Windows 7 home premium reinstall over windows 8

Can I reinstall windows 7 home premium over windows 8? I made the mistake of installing windows 8 as soon as it came out and I dislike it very much! I want my 7 back!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I don't know where you have bought this notebook but I know, for instance, that many people who sold notebooks on the eBay write in description that notebook has preinstalled other Windows version but notebook has valid product key that can be used for any Windows activation.
Fact is that this information is wrong.
Every Toshiba notebook offered with preinstalled OS has Microsoft sticker at the bottom side but product key on it belongs to original version delivered with the notebook. With other words: this product key s useless.
If I understand you right you have non-activated OS version preinstalled on this machine but also you don't have original recovery installation disc.
Now you have two options:
1/ To order original recovery disc (link posted by Tonny)
2/ To install own OS version using Microsoft installation disc and pay for valid licence.
In my opinion option to buy recovery disc is best for you. Using this disc in 2 hours you will have perfectly installed OS that will be activated and you will not have any problems anymore.
After clean OS installation all you must do is to optimize it and configure for usage. Thats all.

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Can I change the OS of Touchsmart 610 from Windows Home Premium to Windows 7 Pro?

I have 610 1100me system loaded with Windows Home Premium 64 bit. We bought it from Dubai and is in use in Pakistan. It started giving problems after few weeks of use. Its' hard disk makes noise and sometimes, system could not find boot disk. Most of the times blue screen of death and hanging issues. Any idea about this issue and how to fix it? My observation is that the culprit is hard disk!
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Hi,
Nearly nothing change interms of drivers required for Windows 7 (HP, Pro, Ultimate) unless you switch from 64 to 32 bit. You can reuse your current HP 64 bit drivers for 64 bit W7 Pro or Ultimate.
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Will my creative suite 3 program work on windows home premium 64 bit computer? I need to switch computers because my current pc is windows xp

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Satellite L750-1WW - OEM Windows 7 home premium reinstall

Hello,
a few days ago I bought an used (about 3 years old) Toshiba Satellite L750-1WW notebook.
The only matter with it is, that it has Windows 7 Professional, and of course corrupted, but the original OS was Home Premium. This laptop will be my mother's, and I don't want (and she also) to get messages every startup: "This copy of Windows is not genuine" and other stuff.
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I asked Microsoft Community to give me help about reinstalling the original operating system.
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So now, I ask You for some help.
Greetings,
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I don't know where you have bought this notebook but I know, for instance, that many people who sold notebooks on the eBay write in description that notebook has preinstalled other Windows version but notebook has valid product key that can be used for any Windows activation.
Fact is that this information is wrong.
Every Toshiba notebook offered with preinstalled OS has Microsoft sticker at the bottom side but product key on it belongs to original version delivered with the notebook. With other words: this product key s useless.
If I understand you right you have non-activated OS version preinstalled on this machine but also you don't have original recovery installation disc.
Now you have two options:
1/ To order original recovery disc (link posted by Tonny)
2/ To install own OS version using Microsoft installation disc and pay for valid licence.
In my opinion option to buy recovery disc is best for you. Using this disc in 2 hours you will have perfectly installed OS that will be activated and you will not have any problems anymore.
After clean OS installation all you must do is to optimize it and configure for usage. Thats all.

Repeatedly asked to install Flash 11 on IE 9 Windows Home Premium 64 bit

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I've had some webcam issues, too.
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How to revert back to windows 7 home premium 64bit from windows 7 pro 64bit. Window 7 home premium came preinstalled on my dell inspiron N4110

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Xfi extreme audio SB0790 Windows Home Premium

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Windows Home Premium RUS To ENG

Hi
I`v just bought Lenovo y580 with installed windows 7 home premium but unfortunately it appears to be Russian version
I'm not very comfortable with Russian windows because I`v been working on English for years
so I would like to know if there is any solution in this case ?
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thanks in advanced

Hi Mach 01,
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I changed windows 7 ultimate changed to windows home premium

Ok, I want to thank the two people who tried to help me last time. I found out I had to install a new windows. So I went and found my friend could do it but me having windows ultimate he only hand windows 7 home premium... And well now that it works I have
a new problem... Along with the ultimate status gotten rid of, I now don't have the windows office. So like word, PowerPoint and excell.
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My questions is whether a Windows Live account and a local account can be combined in Windows 8. I asked this question in Microsoft Community and
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Your question has not been answered.
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too. Like you, I have issues with Windows 8.1 Pro.
Does anyone from Microsoft Server actually read these posts?
@PeterPensive,
the OP's original question was relating to "linking/combining" an MS Account with a Win8.x local account. That question was answered. (the answer is no), so, for a WHS scenario, linked accounts aren't possible, but, in Win8.x, an MS Account might be suitable
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Are you confirming that an MS Account on Win8.x works ok with WHS?
< Also, this is a community-driven forum - MS staff rarely, if ever, participate here.. >
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