So I want to go back to my Pro key but there is no official path to do so according to Microsoft without a clean install. So everything seemed kosher for a month and now Windows has tried to activate and it is telling me that I'm pirating software. The stupid thing is that Windows allowed me to do the upgrade but it knew that the key was invalid. It turned out to be a prank (stupid me), and one of the generic online keys you can find. A friend of mine suggested that since Windows 7 is out of Microsoft's product cycle that I could upgrade it to Ultimate with little risk, and provided me with 'his Ultimate anytime upgrade key' that he claimed to have purchased and that was valid since he uses 10 now. Some background: I own a legal key to Windows 7 Pro 圆4. I am currently left with 6 SUR errors related to avast somehow. Please note that as far as I'm aware Windows Update DOES function correctly at this time and my system claims to be up to date.

At first glance this appears to not be relevant to this particular board, but in trying to trace down that problem I've been led to fix windows update first and foremost.