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[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 day ago

That was actually a cheeky workaround that was spoken about internally when I worked for some call center for vista rollout support.

Upgrade key didn't work as clean install But if you installed a clean install without a key, then upgraded to the same version the key worked because logic.