Product Key Label & Replacement Disk

[Guest]

I was wondering if there was any way to get a new product key label printed. You guys know the label that shows your key usually placed on the side of your computer (desktop) or on the bottom (laptop). I just replaced the case of my computer and i can remove the sticker and would like to get a new one.

Also, my Windows XP Professional disk is very scratched. Is there any possibility of me getting a replacement disk from Mircrosoft?

Thanks...

 

[Guest]

can't*

 

[Guest]

Andy,

Sure. Just call MS:

(425) 635-3311
(800) 936-5700
(800) 936-4900

Good Luck!

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

Because you have an OEM license for WinXP, you'll need to contact
the PC's manufacturer. Microsoft cannot help you with this issue.

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I was wondering if there was any way to get a new product key label

printed. You guys know the label that shows your key usually placed on
the side of your computer (desktop) or on the bottom (laptop). I just
replaced the case of my computer and i can remove the sticker and
would like to get a new one.

Also, my Windows XP Professional disk is very scratched. Is there

any possibility of me getting a replacement disk from Mircrosoft?

 

[Guest]

It is not an OEM license...

Greetings --

Because you have an OEM license for WinXP, you'll need to contact
the PC's manufacturer. Microsoft cannot help you with this issue.

Bruce Chambers
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You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on
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printed. You guys know the label that shows your key usually placed on
the side of your computer (desktop) or on the bottom (laptop). I just
replaced the case of my computer and i can remove the sticker and
would like to get a new one.
any possibility of me getting a replacement disk from Mircrosoft?

 

[D.Currie]

It has to be oem, because oem is the only one that has a sticker that would
go on the case. The retail version has a sticker that's on the booklet, or
whatever you call it, and it's not something that you could remove and stick
elsewhere.

If you have a cd burner, you might want to burn yourself a copy of that cd
before it gets scratched to the point it won't read correctly any more.

As far as the sticker, all you really need is the number. Write it on the CD
you're going to burn. After you've got it written somewhere, you can try
removing the sticker using a razor blade and a bit of patience. Just don't
cut or tear through it, and you should be able to get it off the case. I've
done it a number of times successfully. At the worst, it gets a little
wrinkled.

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

Not OEM? Are you sure? Does your Product ID (right-click My
Computer > Properties) not contain the letters "OEM?"

Your original post, said, in not so many words, that it was OEM:
"...the label that shows your key usually placed on the side of your
computer (desktop) or on the bottom (laptop). I just replaced the case
of my computer and i can [sic] remove the sticker and would like to
get a new one."

Retail licenses do not have a label to affix to the computer, the
CoA/Product Key remains with the CD's packaging. If you had a label
to glue to your PC's case, you have an OEM license.

On the off chance that you did cut a retail CoA from the CD
packaging and glue it to your PC, you can contact Microsoft about a
replacement CD, but I doubt they have any means of readily providing a
new CoA:

How to Replace Lost, Broken, or Missing Microsoft Software or Hardware
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;en-us;326246



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