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    Question about the ABR tool

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by lineS of flight, Apr 22, 2011.

  1. lineS of flight

    lineS of flight Notebook Virtuoso

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    Hi...

    Recently, I clean installed Win 7 on my new machine and I used the ABR tool to recover the registration keys from the OEM install of the new machine. I have this ABR info stored away. How many times can I use it to activate the OS? Are there any limits? Unlikely, but I just wanted to make sure.
     
    lineS of flight, Apr 22, 2011
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  2. mochaultimate

    mochaultimate Notebook Consultant

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    My experience is with using ABR for Vista instead of 7, but I believe it should be exactly the same - as ABR is an entirely offline procedure, it should work as many times as you need, using the same backed-up activation from the same machine.

    I've personally used ABR to restore the OEM activations in my various Thinkpads multiple times each with no problems!
     
    mochaultimate, Apr 22, 2011
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  3. deeastman

    deeastman Notebook Deity

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    Ditto, no limits to the number of times you can activate using the OEM SN and CERT info.
     
    deeastman, Apr 22, 2011
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    lineS of flight Notebook Virtuoso

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    Thanks guys...good to know.
     
    lineS of flight, Apr 22, 2011
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    KLF NBR Super Modernator Super Moderator

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    It would cause interesting problems if there could be any limits, since the tens of millions computers some manufacturers sell use same key and cert combination.
     
    KLF, Apr 23, 2011
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