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Question about 'How do I skip the Product Activation in Windows XP?'
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Question about 'How do I skip the Product Activation in Windows XP?'
Sunday, December 21, 2008 at 8:09 pm
Posted by christine cornwall
(1 messages posted)
i purchased an hp that was preloaded with windows xp, i had to reinstall windows
to my hard drive i.e. restore windows. i was asked to activiate windows. when i
tried it does not accept the product key that i was given by HP. i contacted microsoft
who told me to call hp. hp told me they would not be able to help unless i paid
$49.95. what a rip. did anyone ever have this problem?
help me!
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re: Question about 'How do I skip the Product Activation in Windows XP?'
Sunday, December 21, 2008 at 8:16 pm
Posted by Rich Kurtz
(12246 messages posted)
Christine, how did you restore XP? Did you use the restore CD provided by HP or did
you use some other XP CD?
Please explain exactly what you did.
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re: Question about 'How do I skip the Product Activation in Windows XP?'
Monday, December 22, 2008 at 2:27 pm
Posted by triplate
(20747 messages posted)
"""hp told me they would not be able to help unless i paid $49.95""" ...somethin
isnt right here.....tell us the rest of the story please.
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re: Question about 'How do I skip the Product Activation in Windows XP?'
Monday, December 22, 2008 at 3:49 pm
Posted by Mozark
(214 messages posted)
try puchasing a restore disc from HP for you particular model of PC
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re: Question about 'How do I skip the Product Activation in Windows XP?'
Monday, December 22, 2008 at 3:51 pm
Posted by appleoddity
(2343 messages posted)
You can't just use "any" old XP CD. It has to match the version the product key
was designed for.
Bootlegged copies of Windows XP Pro volume license edition download from limewire
isn't going to work with a genuine product key attached to the outside of your computer.
You need either an XP Home OEM, or an XP Pro OEM disc depending on which version
your HP came with.
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re: Question about 'How do I skip the Product Activation in Windows XP?'
Monday, December 22, 2008 at 5:58 pm
Posted by geek9pm
(1030 messages posted)
We keep getting questions like this. So can we ask you some simple questions?
Can you tell us who you bought it from?
Was it:
www.compusa.com
HP Pavilion a6433w Refurbished
Did they tell yu that no media was included? Did they offer to sell you the original
media? Did you understand that without the original media you can not do a re install?
The original HP media disk is available to HP users who have the real COA on the
side or back of the PC case. Expect to pay about $25 for it from a legit distributor
of HP products.m You an not buying a new license, you are buying a replacement media
for a license that goes with the machine.
Geek9pm
New Bird Logo.
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