My customer CLAIMS he installed grabbed the wrong CD and managed to install Windows 
2000 - thus wiping out Windows XP. There are no traces of Windows XP that I can find 
on this computer. How do I verify his story? On booting up, the menu says there is 
only ONE operating system W2K. Now, I can read the activation key (using Jellybean) 
- but can you tell by the key if this was originally a Windows XP O/S ? please respond 
to tutor @ cfl . rr . com

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tutor 
Nope,,,,If he formated the drive 1st maybe...was is the format (fat32 or ntfs )
one HD  with C: only ,right ?
they is one file that will give it away it's called msconfig.exe it will not come 
with win2k but it comes with XP  as a default item...if it's on the machine check 
the date .
also the files dates, if they are  12-7-99  (system file dates) it's win2k  unless 
the SP4 was installed,,

But you said you can read the activation key for XP on this machine  ???? or do you 
mean the CD ID #
in the reg file ? 
win2k will not use activation key from MS
what is the 1st  3 numbers and the last 2 numbers (letters)







On Saturday, May 22, 2004 at 8:26 pm, tutor wrote:

>My customer CLAIMS he installed grabbed the wrong CD and managed to install Windows 

>2000 - thus wiping out Windows XP. There are no traces of Windows XP that I can 
find 

>on this computer. How do I verify his story? On booting up, the menu says there 
is 

>only ONE operating system W2K. Now, I can read the activation key (using Jellybean) 

>- but can you tell by the key if this was originally a Windows XP O/S ? please respond 

>to tutor @ cfl . rr . com

>
 

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This customer of yours is looking for a free upgrade install procedure or the equivalent somehow. Try it yourself on a trade-in PC. W2K has the same routines in it to make it avoid a backwards install over a newer version, same as all the MS Windows products have had, at least as far back as Win98.

If anyone NEEDS to go backwards, the newer OS has to be totally removed by reformatting the primary DOS partition.

.

Kiwi

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On Saturday, May 22, 2004 at 8:26 pm, tutor wrote:
>My customer CLAIMS he installed grabbed the wrong CD and managed to install Windows
>2000 - thus wiping out Windows XP.

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Your Customer is either blind,cant read or he is pulling the "I Made A Mistake But You Are Going To Pay For It"Routine on you.He had plenty opportunities to realize his Mistake before the O/S got installed.That was a blatant Screw-Up on his part,don't see why he wants to hold you liable.


On Saturday, May 22, 2004 at 8:26 pm, tutor wrote:
>My customer CLAIMS he installed grabbed the wrong CD and managed to install Windows
>2000 - thus wiping out Windows XP. There are no traces of Windows XP that I can find
>on this computer. How do I verify his story? On booting up, the menu says there is
>only ONE operating system W2K. Now, I can read the activation key (using Jellybean)
>- but can you tell by the key if this was originally a Windows XP O/S ? please respond
>to tutor @ cfl . rr . com
>

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WHO SAID I WAS Liable? Let's not go around shooting first and asking questions later! (Is that a "shot" at Amercians?) No, No... All I want to do is find out ... is there a way to PROVE his assertion? ie: can you tell by the Registration Key (using jellybean) if the key is really for Win XP? Of course, I would need a full and legal Win XP to do a re-install, but if he finds a valid registration key (doubtful if this is an OEM install)...... Let me know if you can come up with a more helpful suggestion, eh? (insert grin)


On Sunday, May 23, 2004 at 9:00 am, werner wrote:
>Your Customer is either blind,cant read or he is pulling the "I Made A Mistake But
>You Are Going To Pay For It"Routine on you.He had plenty opportunities to realize
>his Mistake before the O/S got installed.That was a blatant Screw-Up on his part,don't
>see why he wants to hold you liable.
>
>
>

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If he reformatted,I can't see how.The only Numbers would belong to W2K.I still belive he is trying to pull a Fast One on you!And lets leave Politics out of here. W.


On Sunday, May 23, 2004 at 10:12 am, tutor wrote:
>WHO SAID I WAS Liable? Let's not go around shooting first and asking questions later!
>(Is that a "shot" at Amercians?) No, No... All I want to do is find out ... is there
>a way to PROVE his assertion? ie: can you tell by the Registration Key (using jellybean)
>if the key is really for Win XP? Of course, I would need a full and legal Win XP
>to do a re-install, but if he finds a valid registration key (doubtful if this is
>an OEM install)......
>
>Let me know if you can come up with a more helpful suggestion, eh? (insert grin)
>
>
>

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When you say customer, do you mean he purchased the system from you? If so, would you not have a record of what he purchased including the OS on the machine? If, however you only provide support on a machine he purchased somewhere else, I believe you may not be able to prove what you are looking to prove.


On Saturday, May 22, 2004 at 8:26 pm, tutor wrote:
>My customer CLAIMS he installed grabbed the wrong CD and managed to install Windows
>2000 - thus wiping out Windows XP. There are no traces of Windows XP that I can find
>on this computer. How do I verify his story? On booting up, the menu says there is
>only ONE operating system W2K. Now, I can read the activation key (using Jellybean)
>- but can you tell by the key if this was originally a Windows XP O/S ? please respond
>to tutor @ cfl . rr . com
>

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tutor
To start with Jellybean will only read the reg. file to get the CD key number not 
the activation key , and if win2k is the only OS on the machine that's what you will 
see..
activation key is encry. code...from MS...when you activation it's software....
send me the numbers and I will tell you what you are looking at and if it's XP cd 
number I will know...
sound like you or he is rolling funny stuff....and taking a hit or two...








On Saturday, May 22, 2004 at 8:26 pm, tutor wrote:

>My customer CLAIMS he installed grabbed the wrong CD and managed to install Windows 

>2000 - thus wiping out Windows XP. There are no traces of Windows XP that I can 
find 

>on this computer. How do I verify his story? On booting up, the menu says there 
is 

>only ONE operating system W2K. Now, I can read the activation key (using Jellybean) 

>- but can you tell by the key if this was originally a Windows XP O/S ? please respond 

>to tutor @ cfl . rr . com

>
 

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I'm a newbie, I have XP,but no Excel program.A friend gave me Win2K office to download 
(to get Excel) After the down load everything seemed fine. In the process of exploring 
a power point  disk and alternating between the 2K disk and power point disk, my 
d-drive quit working, Every other program seems fine. Did I just fry my d-drive? 
It wont spin any disk.







On Wednesday, May 26, 2004 at 3:38 pm, DEX wrote:

>tutor

>To start with Jellybean will only read the reg. file to get the CD key number not 

>the activation key , and if win2k is the only OS on the machine that's what you 
will 

>see..

>activation key is encry. code...from MS...when you activation it's software....

>send me the numbers and I will tell you what you are looking at and if it's XP cd 

>number I will know...

>sound like you or he is rolling funny stuff....and taking a hit or two...

>

>

>

> 

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I doubt you "fried" your cd-rom drive by swapping discs. Was there any other problem? Are you able to put a disc in and open it from My Computer? Also, this discussion was mainly about a guy trying to figure out if a customer was trying to cheat him and get a free copy of Windows, but I would be glad to help you.


On Tuesday, November 16, 2004 at 5:01 am, Bob wrote:
>I'm a newbie, I have XP,but no Excel program.A friend gave me Win2K office to download
>(to get Excel) After the down load everything seemed fine. In the process of exploring
>a power point disk and alternating between the 2K disk and power point disk, my
>d-drive quit working, Every other program seems fine. Did I just fry my d-drive?
>It wont spin any disk.
>
>
>

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you can't grab a win2k cd and use an xpkey to install. won't work. the key uses a different hash.


On Saturday, May 22, 2004 at 8:26 pm, tutor wrote:
>My customer CLAIMS he installed grabbed the wrong CD and managed to install Windows
>2000 - thus wiping out Windows XP. There are no traces of Windows XP that I can find
>on this computer. How do I verify his story? On booting up, the menu says there is
>only ONE operating system W2K. Now, I can read the activation key (using Jellybean)
>- but can you tell by the key if this was originally a Windows XP O/S ? please respond
>to tutor @ cfl . rr . com
>

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