A friend installed his copy of XP on my machine many months ago. I already had my own license for XP at that point, but as a matter of convenience at the time, we installed his copy. Now as you know, MS won't supply automatic updates anymore, because they think I have a stolen copy of XP. Technically correct, but realistically, not quite that bad. How do I tell the operating system my correct license code? Will I need to reinstall the OS, or can it be done with less fuss?
so my Mom bought an HP pc about a year ago, she doesn't seem very bothered, but my brother and I are constantly finding problems. so we've been talking about reinstalling the system with a regular xp home edition,but will her license code from mediacenter go in home? we don't want to install home just to find out that it wont work, but we don't want media center edition either!
I post to be clear about my confusion regarding Windows.It's an original one,purchased through a miidleman and currently installed in this pc.However.The middleman did not give us the lisence code.He himself installed it. However,we are suspecting him to hack my computer for last couple of months and finally stopped the hacking.Can you give me some idea that how can I recover the license code from my computer tself?So that next time when I will format my machine I will enter the same code.See, this is not like I am demanding for a regestration code.And the foolishness from our side was not to contact Windows directly.We were quite illeterate about these things at that
While looking through c drive to locate the cookies folder, I went into the windows folder and I found a stack of notebook entries all very similar.The title is copied and pasted from the last line in one of the notepad texts.I looked at some of the others and they are all alike.I have no iea what this is.Can anybody shed some light on this please?
I'm slowly going out of my mind with my ageing laptop...! Im running windows xp home and recently upgraded to sp3. Im not sure if the update caused it but since since then I cant:
1) Install any updates from microsoft either singularly or multiple... 2) Log into messenger.... keep getting error code 800706ba scoured the net for solution and tried most of them..(install-uninstall-cleard/deleted cache etc) 3)Some weird display characters/lines. on startup a lot of characters have been replaced with others.... 4) Word documents start with a warning that document could not be registered
Im running zone alarm security suite v8.0.059.000 up to date Not sure if this helps but.... on my search for answers, I have found a number of issues my windows installer was not correctly installed (trying to sort out updates when I found this out) so is now fixed dcom server process launcher is missing presumed lost in Services.msc
XP Pro sp3. installed windows defender yesterday, but when i try to get update, i get that error..I did a forum search here, followed the instruction there in, but still cannot update defender. I can connect to the update site, and download updates, so i know its not a problem with connecting with the microsoft site.
Feel better now, Windows XP Media Center Edition Service Pack 2 (build 2600)is installed on my computer, I am aware that update (KB930494), is critical and necessary to maintain security integrity within my system yet it will not load regardless of what I do, (disabled all virus protection; spyware protection...etc) and any other installed program that may interfere, still I cannot load this update and only this update. I have a detailed analysis of my system (BeLarc), every KB****** (windows update) is installed per the 08/14/2007 Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary and functioning beautifully except for this one. It will not load and does not give a detailed sheet message either. It simply states that that KB930494 was an unsuccessful update....
So this week MS released a critical update for IE6. The IE update failed on my machine.I submitted a trouble ticket via MS online portal which is free if a failure or anomaly occurs during a windows update. Yes, I gave permission for the MS portal to extract certain files.At the moment I am disinclined to download IE7 as my 99% preference4 is Firefox save for Windows and Office updates which require IE.Here is the response from MS.
Anyone here having probs trying to install this latest update from Microsoft?I'm running Winxp home sp2.The update just sits in my system tray and when i tries to install it it fails.
I know that may seem like a relatively obvious question however I was hoping to flush out some details from people with more experience than I possess.I was told that if you have a retail copy of XP pro, if you stop using old machine and buy a new 1 then you can transfer your license across. I however purchased an OEM copy of XP pro about 4 years for my old laptop. I have not used it in a few years and was hoping that if I make a new computer I can use my old key. I am pretty sure when I try to activate it that it will say the key is no good and to call their help number but what details are stored on their system? If I say that I have simply formatted my old machine and are doing a new install will I then be able to use the code they give me for my new machine or is the code somehow 'locked' to the CPU number or something? If any1 has any experience migrating a license across then please advise me. I do not wish to use a pirated copy and will buy a new license if needed but hope that it is not neccesary since I paid for this license and I am happy to format my old machine and not use it again.
I cannot get it to come up at all. I tried everything and I'm now looking at reloading Windows. I have all the software that came with it, and I have a copy of XP home, but I can't find anything with the license key information. The F10 recovery does not work. F8 does not work. I cannot get Windows to load at all. Does anyone know how I can find out what the license key is? Will HP give me that info? I can call them..but I just hate talking with their tech support.
What is a Windows XP license? Does one really exist? All the latest oem versions are now supplied in boxes, and in the box is a leaflet which states that the sticker for the pc is not the licence, but is to help the end user to determine whether or not the installation is genuine & not pirated.
does anyone know where I can get a cheap xp license, I have the cd, so I was wondering if there are any type of programs I could take advantage of to get a cheaper xp license..
I found that SBS has a 1 time deal to use the key, and then even if installing on the same machine, you have to call to get a new key. I wrote down the key and wonder if I can reactivate a reinstall using the same key. I am hoping I do not need to do a scratch install, but if I do, I dont want to have to call the indians if I dont need to.
After installing a windows xp in a system it shows an icon at the bottom of the task bar to activate with the license key and and we can activate it by using the license key and this is one way but instead of activating it by using that icon is there any other way to activate the windows xp internally with the license key.
I've given for a time my notebook with WinXP Pro SP2 to a colleague.has reinstalled windows and since that I receive an error message log (Event viewer System Ivent id 10020)"The machine wide Default Launch and Activation security descriptor is invalid. It contains Access Control Entries with permissions that are invalid. The requested action was therefore not performed. This security permission can be corrected using the Component Services administrative tool."And also the Microsoft Genuine "told" me that my license key is not valid. Is there any possibilities to set up both problems without reinstalling Windows XP with completely new copy.
I have about 30 laptop computers with XP Pro. I'd like to install the OS, Office, and other APPs w/out using a specific license key. Then, make a ghost image of that installation. Later, when a laptop goes bad (they do all the time) I can ghost the image back, register the appropriate license key(s) and get started. Is there such a way for me to install Windows and Office?
I have a really old retail version of WinXP Pro that doesn't have any Service Packs on it. I bought it when it first came out.
Is there any way for me to purchase a new genuine WinXP Pro CD only, that would have SP2 on it and some of the latest updates? I already have a genuine license key
I work for a small company that has about 20 workstations, most running XP Pro, most purchased from Dell with XP preinstalled. We have no volume license. As PC's are retired from service, can the XP license be transferred to another machine? If so, how? If not, why not? It would seem that legally, if I own 20 legal copies of an OS, I ought to be able to run 20 copies on 20 PC's, regardless of which 20 PC's.
I have a question regarding a legal aspects of Windows XP.I have a machine running XP Pro. In the very near future, I am planning on getting rid it in favor of a new one. However, I would still like to keep the OS license.Am I allowed to reinstall XP Pro on the new PC using the same CD Key? Do I need to notify Microsoft in any way? Is there a special uninstallation process I need to apply to the old machine to 'release' the license?
I recently updated my laptop to Windows Vista, but it came with Windows XP. I'm not exactly sure of Microsoft's licensing rules, but can I take the XP Key and apply that to my other computer since the XP key is no longer in use, or am I somehow braking the rules?
I would like to change the name I used when I installed Windows XP (Home Edition).Can I do it someway with Windows installed or I need to reinstall everything again?
I have an XP OEM license on my old computer. I want to replace and junk this old computer. Will M$ allow me to reactivate my OEM license on my new computer?
I just bought xp home (upgrade) on ebay from a guy who says he scrapped the computer it was activated on. Assuming he's on the up and up, what do we have to do to for me to activate it on my machine? I could find nothing about this on the MS site.
I made the mistake of installing the "latest" MB drivers on my MSI Platinum motherboard. MS WIN XP seems to have a spyware program that detects thse changes and asked me to "re-register" my OEM software. Since I did not have my network connection up, I attempted to do it on the telephone. And because I am at least semi-honest, I let it slip that I had installed my copy of XP on two personal computers. After getting the MS Lecture (Thou shalt not use a single license on more than one PC), I was switched to another person who offered me a second license for a mere $184 US. I reluctantly agreed. He tried three times to enter my OEM XP disc's numbers into the re-authorization system and failed.
