'you must activate' messages will start but for trial purposes, who cares?
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I doubt that too many here know that movie 
IMDb[^]
The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a f***ing golf cart.
"I don't know, extraterrestrial?"
"You mean like from space?"
"No, from Canada."
If software development were a circus, we would all be the clowns.
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Jeri Ryan[^]
If it's not broken, fix it until it is
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Bet you were wondering how we would get back to 7
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No, I was wondering if it wasn't about time to upgrade to 10... 
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
Anonymous
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
Me, all the time
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My bet was on the Seven Seas.
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Here you go[^]. 
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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Hmm, I haven't played that[^] in a while... It's just gathering dust in my closet.
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You know 6 is afraid of 7? Because 7 8 9. (Seven eat nine)
I am leaving now...
Mongo: Mongo only pawn... in game of life.
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I've noticed that to coincide with the release of Windows 10, the app on my phone has gained new functionality.
Unfortunately, the new functionality eats my battery so fast I've had to disable Cortana on my phone!
"If you don't fail at least 90 percent of the time, you're not aiming high enough."
Alan Kay.
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Cortana eats too much? Clearly Cortana is a female. 
The sh*t I complain about
It's like there ain't a cloud in the sky and it's raining out - Eminem
~! Firewall !~
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Microsoft is like an evil Sears. "We wanna be cool too - but we just can't".
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Just listening to the New Music Friday playlist on Spotify, the first track is One Direction - Drag Me Down. I thought it was OK. Am I all right or do I need help.
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Help.
Lots of it.
Or perhaps a visit to the doctor to have your ears fixed?
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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OriginalGriff wrote: Or perhaps a visit to the doctor to have your ears fixed?
Pardon?
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As my grandpa would always say, "I'm deaf in one ear and can't hear out of the other." 
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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Sorry, there's no cure for that, other than a full frontal lobotomy.
You could try an aural injection of heavy metal to drown it out, but that has its own side effects.
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So many hours have gone by because of this: Clickety[^]
"It's hard to beat someone who never quits".
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