Re: Can't read HD, MS wants to activate first
- From: "D.Currie" <dmbcurrie.nospam@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2005 23:41:52 -0600
Good! Glad it worked for you.
"PeterM" <pmaston@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Sorry for the long delay, I was not home. The method of using the HD as a
> secondary one did the trick........You guys are the best here. Many thanks
> to you D.Currie and Ron Martell.............Peter
>
> "Ron Martell" <ron.martell@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> "PeterM" <pmaston@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>>One of our managers asked me to take off his family pictures on a Gateway
>>>computer, it is one of those machines that looks like it only a monitor
>>>and
>>>nothings else. I booted up the machine, and found out that the monitor is
>>>cracked. I can't tell from the outside, but the minute you see the Window
>>>log-on you can see it. So I decided to put it in a Dell Dimension 2400,
>>>which I have extra in the Garage. Much to my surprise, it asked me to
>>>activate the OS first. I called MS and via a message, gave them that
>>>awful
>>>long number, but they said it was not a valid number. I got disconnected
>>>at
>>>that point. I had no problems logging on with the original setup, but
>>>because of the broken screen, was not able to do what I had to do. Isn't
>>>there a way to hook up a second monitor to see if I could do what I need
>>>to
>>>do? Anyway, my question, how can I get around the activation, all I need
>>>is
>>>the family pictures, and the thing can go to hell as far as I and my
>>>manager
>>>is concerned. Any help is appreciated.........The model # is a Gateway GW
>>>P/N 3501-401 Model Profile 4 with a date 01/2003 and serial # 0029530563
>>>it
>>>is running XP Home. It also seems to have a monitor plug on the back, but
>>>I
>>>could not figure out what the keystrokes would be to view the computer
>>>with
>>>an external monitor. Any help is appreciated.......Peter
>>
>> Your Gateway machine would appear to have a BIOS locked OEM version of
>> Windows XP that is self-activating when used with a Gateway
>> motherboard but which requires normal activation when used with any
>> other motherboard/BIOS. Effective 1 March 2005 Microsoft will no
>> longer allow these versions to activate over the Internet and they
>> will also decline telephone activation requests.
>>
>> Is the Gateway motherboard a standard ATX or Micro-ATX form factor? If
>> so then it might be possible to install that motherboard into a
>> standard PC case and use it that way. But if the motherboard is a
>> custom design (as these all-in-one systems often are) then this may
>> not be workable.
>>
>> Good luck
>>
>>
>> Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
>> --
>> Microsoft MVP
>> On-Line Help Computer Service
>> http://onlinehelp.bc.ca
>>
>> In memory of a dear friend Alex Nichol MVP
>> http://aumha.org/alex.htm
>
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