Luckily I still had 1.2a when I installed Win 7 and wanted WinTV. To CD which may still work with WinTV 7 upgrade it not for WinTV 8 upgrading. I already bought a CD and code, but can use it for the next computer for sure. The pinned post on manual activation tells you to: go to a certain website and enter your CD code AND the 25 Digit product key listed in orange on the CD sleeve. I bought version 9 through Digital River and there is no such code.

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