Clean install of Windows 7, product key failed

I wanted to do a clean install of windows. I have a Windows 7 Home Premium 64 product key on the bottom of the laptop. So I made a windows 7 usb boot drive from an iso file from Microsoft's website and formatted the hard drive. I installed Windows 7 with no problems. I go to type in the product key and activate Windows and it fails. Microsoft support says the product key is blocked and that HP is responsible for supporting pre-loaded Windows laptops.
Why is the Windows product key written on the bottom of my computer blocked? And how do i fix it?

Actually HP would ask you to contact MS. And MS would advice you to get Recovery media from HP. This is what is going to happen. You can try your luck with MS first.
MS withdrew all the Windows 7 ISO support, especially to OEMs 2 weeks back.
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Symbol search path is: SRV*f:\symbols*http://msdl.microsoft.com/download/symbols
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Loading User Symbols
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