Re: Invalid Product Key for Windows XP Pro, referred to newsgroup by MS Rep ... That does check out to be an OEM Windows XP Professional Full product (not ... | Subject: Re: Invalid Product Key for Windows XP Pro, ... Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4910.0300 ... (microsoft.public.windowsxp.setup_deployment)
Re: Windows update causes pc to restart ... > use windows updates the pc restarts or crashes and goes to the "blue ... What activation does is attempt to enforce the license agreement that the OS can only be installed on one system at a time (and for OEM versions cannot be transferred to a different computer). ... To find what that is, if the installation is bootable, run one of these utililties. ... To reinstall the OS without that provided CD, you could try a generic OEM XP installation CD that is the same type, that is Home or Pro and the same language version, as the product key that is on the sticker attached to the computer case. ... (microsoft.public.windowsxp.general)
Re: OEM Quagmire ... One cannot use a "Retail Product Key" with an "OEM" CD ... Your friend can return his XP Pro version to Microsoft... (microsoft.public.windowsxp.setup_deployment)
Re: upgrading hardware and activating windows xp ... It would have had to have been, for an OEM Product Key to work. ... For example, a WinXP Home OEM Product Key won't work for any retail version of WinXP Home, or for any version of WinXP Pro, and vice versa. ... An OEM Product Key will not work to install a retail product. ... If you don't want to use the OS that came with the laptop, then you'd need to purchase another license. ... (microsoft.public.windowsxp.general)
