Re: re-installing XP Home blues
- From: "Gary S. Terhune" <none>
- Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2008 15:35:07 -0700
Thanks for the info, especially as amended by Ken. It's probably something I
*did* know at some point, but a few years of seizures have wreaked havoc
with my memory.
--
Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User
http://grystmill.com
"Alan" <somewhere@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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While the Microsoft article might state that "Windows 95 is not an
accepted path for upgrading to Windows XP of any stripe," in reality Win
95 could always be used as a qualifying product for upgrading to XP.
It was a bug in XP that Microsoft never bothered to fix since XP was first
released, and it's not exactly been a secret.
Alan
"Gary S. Terhune" <none> wrote in message
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If the Upgrade copy is no longer installed on any machine and hasn't been
used as a qualifying product for further upgrade, you do it by starting
over with the legal copy and calling Microsoft for a replacement key.
However, according to this article, Windows 95 is not an accepted path
for upgrading to Windows XP of any stripe.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/292607/en-us
From: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/326246/en-us
To replace a product key, contact Microsoft Customer Service and Support.
To locate the appropriate telephone number, visit the following Microsoft
Web site:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;EN-US;CNTACTMS
Windows XP does not cost "hundreds" of dollars. More like an average of
$120, depending on the package you buy.
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_gw?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=windows+xp+system+builder
--
Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User
http://grystmill.com
"Aikon-AmandaB" <Aikon-AmandaB@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
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I bought a rebuild computer from a second hand store that had XP Home
(service pack 3) pre-installed on it.
This morning my master drive siezed so I had to go and buy a new hard
drive.
I installed a (lagit) copy of Windows '95 and (ligit) XP Home Upgrade
that I
already owned, and when I went to input the product key from the old
operating system the key came back invalid.
So I used the product key from the copy of XP I had just installed. It
also
came back invalid.
I have a little book with all the product keys I have ever used in it.
one
of them eventualy came through as valid.
Everything was going good until I tried to install updates. The
validation
tool came up with an invalid copy of Windows.
I have successfuly validated the product key twice (once with the
automated
system and once with a human), but I still recieve an "invalid copy of
Windows" when I try to update.
How do I get my copy of windows validated without haveing to switch to
Vista
or spending hundreds of dollars on a new copy of XP?
.
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