:emotion-21: Great thanks for letting us know it worked. The key is different but its meant to be. A generic SLP key is used for the Dell Windows Vista/7 OEM SLP activation mechanism. For example every single Dell system on factory settings or installed with the Dell Windows 7 Home Premium will use the same generic product key. It'll be the same as those compiled here: [URL] [URL] The key on your COA on the other hand is unique and can be used in the rare cases if theres an activation issue in a call to Microsoft. It is a secondary activation mechanism and isn't important when the SLP activation mechanism works correctly. Most customers never have to use it. The COA key in the past was widely used in the past when installing an OEM license with retail media but the ABR program enables one to bring the activation mechanism of the Dell Factory Settings/Reinstallation DVD to a clean install with a retail .iso and has also proved useful in the rare cases where reactivation is required. In short you have an install more or less identical to that of the Dell Reinstallation DVD.
Hey guys, My windows 7 label on the back of my dell laptop is kinda faded,I can make out out 10 characters of product key but the rest are hard to make out. My dell  came with windows 7 installed so I don't have disks and its a new hard drive as my last one failed so I can't check the key that way either. Any ideas?
Windows 7 label faded