Re: Wrong Product Key (COA)
- From: "~~Alan~~" <a.shepro-NoSpam@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2008 15:17:57 -0400
Look into the Belarc Advisor www.belarc.com to audit your system. The
results will tell you the keys you need to reinstall your product.
~alan
"Ecoman" <Ecoman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Sometimes a fresh install is the only way to go with all the driver
updates.
Imaging is nice...but unless you image with only the basics, it's really
not
a clean fresh setup.
Is there anyway to read the current keys (OS, MS Office) installed on a
system?
Office makes it really hard to keep track of which key goes where.
"LVTravel" wrote:
And to save yourself a lot of grief in the future, I would recommend that
when you get the machines up and running the way you want them, either
drive
image or clone the drive the operating system is on to another drive for
each of your machines using a program like Acronis True Image. Then when
the kids screw up the system the rebuild will be minutes instead of days.
Well worth the money.
"gman127" <gman127@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Thanks Ron! Since all seven cd's are XP Home SP2, all seven product
keys
will work with any one of them. The keys are what I'm concerned about
since
they are each individually tied to a particular box of hardware.
I don't know why pc1 (with the wrong key) was able to be activated over
the
net, since the hardware in that box is completely different from pc2,
the
box
previously tied to that product key.
When I change the product key in pc1, there's probably a good chance I
won't
be able to activate pc2 over the net, because of the recent activation
using
its product key. Anyway, I will give it a try. ~ Gary
"Ron Badour" wrote:
The product key is not locked to a particular CD--it is locked to the
particular type of CD (OEM vs retail, Home vs Pro, etc.) The update
tool
that Carey provided the link to should fix you right up.
--
Regards
Ron Badour
MS MVP
Windows Desktop Experience
"gman127" <gman127@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I have a unique question/problem. I have 7 home-built pc's all
running
different hardware with Win XP Home (OEM) installed in each. I need
a
magnifier to read the COA stickers, so I took the liberty of writing
the
product keys on the cd case for each machine. The kids are always
messing
something up, so fresh installs are common around here.
During a reinstall on pc1, I inadvertantly used the wrong product
key
(COA),
and it was activated over the net before I knew there was a problem.
I
discovered the mistake after reinstalling XP on pc2 using the same
product
key. PC2 is the correct machine for that key. I found the cd case
for
pc1
under a pile of mail on my desk. I don't dare try to activate pc2
not
knowing
what might happen. Wouldn't want to be labeled a pirate!
Now I have 2 pc's with fresh installs under the same product key and
one
homeless product key. It takes about two days per machine to install
and
configure all the software and drivers. I can't believe I did that!
Is there a way to change the product keys on both machines to ensure
the
right keys are again associated with the correct pc's, without doing
new
installs? Given that the product key was activated on the wrong pc,
will
it
even work on the correct one now?
Thanks,
Gary
.
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