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post #1 of 5
8/29/11 at 7:32pm
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I bought an acer 4750 in Thailand and it has windows 7 on it (probably a dodgy copy) that does not always work. I have an xp home disc that I purchased in trhe uk. Can I install this over the windows 7 ( taking windows 7 off the laptop).?

    I am also trying to get the original key for my disc off microsoft throughtheir contact center, do you think they will supply me this over the internet?

    Cheers for any info

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post #2 of 5
8/29/11 at 11:20pm
You can put XP on any comps but it might not work correctly either if you can't find drivers for it. As far as key code, unless you have a key available it will be tough to extract that from Microsoft via Support, unless the copy has been registered with name, address etc from the beginning

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post #3 of 5
8/31/11 at 10:03am

why install xp, microsoft is dropping support for xp by 2014. win7 has a compatable mode that will run any xp software. by the sound of it you might have a bootleg version of win7. buy a full version of win7 and a external cd rom and boot up. then go to acer and emachines website for drivers.

by 2014 all support for xp will be dropped, you must have sp 3 installed to keep recieving security updates. vista will be totally dropped.

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post #4 of 5
9/5/11 at 10:04pm
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Thanks for the advice I have now installed windows 7 on my laptop. I just need to sort out the drivers

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post #5 of 5
9/6/11 at 12:28am
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Originally Posted by nellyp View Post

Thanks for the advice I have now installed windows 7 on my laptop. I just need to sort out the drivers


You should be able to pick everything up from either Windows 7 updates and Acer Support Site

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