I just bought a win xp product key. I have successfully installed in on my desktop but when i installed the same product key on my laptop it let you a 30 day usage install only. The store who sold me the product keys told me that Microsoft let you install it on 1 desktop plus 1 laptop. Anyone of you have contacted Microsoft about this before?
View 14 RepliesMy son moved out of town and now wants his copy of Windows XP Pro that he left behind. I have two copies that are idententical except for the product keys. Is there somewhere in Windows that would tell me which copy to send and which to keep? will he be able to reuse this disk to put on a new HD in a new computer? Can he put his old HD in a new computer?
I am managing a Windows 2003 Server Domain with Active Directory/Group Policy. I have reviewed my GPOs and I know that the problem does not exist with GPOs.
View 2 Replies View RelatedI run a small buisness repairing computers. When i get a computer with XP installed and the customer does not have their cd's i can't put XP back on it. Why can't i use my XP cd and their product key number. I tried this and it still won't work. Does any one know a work around. I am not trying to do anything illegal. The computer came with XP and was paid for/registered already. I just want to reformat it and get it up and running.
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View 3 Replies View RelatedI have to reinstall my XP Pro OS on my work PC. The XP CD for that is fairly old and only has SP1. I recently got a laptop with XP Pro SP2. Can I Install the OS using the laptop XP CD that has SP2 and type in the product Key for the older XP machine so I don't have to spend hours updating the SP1 install to SP2. I've done this with MS Office in the past when the silver coating on the CD got scraped off and I just installed with an Office CD from another machine and used the Product Key from the broken CD license. These are DELL machines if that makes any difference. The last time I reinstalled the laptop OS using the CD, I can't remember typing in the product key and I don't want to have any issues with licensing and activation.
View 9 Replies View RelatedI got a HP Vectra420 with P4 with 512MB RAM and XP license on it. Whats confusing me is the sticker "Windows XP Proffessional 1-2 CPU"?. It also syas "One Time Choice Only". Whats does this mean?.
View 2 Replies View RelatedI just gotta know if these are for real or if it is a scam or something. These sellers have 100% positive feedback. I could use a new product key.
View 6 Replies View RelatedI have been told that instead of having to buy another retail version of an operating system as long as I have the install disk all I have to do is get a product key through Microsoft for like 50 bucks. How Do I go at doing this I am looking at getting a product key for Windows Xp Pro 32bit.
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View 3 Replies View RelatedI thought that Windows XP (I think it is XP Pro, SP3) had one folder that stored all of your software product key/registration/license numbers? If so, which folder is it and where is it located?
View 4 Replies View RelatedI'm getting ready to reinstall XP Home on a Dell Dimension 2400 and when I run SIW, Everest and Belarc they all come up with the same Windows 25 character product key. But when I look at the sticker on the side of the tower there's a different product key. Why are the keys different and which one should I use?
View 3 Replies View RelatedAfter my neighbour updated his computer with all the latest updates from Microsoft every time he switches his computer on a set of keys appear in the desktop taskbar prompting him to register windows. As he had no product key sticker anywhere on the computer case I downloaded keyfinder from Download.com it found the product key in seconds. but I tried to register windows but it keeps telling me on the windows registration page that this copy is already registered.He only has six days left to register, what happens if after the six days past he still cannot get a product key.
I was recently cleaning out my office and found 2 old XP Pro edition discs as well as the product keys. I remembered that one is from an old laptop that was stolen a few years ago, and the other is from a old and busted dell that no longer works.
Is there a way to reclaim or deactivate the product keys on the old machines so that I may use these discs on other machines?
I recently installed SP3 on my Dell Dimension 2400, and it screwed things up. It won't let me uninstall it, so it would appear my only option at this point is to do a complete reformatting.I have a Dell reinstall XP +SP1 CD. From what I've gathered, this works for ALL Dell PCs, not sure if it came with mine, or my mother's Dimension 2350. Supposedly, it'll check the BIOS to see if it is a Dell computer, and then it will work. Regardless of model. (No model or BIOS version is listed on the CD its self.)However, I have some questions I'd like to have answered before I proceed.1. I've seen some instructions on how to make your own XP reinstall CD. Would doing that, or using the Dell reinstall CD be preferable?
2. If the Dell CD, there is..... something on the CD. I tried wiping it with a damp cloth, but it wouldn't come off. I've heard coating a CD in toothpaste is a good way to clean it. Is it really such a good idea?3. I've heard that as of 2006, Microsoft no longer honors product keys from OEMs. Does this mean I'm screwed if it asks me for a product key? (The key it came with is still on the sticker on the PC.)
Today I went and bought a new hard to install xp clean but only to find out Microsoft wouldn't accept my product keys which for some reason they have blocked . I never thought a retail version could be block . I call Microsoft to find out why my keys are being blocked . I was told that I was trying to activated it to many times in one day , or something like that , which really wasn't the case . I really never got a straight answer as to why . So now my retail version is no good to use .
View 6 Replies View RelatedI need to find the product key for my Win98 that was originally installed on my system. It nows has the Win XP upgrade installed, several years ago. I can get the product key for the winXP no problem but cant get the 98!I did use the Belarc advisor but it only shows the XP stuff!
View 13 Replies View RelatedMy Norton AntiVirus just upgraded from v2008 to v2009.Several weirdnesses ensued:
1. At the Windows Welcome screen, arrow keys could move the user selection up & down, but no alphanumeric keys made any visible entry (dot) in password field. Clicking Shut Down and restarting corrected this (for now, anyway).
2. The [Start] > [Log Off] > [Switch Users] button is missing. This would be a straightforward fix, except that
3. In Control Panel, User Accounts lacks "Change the way users log on or off"! [Is XP SP3's REAL purpose to hose up a nicely-running XP SP2 box, so the owner will FINALLY spring for a Vista system?]
4. Clicking any of the "Learn About." links opens the help page in IE7, but with its contents crowded to the left and the yellow bar at the top. Clicking to allow blocked content (Are you sure? YES!) results in yet another dialog about an ActiveX control that "might be unsafe" but the only new ActiveX control on this PC is one from Symantec, installed during the NAV 2009 upgrade. NAV 2009 was the FIRST product I've run into that did NOT permit its EULA to be selected, printed or saved. I like to keep a record of things I've agreed to, but that text was out of reach! Sixteen screenshots later.
I inadvertantly switched on sticky keys. I have since switched it off but my backspace, arrow keys and Fn keys no longer work.
View 7 Replies View Relatedthere is a GENUINE XP PROFESSIONAL CD with it's case. But neither the case nor the CD has the product key on it. So I am not able to install it on my new HD. Is there any way to install this XP PROFESSIONAL without the product key or get the product key somehow?
I'm having a problem with 'Entire Network/Microsoft Windows Network' view!
So, I can normally see the domain, but when I want to see what computers are under that domain, it throws me an error (... not available. ...)!
My daughter has XP Pro on her laptop and I have XP Home on my laptop. Both are legal and registered but we'd like to swap the operating systems. Hers is a smaller, slower and older machine then mine so there shouldn't be any hardware problems or capacity issues.
View 7 Replies View RelatedHow do you get into your computer BIOS to change it. On one post it said to
hit F8 but when I do that the computer just clicks?
I have two computer at home for personal use. I bought Windows xp and was wondering if i can install it on both computers or is it only meant to be used on one.
View 9 Replies View RelatedI have a laptop and a PC that share one email address through Outlook. Is there a way to answer or file, or delete received emails on one computer and have that action done on the other computer? I end up having to repeat the deletions, especially, twice --- once on each computer.
View 1 Replies View RelatedI have a gateway desktop running win 2000 pro spk 4 and a Dell laptop running win xp pro spk2, i have a wireless router that allow my desktop thru a wired to conect to the internet and the laptop also connect wireless, but i want to be able to access the files and folders from each other, what do i need to do in order to browse each other i tried to share both hds and also created in both of them same workgroup name but when i browse from one each i don't see the other one and viceversa.
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We have 3 computers and have connected all 3 to a d-link router. The problem we are having is that only 2 comps will work online at one time. The other one gets an error message. Our system is windows xp and we have tried rearranging the cables but the problem stays the same.
I have three computers that i need to connect to each other and to my network. What I want to do is put 2 NICs in each of the three computers and connect Computer A to Computer C and Computer B to Computer C via crossover cable. The second NIC in each of the three computers will be used to connect each of the computers to my network
View 5 Replies View RelatedI'm wondering if it's illegal to run my windows xp on 2 computers in my house that run on the same internet. If it IS illegal, what are the consequences? and how would this be caught?
View 2 Replies View RelatedMy windows update utility is trying to send an update "Microsoft .Net Framework." It is a rather large file, around 70 Mb. The two computers in question are a netbook and an older computer I use to run ham radio programs. Both run XP Home. What is .net framework and do I need to run the updates?
View 5 Replies View RelatedI have 10 Computers in my local network ipaddress starts. I need following data's from all clients
1. Outlook mail box
2.Outlook Address Book
3.Documents and settings profile ( Ex.All users)
I need to save automatically all client PC files what i mentioned in above all files to move a copy through my server PC through network ( Ex \192.168.100.41Backup )
Each PC have individual folder. Every restart this script will take a backup ( First time full backup next time always take only incremental backup. I need a script of BATCH file for this operation.