oem key

[yoda_san]

several years ago i bought a hp pavilion. did not come with a xp home disk. after hp changed their policy i was able to get the 7 restore cds. later i needed to repair it and did not want to totally wipe out my system. so i used copy a friend had given me (i think the msdn subscription version) and used the xp keygen to activate it.

no the WGA come along. i know i don't need it to be genuine to get the critical updates and i have even disabled the add-on to see all the updates.

however, i am wondering what microsoft will do next and would like to try to get back to my oem version and key without rebuilding the whole system.

i talked to microsoft support one day. did not tell them this whole story of course. they lady generated a couple keys for me but they did not work and she suggested i get in touch with my oem.

any ideas? thanks.  http://images.thetechguide.com/forum/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/blink.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':blink:\' />

[SpaceSquad]

you should have an XP key on your computer, Input that. If that doesn't work, call Hp...

[yoda_san]

yeah, tried that. oem keys will not work with retail versions. out of support with hp. doesn't seem like i should have to pay for something i bought in the first place. it is irritating. m$ policy while designed to curb pirates is turning ordinary folds into exactly that because they don't want to go thru hoops to get what they bought...or thought they did.

[SpaceSquad]

hmmm...looks like you're gonna have to get a new key. Look on ebay..they have really cheap XP OEM copies.

Linux is a viable alternative aswell http://images.thetechguide.com/forum/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\'\' />

[yoda_san]

[quote name=\'SpaceSquad\' date=\'Sep 3 2005, 08:10 PM\']hmmm...looks like you're gonna have to get a new key.[/quote]

gee, thats really helpful....thanks  http://images.thetechguide.com/forum/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':lol:\' />

[SpaceSquad]

[quote name=\'yoda_san\' date=\'Sep 7 2005, 08:43 AM\']gee, thats really helpful....thanks  http://images.thetechguide.com/forum/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':lol:\' />

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what more do you want me to say? I'm sorry for even posting here.

[yoda_san]

[quote name=\'SpaceSquad\' date=\'Sep 7 2005, 04:17 PM\']I'm sorry for even posting here.[/quote]


yeah, me too... http://images.thetechguide.com/forum/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/rolleyes.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':rolleyes:\' />