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Pygmalion
Hello all,
Recently my friend's Windows XP Home edition has completely crashed.
He got his Windows XP with the computer and he has sticker with
Product key glued on the back of his computer. However, he lost
installation CD (if he ever got one).
I said: OK, no problem, I will borrow another Windows XP Home edition
installation, and after installation I shall change the product key to
the one you have on your sticker. However, I got something wrong.
Windows that I installed did not want to recognise that key as a valid
one.
What is wrong? Is that because installation I borrowed was Windows
with SP2, while his product key could be valid only for Windows with
SP1 or without and SP at all? Or is his product key valid only for
Windows installations that come with that type of computer (Fujitsu -
Siemens)?
Please tell me what to do.
Thanks, Marko.
Recently my friend's Windows XP Home edition has completely crashed.
He got his Windows XP with the computer and he has sticker with
Product key glued on the back of his computer. However, he lost
installation CD (if he ever got one).
I said: OK, no problem, I will borrow another Windows XP Home edition
installation, and after installation I shall change the product key to
the one you have on your sticker. However, I got something wrong.
Windows that I installed did not want to recognise that key as a valid
one.
What is wrong? Is that because installation I borrowed was Windows
with SP2, while his product key could be valid only for Windows with
SP1 or without and SP at all? Or is his product key valid only for
Windows installations that come with that type of computer (Fujitsu -
Siemens)?
Please tell me what to do.
Thanks, Marko.