re: Question about 'How do I skip the Product Activation in Windows XP?'
Tuesday, September 23, 2008 at 10:41 pm
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Evan
(2 messages posted)
thank you for all the suggestions! i got it fixed by taking the computer to the university,
and they somehow did it all for freeeeee!
i appreciate your help.
On Tuesday, September 23, 2008 at 9:27 pm, Dan Sarandrea, MCSE wrote:
>Your Lenovo laptop will always be licensed to run the Microsoft Windows that is
described
>on the Certificate of Authenticity (CoA).
>
>As Crash noted, you will have trouble trying to activate an XP Pro installation
with
>an XP Home Product Key.
>
>Your best option is to order the Recovery CDs from Lenovo. If no joy there, try
>www.restoredisks.com.
>
>If still no joy, borrow a genuine, hologrammed systembuilder/OEM XP CD that matches
>the edition of XP as described on your CoA from a friend (DO NOT use an iso from
>bit torrent---guaranteed to be chock full of rootkits and viruses). Install XP
using
>this genuine CD and the Product Key from YOUR CoA, and NOT from the CoA that came
>with the CD.
>
>Installation will complete normally. To activate, use the telephonic method rather
>than the automatic online method.
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