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Guest
Hi,
First let me preface, I'm trying to help a relative and in no way am I
trying to circumvent MS's activation, EULA, or other copyright policies for
Windows XP.
Here's the problem:
My future sister in-law corrupted her OS on her computer. Before asking
anyone for help she tried to re-install Windows XP. During the installation
process, she found out that she had lost the Registration Key that came with
her HP Pavillion Laptop computer. So she called a friend who gave her a
registration key so that she could finish installing and activating the OS.
But it turns out that the registration key she got was a "bad" key and now
she can't update her system at MS Update.
This is where she called me. I told her, "Yup, that's a 'bad' key and she
needed to find her original key for her system."
My question: "Is there a legal way to retrieve the old key and get her
computer legal again?" The Old OS is gone, so there's no retrieving it from
there. Or is there a hidden back-up of the old OS that I might be able to
retrieve the number from if it's not corrupted too?
note: Don't reply with hacks. I could have found all the hacks I wanted to
get her system working. I just want to know of a legal way shy of buying
Windows XP again.
First let me preface, I'm trying to help a relative and in no way am I
trying to circumvent MS's activation, EULA, or other copyright policies for
Windows XP.
Here's the problem:
My future sister in-law corrupted her OS on her computer. Before asking
anyone for help she tried to re-install Windows XP. During the installation
process, she found out that she had lost the Registration Key that came with
her HP Pavillion Laptop computer. So she called a friend who gave her a
registration key so that she could finish installing and activating the OS.
But it turns out that the registration key she got was a "bad" key and now
she can't update her system at MS Update.
This is where she called me. I told her, "Yup, that's a 'bad' key and she
needed to find her original key for her system."
My question: "Is there a legal way to retrieve the old key and get her
computer legal again?" The Old OS is gone, so there's no retrieving it from
there. Or is there a hidden back-up of the old OS that I might be able to
retrieve the number from if it's not corrupted too?
note: Don't reply with hacks. I could have found all the hacks I wanted to
get her system working. I just want to know of a legal way shy of buying
Windows XP again.