The Product Key Is Not Valid Or 0xC004F061 Activation Error On Windows 7 Upgrade
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Tip: Click here to update all your PC's outdated driversWhen installing and upgrading to Windows 7 from previous version of operating system such as Windows XP and Windows Vista with an upgrade license, media (either Windows 7 ISO image or DVD disc) and product key, the following error message may be displayed when entering the serial key during setup.
The product key is not valid. Please retype the product key.
The main reason for the above error to occur if mistyping of the product key, or the product key doesn’t match the version of Windows 7 that’s installed on the computer. If indeed the product key is correct and valid for the edition installed, then the error can also happens and stops installation from continue due to Windows 7 upgrade license requirement, when the following conditions are true:
* An Upgrade version of Windows 7 is used during the install.
* The computer has been formatted prior to running the install.
* The install was started by starting the computer with the Windows 7 Upgrade DVD.
The first workaround to solve the problem above is NOT to enter any product key during installation,which automatically install Windows 7 as evaluation or trial version lasts for 30 days. However, if the user skips and bypass the product key validation by not entering the product key so that Windows 7 installation can continue and finalized, Windows 7 will prompt user to input a product key to activate the system when system is booted up. The following error may occur when user enter a Windows 7 upgrade version product key after Windows 7 is installed:
The following failure eccored while trying to use the product key:
Code: 0xC004F061
Description: The Software Licensing Service determined that this specified product key can only be used for upgrading, not for clean installations.
Officially, Windows 7 Upgrade DVD product key can only be used when the previous qualifying Windows operating system of Windows Vista or Windows XP is currently installed on the hard drive, regardless of activation status. It means that end-user will have to be either running the Windows 7 upgrade from within the operating system or by restarting the computer, booting with the Upgrade DVD and selecting the Custom Install option with existing operating system intact.
For user who has already formatted the hard disk drive and wiped off the existing operating system prior to running the upgrade install of Windows 7, Microsoft recommends one of the following steps to upgrade the computer:
1. Re-install the previous operating system and then run the install from within the old operating system.
2. Re-install the previous operating system and then start the computer with the Upgrade DVD and select the Custom (advanced) -> Drive options (advanced) option to perform additional tasks, such as formatting the hard drive or installing to another hard drive.
3. Proceed with the current installation without entering a product key. This will allow you to finalize the install of Windows 7 on the computer; however, user will not be able to activate the product without contacting Microsoft support.
However, all of the above methods is not a time-saving and easiest way to perform upgrade of Windows 7 though. There is easy hack to perform clean install of Windows 7 upgrade version, which details how to activate Windows after continuing to upgrade Windows 7 without entering a product key as step 3 above.
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Comments(3)
issues like these could have been avoided if microsoft merely never invented the wga
program. because of their useless activation scheme, users who are upgrading will now have
to re-upgrade and waste time. had that same person used 7loader instead, their upgrade
would have gone without a hitch.
the genuine advantage program has been nothing
more than an annoyance for paying customers and a joke to those who steal windows. if you
look at its history, the wga/oga programs have never been successful and exist solely to
increase the price of windows while giving no benefit to the customer.
steve jobs trusts customers, no need for annoying activation procedures. windows
'piracy' exists because $100+ for a mere upgrade is an outrage. the only reasons why
windows still exists are its gaming support and the excessive cost of apple hardware
combined with their closed philosophy.
easy for a rapist to trust his rapee. people have always been s*ckers for fads, and apple
cashes in on that big time.
my sis bought an apple notebook last year ($1300 for a
small under equiped unit), and for weeks was "my computer doesn't get virus', it's an
apple" "my computer doesn't crash, it's an apple" "my computer doesn't get
spyware, it's an apple"....with her nose in the air...kinda like an ex-smoker. well,
saw her a month ago, machine riddled with spyware, pages taking forever to load, or
faulting out, multiple reboots to do this or that.....she gets so pissed at her machine,
she will slam the lid, and not touch it for 2 days.
truth in advertising would
be a commercial that goes like this: "i'm a pc. i'm an overpriced piece of crap called
aple".
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WGA - Microsoft's biggest failure.........
By The CAT on 04.11.2009 - 04:11