OEM marking stops W7 upgrade?

"Paul H" wrote in
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I want to do a W7 upgrade, not a new install, therefore saving my
applications. I have an Acer Aspire 5610-2273. It came with a very
early version of Vista Home Premium, that has always given me troubles
that my newer Vista laptops have not. Now I'm being stopped by some
Acer anomaly - see the attached picture. Microsoft has tried, for
free, for about 3 hours a day, taking over my mouse and keyboard and
viewing my screen. They have given up, saying it is a problem
specific to Acer. I'll try to get help from Acer, but I thought I'd
try here also. It seems to me that some bit twiddling would turn off
the "OEM reserved" flag. Help, anyone? TIA, Paul

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My Acer laptop also had problems, with the SP1 update to Vista Home
Basic. I finally did do the new install of Vista HB, and now the machine
works fine. I think you just have to bite the bullet and reinstall.
Your choice, Vista or W7.

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Best regards
Han
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