License Key Missing After Crash

cDreamDancer said:

Still need a suggested course of action with this.

Buy a legit key.

What does the VAMT tool tell you? I suspect the activation's have been used up and now when you try to activate again it won't let you. I don't know why you lost activation but that is the most likely cause of why you can't reactivate.

pparks1 said:

Well, there isn't a way as a consumer to purchase a Multiple Activation Key copy of Windows. So, with your copy of Windows 7 Ultimate, you likely got a copy from a shady reseller who was using keys not intended for retail sale. If I recall correct, Windows 7 Ultimate was about $400, so if you didn't spend nearly that much on it, consider yourself lucky to have gotten by this long with it.

Exactly.

Let me get this straight...

There is no evidence that the OP has a Win 7 MAK key right? Post #29 lists OEM:COA (assume from VAMT)

AFAIK only Win 7 Enterprise and Pro had MAKs:

Code:

Edition Type : Enterprise;EnterpriseN;EnterpriseE;Professional;ProfessionalN;ProfessionalE
Description	 : Windows 7 All Volume Editions Volume:MAK
Edition ID	 : X16-68003
Key Type	 : Volume:MAK
EULA		 : Volume

If that key was previously used to activate this PC (again assuming no major hardware change subsequently) there should be a digital licence and the Win 7 key is irrelevant. If there has been a major H/W change the COA key is now defunct.

But I agree with you guys a COA key cannot be sold separately from the PC it came with - so not legit to begin with.

NavyLCDR said:

Everybody, please reread post #13. That explains why @cDreamDancer just needs to purchase a real and legitimate Windows 10 product key. He is trying to move Windows 10 from a computer that was upgraded from Windows Vista OEM to Widows 7 from an unknown source (likely an OEM version as well) then to Windows 10 - to a second computer that was also Windows Vista OEM. There just doesn't seem to be a whole lot of solid ground this house of cards is built upon.

I thought this was the original PC that crashed and got back?