Non-genuine XP to Genuine XP ??? How??

[Justin]

I have a laptop that comes with a WinXP Pro SP2. But it only gives me a
recovery CD, but not a full OS installation CD. When I last used the
recovery CD, everything was fine except the sound driver. After the
recovery process, my sound quality became very low and my speaker
system doesn't produce any low frequency sound even though I use
equalizer to maximize the low frequency. I thought it was the sound
driver problem, so I tried to update the sound driver but to no avail.
I contacted Acer and they gave me the same solution: to update the
sound driver. My sound driver is Realtek AC'97.

Now I wonder if I can use a non-genuine WinXP Pro SP2 CD to install the
windows and then use my own product key to activate my windows. Will
this make my windows genuine? I can now only think of this solution
after trying a lot of times updating the sound driver. Maybe you can
suggest me how to completely remove the original sound driver and then
reinstall my driver.

Thank you for your help.

Justin

 

[GHalleck]

I have a laptop that comes with a WinXP Pro SP2. But it only gives me a
recovery CD, but not a full OS installation CD. When I last used the
recovery CD, everything was fine except the sound driver. After the
recovery process, my sound quality became very low and my speaker
system doesn't produce any low frequency sound even though I use
equalizer to maximize the low frequency. I thought it was the sound
driver problem, so I tried to update the sound driver but to no avail.
I contacted Acer and they gave me the same solution: to update the
sound driver. My sound driver is Realtek AC'97.

Now I wonder if I can use a non-genuine WinXP Pro SP2 CD to install the
windows and then use my own product key to activate my windows. Will
this make my windows genuine? I can now only think of this solution
after trying a lot of times updating the sound driver. Maybe you can
suggest me how to completely remove the original sound driver and then
reinstall my driver.

Thank you for your help.

Justin

The best course of action is to work with the OEM who built
the laptop. The right driver has to exist somewhere unless
you are trying to extract bass reproduction in a sound system
that does not have it. (For example, my 150-Watt per channel
stereo with 12-inch woofers in a bass-reflex box can go down
to about 30 Hz.) And it is equally doubtful that such drivers
would be typically found in any Windows XP distribution cdrom
except as a downloadable item. Checked with Realtek? This is
not a Windows problem.

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

I have a laptop that comes with a WinXP Pro SP2. But it only gives me
a recovery CD, but not a full OS installation CD. When I last used the
recovery CD, everything was fine except the sound driver. After the
recovery process, my sound quality became very low and my speaker
system doesn't produce any low frequency sound even though I use
equalizer to maximize the low frequency. I thought it was the sound
driver problem, so I tried to update the sound driver but to no avail.
I contacted Acer and they gave me the same solution: to update the
sound driver. My sound driver is Realtek AC'97.

Now I wonder if I can use a non-genuine WinXP Pro SP2 CD to install
the windows and then use my own product key to activate my windows.

Almost certainly not. Your product key is an OEM one and will only work with
OEM CDs. It may not even work with CDs from other OEMs.

Will this make my windows genuine? I can now only think of this
solution

It's highly unlikely that it would solve the problem anyway.

after trying a lot of times updating the sound driver. Maybe
you can suggest me how to completely remove the original sound driver
and then reinstall my driver.

Didn't Acer give you instructions? Call them again, and make you clearly
uinderstand excatly what they tell you. If necessary, keep them on the phone
while they walk you through the process. Almost certainly you haven't done
it properly.

 

[Justin]

Imm...I have checked with Realtek. And my speaker system can produce
low freq sound when I purchased the laptop.

I will tell you my full story. I have a pirated Windows XP SP2 CD. I
installed it on my laptop and also installed the same Realtek sound
driver (that I used when updating the sound driver of Acer-recovered
WinXP)...boom....there it is....I can hear the low freq sound...But
when I use Acer Recovery CD and tried to update the pre-installed sound
driver with the same driver, I can not hear the low freq sound...

The driver version I use is RealTek A3.79 and it is in EXE format. Can
you let me know where I can find the dirver "not in EXE" format?

Thanks.

 

[Justin]

Acer did give me instruction how to do it. But, the procedure is the
same as that I use. Also, I have finished A+ myself, so I know at least
how to update the dirver. But, the problem is really undiagnosable and
it takes a lot of time to repeat the precedure.

Thank you anyway. The driver I currently use is in EXE format. Can you
let me know a driver which is not in EXE format?

thanks

 

[Richard in AZ]

The EXE form of driver is an installation file. This type of file usually installs the drivers when
you run the program. The EXE file itself is not a driver file.

Acer did give me instruction how to do it. But, the procedure is the
same as that I use. Also, I have finished A+ myself, so I know at least
how to update the dirver. But, the problem is really undiagnosable and
it takes a lot of time to repeat the precedure.

Thank you anyway. The driver I currently use is in EXE format. Can you
let me know a driver which is not in EXE format?

thanks

 

[Donald McDaniel]

Imm...I have checked with Realtek. And my speaker system can produce
low freq sound when I purchased the laptop.

I will tell you my full story. I have a pirated Windows XP SP2 CD. I
installed it on my laptop and also installed the same Realtek sound
driver (that I used when updating the sound driver of Acer-recovered
WinXP)...boom....there it is....I can hear the low freq sound...But
when I use Acer Recovery CD and tried to update the pre-installed sound
driver with the same driver, I can not hear the low freq sound...

The driver version I use is RealTek A3.79 and it is in EXE format. Can
you let me know where I can find the dirver "not in EXE" format?

Thanks.

To switch from a pirated version of XP to a genuine version, do a
clean install with a genuine version of XP.

DUH!!!


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