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From: Daave on 12 Mar 2010 10:20 Meebers wrote: > 3yr old laptop with xp home installed by vendor. Went and bought a > XP pro disk (legal) oem disk and installed and has been working just > fine for the last 3 years. HDD went south, bought a new HDD and > reinstalled windowsxp pro from a disk that I slipstreamed sp3 into. > Install went fine, however when trying to activate, changed the > product key back to the original XP PRo disk version that I bought. MS > automated activation says the key does not match after trying the > new installation numbers. Tried activation twice no luck. Is there > ever a person that answers, all I can get is the automated answer, or > is my process wacked out. That's confusing. You say that you "changed the product key." Changed it from what? Assuming you did the slipsteam correctly, you now have an XP Pro installation CD at the SP3 level (and it is an OEM version, not Retail). If you are performing a Clean Install, you need to enter the Product Key. Use the one that came with the XP Pro CD (it's basically the same installation CD as the one you created, just at an earlier SP level). Once the key is entered, there is no need to change anything!
From: Meebers on 12 Mar 2010 11:48 Try this again Installed XP Pro (OEM) over the XP home edition(OEM) 3 yrs ago, everything worked normal last week HDD crash, install new HDD. Instead of installing the Xp Pro (OEM) CD SP0, and having to go thru all the updates; I installed a slipstreamed (sp3) copy of Xp Pro from another Xp computer Intent here was to use the product key from the one I bought. so...during activation when it asked me for the product key, I used the one I bought, activation failed so I called the number (telephone 888 571 2048) got an automated answer (no person) in which I input the new installation id furnished from the activation attempt, it also failed. I did not use the home edition product key I did use the product key from the one I bought I did use the correct product key from the label, triple checked, 2nd person check. When activation failed the second time, I then chose the option on the activation screen of change the product key, again trying the one I bought. Again failure, the automated voice said take the product back to your vendor (Best Buy) it worked 3 yrs ago, should work now?? "Daave" <daave(a)example.com> wrote in message news:OpIAbefwKHA.5940(a)TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... > Meebers wrote: >> 3yr old laptop with xp home installed by vendor. Went and bought a >> XP pro disk (legal) oem disk and installed and has been working just >> fine for the last 3 years. HDD went south, bought a new HDD and >> reinstalled windowsxp pro from a disk that I slipstreamed sp3 into. >> Install went fine, however when trying to activate, changed the >> product key back to the original XP PRo disk version that I bought. MS >> automated activation says the key does not match after trying the >> new installation numbers. Tried activation twice no luck. Is there >> ever a person that answers, all I can get is the automated answer, or >> is my process wacked out. > > That's confusing. > > You say that you "changed the product key." Changed it from what? > > Assuming you did the slipsteam correctly, you now have an XP Pro > installation CD at the SP3 level (and it is an OEM version, not Retail). > If you are performing a Clean Install, you need to enter the Product Key. > Use the one that came with the XP Pro CD (it's basically the same > installation CD as the one you created, just at an earlier SP level). Once > the key is entered, there is no need to change anything! >
From: Meebers on 12 Mar 2010 11:52 Yes the install was without entering the product key, never asked. After a couple of days, tried the activation and that is when I entered the product key from the one I bought. Wxp pro . product key entry was exactly from the label. "LD55ZRA" <LD55ZRA(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:hnc9do$n5v$1(a)speranza.aioe.org... > Perhaps you could clarify this: > > "Install went fine, however when trying to activate, changed the product > key back to the original XP PRo disk version that I bought". Are you > saying that the installation was done without entering the serial number? > The reason I am asking this is because it is possible to install XP with > SP3 without the serial number but you are required to enter the serial > number when you go online to activate it. > > Please clarify this because it is likely that you are entering the wrong > serial number because either you can't read it properly or something else. > > hth > > "Meebers" <Iam(a)bat.com> wrote in message > news:OG9lWYYwKHA.5940(a)TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... >> 3yr old laptop with xp home installed by vendor. Went and bought a XP >> pro disk (legal) oem disk and installed and has been working just fine >> for the last 3 years. HDD went south, bought a new HDD and reinstalled >> windowsxp pro from a disk that I slipstreamed sp3 into. Install went >> fine, however when trying to activate, changed the product key back to >> the original XP PRo disk version that I bought. MS automated activation >> says the key does not match after trying the new installation numbers. >> Tried activation twice no luck. Is there ever a person that answers, all >> I can get is the automated answer, or is my process wacked out. > >
From: C on 12 Mar 2010 12:00 Meebers wrote: > Try this again > > Installed XP Pro (OEM) over the XP home edition(OEM) 3 yrs ago, > everything worked normal > last week HDD crash, install new HDD. > Instead of installing the Xp Pro (OEM) CD SP0, and having to go thru all > the updates; > I installed a slipstreamed (sp3) copy of Xp Pro from another Xp computer > Intent here was to use the product key from the one I bought. > so...during activation when it asked me for the product key, I used the > one I bought, activation failed so I called the number (telephone 888 > 571 2048) got an automated answer (no person) in which I input the new > installation id furnished from the activation attempt, it also failed. Use the phone activation method again but this time hold until you get a live person. -- C
From: Meebers on 12 Mar 2010 12:12
Don't know if a live person is there 24/7 or not, but if it is a day time thing only will try again shortly.... Tx "C" <c(a)nospamers.com.invalid> wrote in message news:hndrvm$kd4$1(a)speranza.aioe.org... > Meebers wrote: >> Try this again >> >> Installed XP Pro (OEM) over the XP home edition(OEM) 3 yrs ago, >> everything worked normal >> last week HDD crash, install new HDD. >> Instead of installing the Xp Pro (OEM) CD SP0, and having to go thru all >> the updates; >> I installed a slipstreamed (sp3) copy of Xp Pro from another Xp computer >> Intent here was to use the product key from the one I bought. >> so...during activation when it asked me for the product key, I used the >> one I bought, activation failed so I called the number (telephone 888 571 >> 2048) got an automated answer (no person) in which I input the new >> installation id furnished from the activation attempt, it also failed. > > Use the phone activation method again but this time hold until you get a > live person. > > > -- > C |