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    Vista Anytime Upgrade Disc for 7805

    Discussion in 'Gateway and eMachines' started by husky55, Feb 25, 2009.

  1. husky55

    husky55 Notebook Evangelist

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    My 7805 does not come with any disc, i.e. no dvd, cd, nothing. I know we can make backup and restore discs.

    There is a Windows Vista Anytime Upgrade option in Systems, but it links to a MS site which tells you to buy different versions of Vista.

    My question is "Does my HD contain a version of Vista Anytime Upgrade image that I can burn to a DVD?"

    I don't know if Gateway sell this disc or any disc to owners of the 7805.

    I know I can buy it off Ebay and I have a couple of Vista discs around but they are of the 32 bit variety.

    I am not talking about key or activation, just about the vista disc.
     
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    Marc_ Notebook Enthusiast

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    husky55 Notebook Evangelist

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    marc, do you own a 7805? I entered the product key at the bottom of my laptop and MS says "no offer found".

    How did you do it?
     
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    thinguy Newbie

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    From another thread I found out that the key on the bottom is generic/useless. Use a program like jellybean's keyfinder http://magicaljellybean.com/keyfinder/
    to find the key installed.

    But I just tried my key and I get an error on the page -different than the message from the key on the sticker.

    Could be a server/site issue I guess.
     
    thinguy, Feb 25, 2009
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