When one is installing Windows 7, one is required to enter a Windows 7 Product Key. The product key determines the edition of the Windows, features to unlock and activate & the type & distribution channel of the license.
There are 4 types of retail consumer keys for Windows 7:
- Retail key: This key comes with a retail box or download copy of Windows 7, and can be used for a clean install or upgrade.
- Retail Upgrade key: This key comes with a reduced-price upgrade only version of Windows 7 & can be used for upgrade only.
- OEM COA Non-SLP key: This is the regular OEM key without the special BIOS check. This type of key is provided with copies of Windows marked for purchase with a new PC only.
- OEM SLP key: This key is used for OEM computers that use BIOS-locked activation, used by large PC manufacturers.
These keys are generally supported for use with retail or OEM installation media.
Apart from these, there are ofcousre, several types of volume licensing keys too for enterprise level machines.
2 comments:
I have a copy of windows 7 from an university site license. My hard drive crashed and I replaced it then reinstalled W7. Now I get 0xc004f061 error. Called W7 support the sent me back the the university which sent me to support in the first place. Is there any hope in getting a valid key?
Arch
Hi Arch.. The above said error means that you do not have a previously installed Windows OS already installed. Please visit the following Microsoft site.
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-IN/windows7/Windows-7-activation-error-0xC004F061
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