Windows 7 Student promotion code error 0xC004F061 fixed

[maripuri]

I have read a thread (social.answers.microsoft.com) about an error that appears when you try to install a genuine copy of Windows 7 Student promotion (clean installation) for the second time:

The following failure occurred while trying to use the product key:
Code:
  0xC004F061

Description:
  The Software Licensing Service determined that this specified product
key can only be used for upgrading, not clean installations.

Digital River's response seems to have solved the problem and thought maybe this might be useful to other people who can read it here:

Open regedit.exe with Start Menu Search and navigate to:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/Software/Microsoft/Windows/CurrentVersion/Setup/OOBE/

Change MediaBootInstall from "1" to "0".

Close RegEdit.

Start Menu on the Command Line utility. Right-click this shortcut and choose "Run as administrator."
Click Yes to the UAC prompt.

In the command line window, type: slmgr /rearm press enter

wait for the "Command completed successfully" dialog.

Then, close the command line window and reboot.
After Windows 7 reboots, Right Click Computer select Properties select change product Key.
If the Key does not work now please contact Microsoft technical support at:

Web: http://support.microsoft.com/common/international.aspx
Phone: 1-800-MICROSOFT (1-800-642-7676)

[javajolt]

Thanks for posting this fix!  I feel certain other members will find it useful.