key to version

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Guest

I have a dell d610 laptop with replaced hard disk but lost restore CD.

Well, the product key of the Win XP Professional is on the sticker on the
laptop. But when I try to install from a XP professional CD it constantly
says that the product key is invalid. Whick version of windows XP do I have a
license for, and what can I install???!!!! Is it possible to tell from this
product key?

Windows XP professional DELL

J4KCK 8RG78 8D7G2 JGTV7 KJVBT

T7570

00045-559-425

X10-60256

theese are all numbers
 
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Mike Hall - MS MVP Windows Shell/User

Oskar

How nice of you to give out your personal key code.. now somebody else can
use it.. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!..

You have to use the same version of CD.. your original installation was of
the OEM type.. your key would not work with a full retail version.. the CD
would have to be an OEM version..
 
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John John

Under NO circumstances should you post Product ID keys to public
newsgroups! You risk having your key stolen and invalidated! The
reason it isn't working is because the key you are trying to use is an
OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) key. OEM keys do not work with
retail cd's. You will have to contact Dell to remedy the situation, or
borrow a Dell cd from someone.

John
 
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Martmcd

I may be wrong and am certain that any minute you will get an MVP with a
brain the size of a planet give you better info but,
you have an oem version of xp pro supplied by Dell - your best option (IMHO)
is to contact dell for a replacement recovery disk, will cost just a few
dollars.

publishing your key could cause you problems with wga if others use it (I
think??)

Martin
 
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Guest

Well, is it possible to remove my key from this discussion then?

Thanks anyway guys
(for all including my key in your replies, making it even harder to delete,
and more attractive in search engines...)

I guess I'll have to get an OEM cd from Dell then...
 
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Tom Willett

Your key is now floating around in cyberspace, propagating to more than just
the MS newsgroups for eternity.

Tom
| Well, is it possible to remove my key from this discussion then?
|
| Thanks anyway guys
| (for all including my key in your replies, making it even harder to
delete,
| and more attractive in search engines...)
|
| I guess I'll have to get an OEM cd from Dell then...
 
K

Ken Blake, MVP

John said:
Too late now, it's already in the Google archives
http://tinyurl.com/lb72o . In any case, once posted it's next to
impossible to retract.
Click to expand...


Yes. It's not just google, though. Newsgroup postings here (and elsewhere)
are very quickly propagated to all the many servers that carry the
particular newsgroup. Even if you get it off the server you use, it will be
on dozens or hundreds of other servers all over the world where you have no
ability to remove it.
 
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Tom Willett

When you replied to this post, couldn't you at least have had the courtesy
to delete the OP's product key?

Tom
 
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Martmcd

Like every other mistake one feels silly/stupid when its pointed out,
thanks!
my apologies to the OP, and to you for forcing you to remind me.
however, although I agree would have been prudent to remove it, I don't
think one should assume a lack of courtesy, we are trying to be constructive
and helpful but we are all human and do make mistakes.

Regards
Martin
 
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Mike Hall - MS MVP Windows Shell/User

As if it makes much difference.. as soon as the OP hit <enter>, the damage
was done.. :)
 
K

Ken Blake, MVP

Tom said:
When you replied to this post, couldn't you at least have had the
courtesy to delete the OP's product key?
Click to expand...


Larry didn't repost it. Why are you complaining to him?
 
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Larry Samuels

Hi Ken,

Unfortunately I did post it in quoted text (two levels deep) in one reply.
Tom was right to call me on it.


--
Larry Samuels Associate Expert
MS-MVP (2001-2005)
Unofficial FAQ for Windows Server 2003 at
http://pelos.us/SERVER.htm
Expert Zone-
 
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Tom Willett

Larry: I hope you understand I was being constructive in my post

Tom

Larry Samuels said:
Hi Ken,

Unfortunately I did post it in quoted text (two levels deep) in one reply.
Tom was right to call me on it.


--
Larry Samuels Associate Expert
MS-MVP (2001-2005)
Unofficial FAQ for Windows Server 2003 at
http://pelos.us/SERVER.htm
Expert Zone-
Click to expand...
 
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Martmcd

That was my fault too, as it was in a reply to my post.
thanks for the comment though.

as Mike pointed out earlier, the damage was already done by the OP but, if
it is not pointed out to us all we will make the same mistake again.

regards,
Martin

Larry Samuels said:
Hi Ken,

Unfortunately I did post it in quoted text (two levels deep) in one reply.
Tom was right to call me on it.


--
Larry Samuels Associate Expert
MS-MVP (2001-2005)
Unofficial FAQ for Windows Server 2003 at
http://pelos.us/SERVER.htm
Expert Zone-
Click to expand...
 

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