install/validate/genuine problem

[Shenan Stanley]

Cross posted to "xp.general" as it seemed to be deleted immediately on
server (or so OE says).

Hardware hit from lightning so new hd and video card and start over.

All goes well with install using a slipstreamed XP-Pro SP3 disk but I
notice
it never asks for the Product Key during install yet it Activates itself
during one of the boots and I think little of it until ...

During the updates which followed (100+!!!) I notice Windows Defender
doesn't seem to run or leave itself installed. As it is running on my
laptop
figured I just download it.

When I run it, it wants to first do the Genuine Advantage bs which I let
it,
at which time it says "bogus". Ugh, guess got to somehow enter in the key
I'm looking at on the guaranteed genuine Compaq label still attached to
the
side of the case.

Thinking docs indicate straightforward, invalidte the "timer" in the
registry, do the Therefore do the "%systemroot%\system32\oobe\msoobe.exe
/a"
thingie and go to enter the key. It's not accepted! It's a XP Pro install
andI'm trying to enter a REAL XP key. What's the problem?

Haven't rebooted since then but willing to bet there'll be some bs when it
needs to.

P.S. System Properties/ General tab shows blank lines and has since
install?

Was there something in there to answer?

Use this tool:
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=50346&clcid=0x409
(Fix your product key problem.)

Of course that assumes you installed with the same edition of Windows that
is on the product key sticker on your "Compaq label"... A Windows XP
Professional installation would require a Windows XP Professional product
key.

Other advice:

Do not use "Windows Defender". If you insist on using a Microsoft based
product - go to "Microsoft Security Essentials" at least - but I suggest not
using either, get and use Avira AntiVir (free) or eSet NOD32 (at a cost) <-
just simple, good antivirus solutions with small footprints and excellent
records.

 

[Daave]

Cross posted to "xp.general" as it seemed to be deleted immediately on
server (or so OE says).

(Multi-posted is the term if it is not simultaneous.)

Nothing was deleted on my end. (At least, not yet!) At any rate, here's
the thread:

http://groups.google.com/group/micr...e8d20da35b7cad48?hl=en&tvc=1#e8d20da35b7cad48

 

[Shenan Stanley]

Cross posted to "xp.general" as it seemed to be deleted immediately on
server (or so OE says).

Hardware hit from lightning so new hd and video card and start over.

All goes well with install using a slipstreamed XP-Pro SP3 disk but I
notice
it never asks for the Product Key during install yet it Activates itself
during one of the boots and I think little of it until ...

During the updates which followed (100+!!!) I notice Windows Defender
doesn't seem to run or leave itself installed. As it is running on my
laptop
figured I just download it.

When I run it, it wants to first do the Genuine Advantage bs which I let
it,
at which time it says "bogus". Ugh, guess got to somehow enter in the key
I'm looking at on the guaranteed genuine Compaq label still attached to
the
side of the case.

Thinking docs indicate straightforward, invalidte the "timer" in the
registry, do the Therefore do the "%systemroot%\system32\oobe\msoobe.exe
/a"
thingie and go to enter the key. It's not accepted! It's a XP Pro install
andI'm trying to enter a REAL XP key. What's the problem?

Haven't rebooted since then but willing to bet there'll be some bs when it
needs to.

P.S. System Properties/ General tab shows blank lines and has since
install?

Was there something in there to answer?

Use this tool:
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=50346&clcid=0x409
(Fix your product key problem.)

Of course that assumes you installed with the same edition of Windows that
is on the product key sticker on your "Compaq label"... A Windows XP
Professional installation would require a Windows XP Professional product
key.

Other advice:

Do not use "Windows Defender". If you insist on using a Microsoft based
product - go to "Microsoft Security Essentials" at least - but I suggest
not using either, get and use Avira AntiVir (free) or eSet NOD32 (at a
cost) <- just simple, good antivirus solutions with small footprints and
excellent records.

It appears you also must know beforehand if it's an OEN or VLK Pro disk.

Yours (product key) is an OEM. Sticker on the side of a machine...

Use the tool, enter the key you have on the sticker, should work out okay.

 

[pjp]

Cross posted to "xp.general" as it seemed to be deleted immediately on
server (or so OE says).

Hardware hit from lightning so new hd and video card and start over.

All goes well with install using a slipstreamed XP-Pro SP3 disk but I notice
it never asks for the Product Key during install yet it Activates itself
during one of the boots and I think little of it until ...

During the updates which followed (100+!!!) I notice Windows Defender
doesn't seem to run or leave itself installed. As it is running on my laptop
figured I just download it.

When I run it, it wants to first do the Genuine Advantage bs which I let it,
at which time it says "bogus". Ugh, guess got to somehow enter in the key
I'm looking at on the guaranteed genuine Compaq label still attached to the
side of the case.

Thinking docs indicate straightforward, invalidte the "timer" in the
registry, do the Therefore do the "%systemroot%\system32\oobe\msoobe.exe /a"
thingie and go to enter the key. It's not accepted! It's a XP Pro install
andI'm trying to enter a REAL XP key. What's the problem?

Haven't rebooted since then but willing to bet there'll be some bs when it
needs to.

P.S. System Properties/ General tab shows blank lines and has since install?

 

[pjp]

Was there something in there to answer?

Use this tool:
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=50346&clcid=0x409
(Fix your product key problem.)

Of course that assumes you installed with the same edition of Windows that
is on the product key sticker on your "Compaq label"... A Windows XP
Professional installation would require a Windows XP Professional product
key.

It appears you also must know beforehand if it's an OEN or VLK Pro disk.

 

[pjp]

Yours (product key) is an OEM. Sticker on the side of a machine...

Use the tool, enter the key you have on the sticker, should work out okay.

The ChangeVBS script, the Activation Wizard and MGDiag all refuse to change
it???
Haven't bothered calling back from last call where they had me download and
run it.
I got a feeling it more or less can't be done and it's start over so I'll
just finish this
download going on for a bit (15 gigs) and decide then.

I'm expecting some hassle next reboot and if it's a pain I'll just reboot
again with what
I think is proper cd knowing if it don't ask for Product Number try another
cd

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

Cross posted to "xp.general" as it seemed to be deleted immediately on
server (or so OE says).

Do you mean you sent a separate message to xp.general?

If so, that is *not* cross-posting, it's multi-posting.

Please do not send the same message separately to more than one
newsgroup (called multiposting). Doing so just fragments the thread,
so someone who answers in one newsgroup doesn't always get to see
answers from others in another newsgroup. And for those who read all
the newsgroups the message is multiposted to, they see the message
multiple times instead of once (they would see it only once if you
correctly crossposted instead). This wastes everyone's time, and gets
you poorer help than you should get.

If you must send the same message to more than one newsgroup, please
do so by crossposting -- sending a single message simultaneously to
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Please see "Multiposting vs Crossposting" at
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