It sounds like that is possible to do. Is that something that is hard to do? Is it 1 copy of windows per computer or is it OK to install your copy on, say, 3 computers? As for the OEM windows, often manufacturers will configure their windows to recognize certain tags in the motherboard bios. You need to check the licensing agreement that comes with, or is displayed on install, for Win2k.
Does anybody know if I can do this? Each language vesrion is worth some amount of points. To find to witch language you can change, call your local MS support.
If you trow out old computer, you must trow out all OEM software with it. Course, they were built from scratch with completely blank harddrives, so your mileage may vary.
Then it comes down to hardware compatibility, which is addressed in the article you just commented on. I obviously installed pro onto the laptop. Usually Microsoft allows you to use these programs my experience with installing office on a home computer and one portable computer as well.
I reformatted for her and used the license number that was on the side of the computer. I than had to call in to confirm the number. The person asked me if it was installed on one machine. Was she asking me about the media that I used? I only used the one license that was on the side of the machine. Did I do this legally?
Or can you not install using a different cd? Only thing is if you want the newest IE you have to revalidate you XP license. No loss really as Firefox is better anyway. Yes there is no reason at all that you cant use another companies distro to reinstall on your machine.
Ive done it numrous times with different distros from different companies. The Gateway distros come with seprate disks of recovery and drivers.
The only thing you might have some trouble with is if you use your COA number during activation one too many times. Just call up Microsoft Tech support, read them the 30 or so numbers your computer spits out, and let them know your were reinstalling on the same machine, and you upgraded some components, preferably the motherboard.
Regular upgrades like drives or mem sticks usually dont trip the activation feature but a motherboard certainly will. Just be prepared to do some digging for drivers for your machine. Maybe after reinstallaton, it would be a great idea to make yourseld a rescue cd.
The Key, or any of the valid one I own, does not work on any of the cracked i. So there must be a difference in the algorithm that checks the key for every System-Builder-Company.
If MS would be really determined to keep me from running a legal key on a different WinXP-CD, they might have hidden several checking functions in the binaries of the Installation Program, and only their order of running through the key might be changed without changing file sizes at all.
This would allow for identification of a key contingent of the OEM-Seller. I have someone with tons of spyware and virussen. She is blind and I cannot get back to put it because it wants a password even though it did not require it before when I worked on her computer.
She had Windows on it. What I need to know is that I have a friend that went to school for 5 years for computing and does computing for a large company but has never use an OEM disk. The disks did not come from any big company. The XP Home disk is a holographic disk. I cannot burn a copy of either disk but would I be able to install one of them again on a different computer?
Your help would be appreciated. I work for a computer repair center and I am trying to find the legal issues with us keeping copies of windows xp oem copies and reinstalling it on clients computers and using their product keys from the bottom of their laptop.
Is this legal? Does anyone know where I can find a formal document that is from Microsoft? Naturally, since PC Bioses are almost always shadowed in RAM nowadays, that means one could install a driver to trap this call to the BIOS and return the required value but that would be totally illegal and I would never condone anything like that…. This would be why, I am guessing, the product keys could be slightly different, but the installation files themselves should be the same specific drivers for hardware may have been inserted, but XP uses generic drivers well enough for most items, and you can update them later — the irritating one is Wireless and LAN can sometimes not be recognised if built into the motherboard, without the chipset drivers, leaving you unable to connect to the net and find drivers yourself — I have one XP Professional CD which is use to rebuild any machine I need to….
You can use a OEM disk on any computer but will have to change the COA once installed; It should be a sticker on the side of your computer. You can change the COA if you go to activate the computer over the phone it will have a button on the botton of the screen were you can change it.
Hey, i have bought a copy windows xp and installed it but later decided to format the computer because it had abit of problems. Can i reinstall windows again using the same CD and CD key etc.? Can I use any windows xp CD disc to reload windows xp if I have the key number of that computer on the bottom sticker?
I often image a pile of hardrives using the restore disk. I make sure to never exceed the number of site licenses that I legally own.
Hi,have just bought new computer with Vista-it sucks big time-my old pc was XP-I have the original cd and licence key number,can I download thatXP to this new pc- Kelly. Only when the Windows asks you to activate it you have to generate new code by entering again the product key of the OEM installation disk. With the new code you call Microsoft on the telephones listed and they will provide you with activation code.
I have a Dell desktop Dimension and also a Dell laptop Inspiron Could I re-install the system in a Toshiba laptop? I read some comments about reinstalling different products, but the answers left me confused. Please answer me in plain english. Log in. Install the app. Contact us. Close Menu. JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an alternative browser. DblClipTite Weaksauce. Joined Dec 29, Messages I've run some tests and the hard drive appears to be damaged and failing. I can't image the hard drive, chkdsk fails to complete, and a WIndows repair installation failed.
My friend doesn't have the system discs that came with the computer. Would there be any problem with installing a new hard drive in the Dell and then reinstalling Windows from the generic OEM disc, and using the Windows product key from the Dell? Joined Feb 19, Messages 20, It should work fine. Click Next. It's in the bottom-right corner of the window. You can also click Customize Enter your name, then click Next.
Your name goes in the "Name" text field. You can also add a business name in the "Organization" section. Enter your product key, then click Next. Type the character key that you retrieved earlier into the "Product Key" boxes. Add a password, then click Next. Type your preferred password into the "Administrator password" and "Confirm password" text fields at the bottom of the window.
You can also change your computer's name in the text field at the top of the window. Set a date and time zone, then click Next. Click the "Date" drop-down box, select the current date, and then repeat with the "Time" and "Time Zone" boxes.
Check the "Typical Settings" box, then click Next. This will cause Windows XP to install using default settings. Check the "No" box. It's at the top of the window. If your computer is part of a workgroup, you'll instead check the "Yes" box and enter your workgroup's address in the text box. This will complete the installation setup process, at which point Windows XP will resume installing.
You may have to wait for 30 minutes or so before the installation finishes. It might be on a sticker on the bottom of your laptop if that's what you're using. Yes No. Not Helpful 13 Helpful Unless you keep a backup copy of your i folder, you can't. Ubuntu allows you to dual-boot your computer, which keeps both XP and Ubuntu.
Not Helpful 4 Helpful 9. I found an old XP computer. I want to factory reset it. How can I do that without knowing the admin password? Try to reintall the OS completely. Insert a official CD or dowload and make one. Then just install Windows normally. Not Helpful 0 Helpful 1. What can I do if my computer won't boot up, shows Windows, then shuts down and tries to start up again, then loops?
Repeatedly hit F8 on your keyboard during boot up, than select system repair. If you can't, contact your system manufacturer for a repair CD. Or, if you have to product code, download from the Microsoft website. Not Helpful 9 Helpful 3.
Boot into the Windows XP installation, get to the partitions, then format the drive. Just make sure you backed up all files. Not Helpful 0 Helpful 0. However, at the minimum RAM, Vista will be quite laggy. You might want to consider upgrading your RAM to its maximum amount, which should be quite inexpensive on an older machine; if the processor is at least 1 GHz, you could then run Windows 7. What to do in that case? It may be in a hidden file. Search for winnt in My Computer. If you see an icon that looks like a computer next to something that says "winnt", that is the.
Double click on that icon and walk through the steps.
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