I am tring to install a USB serial cable to enable me to use com port devicse since my laptop doesnt have Com port device.I have the serial cable and any time i try to install it it asks for a soft ware to be installed, but i dont have the software.Can any body help me out to solve this problem plz? This is the spcification what i get from device managar+USB controll+Details.
View 6 Replieshow i can change a product key in windows xp? is there a tool wer i can download to change from 1 seriel to another valid seriel?
Can a Windows 2003 Domain Controller communicate with a Windows 2000 Domain Controller? The reason I ask this is that I want to upgrade my Domain Contoller to Windows 2003, but want to have the backup Windows 2000 machine running as a backup Domain Controller.
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View 6 Replies View RelatedIm trying to reinstall XP onto a laptop (Professional, Service Pack 2) and when I get to the Serial Key screen, the key is invalid. I know the key I have is valid (Generated through MSDN site), so I have tried to use a newer version of the disc. When rebooting the machine, it tells me to insert the previous disc....so my question is this. Is there any way I can start the installation from the very beginning, using the newer disc, so that I can use the key?
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View 9 Replies View RelatedIf you slipstream SP2 onto a pirated Xp Pro disk does it bypass the serial/wga check and let you install w/ sp2
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View 2 Replies View RelatedI have what probably amounts to a stupid question, but I honestly can't recall. I've come across an old system that needs to have windows XP reinstalled, and I'm not sure what disk I'm going to require.The System is an old Dell Dimension 4550, and had an install of Win XP pro SP1 installed on it, and has the sticker stuck to the side of it (with the serial).My question is, before I wipe this thing, I want to make sure I have, or can get a Version of XP that will accept that particular serial when I do the reinstall. I'd hate to bring it down and then find that I can't get it to reinstall with its original XP Key.I have access to pressed/original versions of oem/retail Windows XP SP2 for sure.
I may have a version of SP1 somewhere, but I'm not even sure what type it was, I think it worked with Volume License keys (I'm assuming the actual CDs are different for VL OEM and Retail).My question is, are newer versions such as XP Pro SP2, going to be aware of older serial keys?Would XP SP3 work (I hear it doesn't ask for the key at the beginning but at the end), and if so is there a place where the ISO for XP SP3 is legitimately available?I have a valid XP SP1 key, I just want to make sure I can get it back up after I wipe it.
ok well this question interested me I have a japanese computer and it came with a key number that is running ubuntu(I really hate japanese windows) but i want to install xp english on it can i use the japanese serial key to install an english version? is anything in the microsoft world as easy and straight forward as that?
View 8 Replies View RelatedMy work recently got new computers, so there were kind enough to let us take our old Dells home since they were like three years old. There was a ton of work stuff on this computer, so I decided to format the hard drive and start fresh. Everything was going great until I got to the place in the install where I have to enter the serial number for Windows 2000. I tried my home copy and it would not work. I tried a few other valid key codes and they still do not work.
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View 14 Replies View RelatedWe have a new user at our work place. To make a long story short, he accidentally threw away our serial number for Microsoft server 2003.I am trying not to alert my manager yet, so therefore, I do not want to contact microsoft for a solution, because they would need to speak to him.So i am trying to save his rear-end, how could i retrieve the serial number for our MS SERVER 2003?Can i find this info on our actual server? some where in the registry?
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The file serial.sys is corrupted.
Press any key to continue
... and at the bottom it says
Setup failed. press any key to restart your computer.
Any ideas ?
I was able to get XP installed using my CD with a only a couple of little hiccups that I got past. Now, I'm trying to change the serial number to his via the sticker on the bottom per the instructions at MS Q328874. I don't know if the problem is that my CD is an upgrade CD instead of a full install or if it's that the solution only applies to volume licensing. Does anyone know if I need to activate the current serial number before changing it to the correct number? Or will it not work at all since mine is the upgrade version?
View 14 Replies View RelatedI just formatted my comp and re-installed XP. I had vista for awhile but I discovered that it sucks. I am using a custum built computer and i cant figure out if its the driver or what
View 14 Replies View RelatedWhile trying to upgrade from Windows 98SE to XP professional I get a compatibility message that says upgrade is blocked because my HPT366 ultra ATA/66 IDE controller is not compatible.Is there anything I can do, such as a driver upgrade?
View 4 Replies View RelatedI just installed a nexxtech 7 port 2.0 usb hub,and now when I use my printer up pops this"You must add a hi speed usb host controller to this p.c. to obtain max. speed." Can someone simplify what is necessary here. My cordless mouse,netmate link and printer are all that runs off of this usb hub. WXP/pro/sp2 800 mhz.
View 14 Replies View RelatedI recently had a problem with the VUNDO Trojan on my XP PC. I removed it using MalwareBytes but it appears to have left a problem behind.
In my System, Device Manager, I have an entry for my SCSI and RAID Controllers called ACLGRWTP IDE Controller which is yellow flagged. I have uninstalled it but it always comes back and XP tries to install it to no avail.
Someone reinstalled Windows XP on my son's computer, and now it is not working properly, so I am trying to help get it fixed. I have limited experience with this sort of thing. The specs on the computer are as follows: Acer Aspire 5050-3371 AMD Turion 64 Mobile Technology MK-36 (2.0 Ghz 512 KB L2 cache) It will not connect to the internet, and when you check the Device Manager, it gives a yellow question mark under "Other devices". The other devices that have question marks
View 7 Replies View Relatedrequired the reloading of Windows XP professional on my factory-loaded laptop. I didn't have the CD, so I went to a shop and they did it. Since then, I've been getting this "new hardware" balloon when I start up, and it asks for file "el90Xbc5.SYS on ECD541DP90X". It asks for dwinxplan to load it from. Being CD'less, I've just cancelled it before. Now I'd like to work out how to deal with it can I get this file from somewhere
View 3 Replies View RelatedI recently purchased Madden 2005 for the pc, I have always used a PS2 controller with a adapter to use it on my pc, but now I am having problems configing it with my ps2 controller. My adapter came w/ just a driver no software. Is there any universal software that I could use that could possibly make it so I could revamp what keys are assigned to which button. If you buy a logitech controller, it comes w/ software to change which button is considered button "1" and "2" etc...Im looking for something like that, that you could use with this adapter, like I said something universal.
View 1 Replies View RelatedI've just bought a Lacie Porsche external harddisk 120GB if i connect it to a Windows XP Pro. SP2 / Desktop Small factor D500 1.7 Ghz PC the controller recognizes that a device has been connected but i cannot find it of my computer neither on the Disk management window.
View 1 Replies View RelatedI have a USB controller for some of my games, and I don't know how but after a while problems started to occur, and my controller would no long work properly so every time I booted up my PC I had to unplug it and plug it back into another port, and it would work. Now My controller doesn't work with any of the ports except 1, so now when I boot up the PC in order to use the controller I have to unplug and replug it into the usb port.
View 1 Replies View RelatedThis pc has been with me for a few months, no poblems at all. One day it just Bsods. Thinking it was just some random WinXP error, I restarted it and never thought of it again, until it happened AGAIN. 3rd times the charm, right? WRONG. After a few more I couldn't do anything basically. Boot > Bsod. So after a few Google searches and self troubleshooting later I got it almost sorted out. Also if I take this HDD to another computer it works fine. So, the problem seems to be my IDE controller. (atapi.sys) So I am requesting a place where I can find a clean atapi.sys and go replace it with the windows system recovery console. Also I am curently running a full system check for viruses on that working computer.Stuff that I have tried while trying to fix the bsod: Changing IDE cables, Resetting the bios/cmos reset, plugging it into the secondary IDE port, playing around with jumpers, replacing RAM sticks.
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