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Windows XP Pro Invalid Key
My 34MB drive crashed and couldn't be repaired. I need the extra room anyway so I started to start fresh with a SATA 250MB. My OEM disk only has SP1 so it only sees part of the drive. I borrowed a SP2 disk, but it won't accept my key "invalid...
Tags: Serial ATA, tacpro@..., Microsoft Windows XP Professional, OEM, BIOS, disk, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP
Discussion threads 2007-11-21
XP Restore, using different disc than original
My previous Emachine P4 Celeron 2.6 ghz desktop machine died on me bad motherboard and I bought a used Compaq Presario Pentium P4 also 2.6 ghz but the seller did not give me a Restore disc, and it will not allow me to make another restore disc. Can I use...
Tags: DVD, Goodrock7@..., Dell Computer Corp., OEM, disc, disk, CD, Microsoft Windows, Hewlett-Packard Co., Microsoft Windows XP
Discussion threads 2007-09-03
Reinstalling windows XP
I have a 4 year old HP running windows XP home. By this time the registry looks like a junkyard and there are all sorts of semi known and hard to distinguish processes running that don't seem to connect to any actual functions. And the computer has slo
Tags: windows, mike.sherman@..., disk, CD, OEM, Hewlett-Packard Co., Microsoft Windows XP
Discussion threads 2006-11-28
Windows XP Home OEM?
Hello everyone, I just bought my father a used dell as a surprise, and before I get it to him, I wanted to do a destructive restore on it. The only problem is that it is used, and it didnt come with any restore CD's. Now I know if you...
Tags: disk, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition, need xp home oem/iso's, no restore cd's, OEM, paperxandxstars@..., windows
Discussion threads 2005-04-20
Creating a quick Windows XP SP2 slipstream CD
I NEED SOFFTWAREYOU HAVE THE SOFFTWARE WINDOWS SP2 TO REVIEW MY SOFFTWARE?WIN SP2i NEED THE WINDOWS SP2 BECAUSE WHAT i HAVE NOW IS DAMAGEDWIN SP2i NEED THE WINDOWS SP2 BECAUSE WHAT i HAVE NOW IS DAMAGEDSP2 on CDHere is a link to order the CD from...
Tags: CD, disk, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2, nLite, OEM, Service Pack 2, vicrecomer@..., windows
Discussion threads 2005-04-13
upgrading from Win 98 SE to Win XP Pro
I have purchased more OEM Win XP Pro disk to "upgrade" my current network. BUT, these disk do not offer a "upgrade" on the drop down menu. ONLY shows new installtions. When I try to continue it acts as though it is installing but, hangs up after 30 to 45...
Tags: disk, lannet, Microsoft Windows 98, Microsoft Windows XP, OEM, Win, windows
Q&A 2004-10-28

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Loading Win XP PRO OEM over Win XP Home
Loading XP pro over XP home version I have a Compaq computer with Windows XP Home. I bought Windows XP Pro OEM by mistake and it won't load. Microsoft's advice was to comtact Compaq. Compaq's help was to F-disk the main drive and fresh load the XP Pro. There has...
Tags: CD, coneakai@..., Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows XP Professional, OEM, windows, windows xp pro
Discussion threads 2006-09-27
Windows XP activation issue.
Hi,I am working with a mid sized organization. We have around 300 + desktop systems with mix environment of Linux and Windows XP. I joined this company few weeks ago. so I dont have much of the knowledge about the licensing of windows. My problem is, When I install windows...
Tags: XP Keys, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP, volume-license, disc, PID, Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition, Install Disc, desktop
Discussion threads 2009-01-06
Windows XP Home Edition Product Key
I have original CD Home Edition, but unfortunatly i have lost my Product key anywhere. please tell me.awaiting for your reply.thanks. samiContact Microsoft ...They will ask you to read the data from the central ring of the CD to prove it is an original disc.Check out these resourcesMicrosoft [i]Knowledge Base[/i]...
Tags: Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition, Microsoft Windows, product key, Microsoft Windows XP
Discussion threads 2008-07-02
Unsuccessful Windows XP Repair Install
I've recently been stopped cold with the "Unmountable Boot Volume" error blue screen. Safe mode doesn't work.First phase of my problem is I can't get my BIOS to boot from the CD-ROM. I've worked around that with the set up floppies and have run /fixboot in the Recovery Console. That...
Tags: Bingchudie@..., CD, hard drive, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP, windows
Q&A 2004-12-20
installing windows xp
So my question is when having deleted a parition and then partitioning it and reinstalled windows xp when going through the installation where it asks u to name the computer , check date and time and then enter the 25 digit product key and u called microsoft and they say...
Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, product key, computer, windows XP Home Edition, windows xp Home, Microsoft Windows XP, 32-bit, Microsoft Corp.
Discussion threads 2009-01-22
Have Windows XP Home CD Keys, and a Windows XP Professional SP2 Disk
Alright, so I recently had two computers crash within a weeks period, my own stupidity, viruses that deleted important files in the registry. Like I said, stupid me. Now I have a major problem. I found My XP Disc, but as it turns out, it is a Professional copy Service...
Tags: Microsoft Windows, imtheguido@..., CD, Microsoft Windows XP Professional, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition, disk
Discussion threads 2007-08-06
Build Your Skills: Top 10 questions and answers about XP activation
Get answers to ten frequently asked questions regarding Windows XP activationAs a support technician for a major PC manufacturer, customers frequently ask me to outline the basics of Microsoft's latest antipiracy effort, Product Activation. They want to know if it will affect the software they can install, if it will...
Tags: Microsoft Windows, Tools & Techniques, Microsoft Office, David Williams, Installation ID, activation, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows XP, software
Technical articles 2002-08-02
Ballmer hints that Microsoft could keep selling Windows XP
RE: Ballmer hints that Microsoft could keep selling Windows XP"IT departments are slow adopters of new operating systems because they prefer to standardize."What a hypocrite! Isn't Microsoft supposed to understand "standardization"? In fact, if MS wasn't so fast to ship its new OS and so slow to share it...
Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista, Steve Ballmer, Microsoft Windows, Linux
Discussion threads 2008-04-24
reinstallation cd for windows xp
I have linux installed on my dell dimension, i want to reinstall my windows xp, using my reinstallation cd. I put the cd in the cd rom, reboot and nothing happens. Do i need to delete linux first?If it's an oem version then it will only install to a drive...
Tags: adavis612002@..., BIOS, Boot CD, disk, Enter, Linux, Microsoft Windows XP, reinstallation, windows
Q&A 2005-01-05
Change the product key on Windows XP
If the CD is the same as the installation currently on the systemThen look for the key in the registry at the location mentioned in the article. Otherwise, you can call Microsoft or the OEM that the CD came from.what about windows XP CD's that has no Keyshi all;am wondering...
Tags: Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP, CD, product key, COA
Discussion threads 2008-05-01
Validate your copy of Windows XP with Windows Genuine Advantage
Validate your copy of Windows XP with Windows Genuine Advantagearticle rootSlipstreamed copyI had a failure to recognise the validity of a slipstreamed copy of XP Pro with Service Pack 2 when using the checking tool. Anyone else had this problem?Details...Slipstreaming shouldn't in any way effect WGA, unless you had an...
Tags: advantage, Fslot@..., genuine, hardware, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP, slipstream disk, software
Discussion threads 2006-03-22
Microsoft makes copying Vista a monster task
Do you think copying Windows Vista is a huge task?With Windows XP, antipiracy measures were a bit of an afterthought. But with Windows Vista, Microsoft had pirates in its sights from the get-go.See the image: Microsoft aims to stay ahead of pirates.http://news.com.com/2300-1016_3-6171897-1.htmlFrom the box to the software, Redmond is clamping...
Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Piracy, Operating systems, Sonja Thompson, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows, OEM, Microsoft Corp.
Discussion threads 2007-03-30
reloading windows xp
reloading windows xpI need to reload windows on a computer with a new hard drive that was purchased 2nd hand from my employer, but it didn't come with any disks. Can I use a back-up disk for another computer that was purchased new by using those OEM & Product Key...
Tags: more questions than answers, windows, Microsoft Windows XP, computer, disk
Discussion threads 2006-02-11
windows home / windows xp
Question. Computer A is running windows home. Computer B is running windows xp. I want xp on both computers. Can I use my windows xp CD to upgrade computer A to xp from home? If so, do I have to unistall home first?Licensing infoYou can...
Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Computer B, Microsoft Windows XP, computer, Microsoft Windows Vista, hardware
Discussion threads 2008-03-10
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