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Message: <blockquote data-quote="safarisurfer" data-source="post: 1183720" data-attributes="member: 45671"><p>you can download every version of windows 7 for free from microsoft. you dont need a key to install. it installs as a trial. then you can buy a key and update the key later. this is rather convient because for instance say you buy a machine with windows 7 on it. it has tons of junk on it. you can download the same version of windows 7 as a stand alone so you get no junkware and install it then use your perfectly legal key that you got with the machine. the only requirements for this to work is it must be the same version of windows that came with your machine and its an oem key so it works on a single machine. trying to use that key on different machines doesnt work. your not getting anything from microsoft you didnt pay for nor are you getting anything for free.</p></blockquote><p></p>