XP INSTALLATION KEY

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I have a employee that has a compaq that the hard drive failed. I offered to help him and I installed a new 80gb hdd. I reinstalled his xp oem and I couldnt locate his key. I tried several keys that I own and they failed. I found one on the internet and used it successfully. After all the loading and configuring was done I found his key on the front of the computer under the cd storage bin.

Question, can I change his key and get him registered with the proper key without reloading the entire program?

He needed it to work for christmas as his camera was full and it needed cleaned up

Sermandave
 
If this does not work, a reload is necessary:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=328874

You should NEVER use someone else's key to activate Windows.
If one of your keys had worked, you may have been denied its use on
your own computer by Microsoft during a future reload.

Also if you would have posed your question here first, someone would
probably have told you where to locate the Product Key on the
computer.

--
Jupiter Jones [MVP]
An easier way to read newsgroup messages:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/using/newsgroups/setup.asp
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SERMANDAVE said:
I have a employee that has a compaq that the hard drive failed. I
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offered to help him and I installed a new 80gb hdd. I reinstalled his
xp oem and I couldnt locate his key. I tried several keys that I own
and they failed. I found one on the internet and used it
successfully. After all the loading and configuring was done I found
his key on the front of the computer under the cd storage bin.
Question, can I change his key and get him registered with the
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proper key without reloading the entire program?
 
Using the correct installation CD and Product Key,
a "repair install" is required:

How to Perform a Windows XP Repair Install
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm

[Courtesy of MS-MVP Michael Stevens]

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

Be Smart! Protect your PC!
http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/

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| I have a employee that has a compaq that the hard drive failed. I offered to help him and I installed a new
80gb hdd. I reinstalled his xp oem and I couldnt locate his key. I tried several keys that I own and they
failed. I found one on the internet and used it successfully. After all the loading and configuring was done
I found his key on the front of the computer under the cd storage bin.
|
| Question, can I change his key and get him registered with the proper key without reloading the entire
program?
|
| He needed it to work for christmas as his camera was full and it needed cleaned up.
|
| Sermandave
 
SERMANDAVE said:
I have a employee that has a compaq that the hard drive failed. I
offered to help him and I installed a new 80gb hdd. I reinstalled
his xp oem and I couldnt locate his key. I tried several keys that I
own and they failed. I found one on the internet and used it
successfully. After all the loading and configuring was done I found
his key on the front of the computer under the cd storage bin.

Question, can I change his key and get him registered with the proper
key without reloading the entire program?

He needed it to work for christmas as his camera was full and it
needed cleaned up.

Sermandave
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Click on the link below, or copy and paste the link into the address box
if using the web based newsgroup.
Change CD key.
http://michaelstevenstech.com/xpfaq.html#need2
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