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    I Need to downgrade How?

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by DavidNeg93, Jun 12, 2011.

  1. DavidNeg93

    DavidNeg93 Newbie

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    ok so my brother in law said he could get windows 7 ultimate on my acer aspire 6930 laptop for free. i said ok. we used teamviewer to do it because were in two seperate states. later i find out it was illegal what he did... :( so now its saying i need an activation key which i dont have. so i want to go back to the old OS system which was windwows vista. i dont have a recovery disk for this computer. it was my older sisters comuter then she gave it to me when she got her new one. i press alt f10 in the start up menu and nothing, ive tried, f12, ive tried f10, and nothing works??? please help what do i do.
     
    DavidNeg93, Jun 12, 2011
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    pengy_666 Notebook Evangelist

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    davepermen Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    check the license first. there are ultimate licenses who are available for 3 pc's at the same time.
     
    davepermen, Jun 13, 2011
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