How-To receive a valid Windows 7 (Beta) key

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Update : This procedure did only work with the Windows 7 beta version!!!  It DOESN’T work with the current version of Windows 7!

To receive a valid Windows 7 Beta/RC key just click here to visit the official Windows 7 Product Key page, or follow the instructions below.

 

Step 1 : Logon to http://technet.microsoft.com (click on Sign in in the upper right corner) Step 2 : Copy (Don’t CLICK IT!) one of the links below to the address bar and press enter : 32-Bit key : https://www.microsoft.com/betaexperience/scripts/gcs.aspx?Product=tn-win7-32-ww&LCID=1033 (don’t click, Copy and Paste!) 64-bit key : https://www.microsoft.com/betaexperience/scripts/gcs.aspx?Product=tn-win7-64-ww&LCID=1033 (don’t click, Copy and Paste!) Tip : You can use the 64-bit during a 32-bit installation and a 32-bit key during a 64-bit installation (it seems that getting a 64-bit key is faster!) Step 3 : If you receive the error below, just press F5 to refresh (I had to refresh more then 10 times before I received the key), if you’re being redirected then you didn’t follow the steps 1 and 2 correctly! If you followed the steps correct you should see your key (depending on your version it could also say Windows 7 Beta 32-bit Product Key :-) ). Have fun! UPDATE : Notice that you’re now viewing this page on another server and that’s the reason the old comments are not available at the moment (they’re not lost/erased!).

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About Helmer

Helmer currently works as a Technical Consultant at Inter Access in Hilversum, the Netherlands. His areas of expertise are : Windows Client, Microsoft Deployment (WDS, MDT & SCCM) and Forefront Security. Besides his own blog he also blogs at the Dutch Microsoft IT Pro Community blog. He is also very interested in all sorts of new IT-related gadgets.