R
Rauschman
I just reformatted a friend's HP Pavilion laptop with XP Home. In the
condition I received it, the computer would not even turn on, and I
didn't bother booting from a recovery disk or preinstallation
environment to run a keyfinder simply because there is a genuine
product label on the bottom of the laptop that states XP Home Edition
and has a product key. I installed XP with my own OEM XP Home disk
(because the laptop had OEM originally), and the key from the bottom
of the laptop was accepted without issue. Now I have SP2 installed and
the computer is saying the key is invalid. I tried to run activation
and change key by telephoning microsoft, but the key still will not be
accepted. I am guessing that this is because I'm trying to put an
original key into SP2. Any suggestions where I can go from here?
condition I received it, the computer would not even turn on, and I
didn't bother booting from a recovery disk or preinstallation
environment to run a keyfinder simply because there is a genuine
product label on the bottom of the laptop that states XP Home Edition
and has a product key. I installed XP with my own OEM XP Home disk
(because the laptop had OEM originally), and the key from the bottom
of the laptop was accepted without issue. Now I have SP2 installed and
the computer is saying the key is invalid. I tried to run activation
and change key by telephoning microsoft, but the key still will not be
accepted. I am guessing that this is because I'm trying to put an
original key into SP2. Any suggestions where I can go from here?