Windows XP Pro Dilema

[Jiggles]

Hello all I'm up the creek with out a paddle!!! I have bought a PC that has a Win XP Pro sticker on it i have borrowed a disc off a friend and i have tried to install it and it has spat the code on the sticker back at me saying that it doesnt know the code the CD is an OEM one!! HELP what can i do to fix this???????:confused: :confused: :confused:

This is very important. The PC in question will be my DJ PC!!!!!! So I'm needing it fixed ASAP!!!


HELP!!! :(

Callum

[colinm345]

No good I am afraid using an OEM one it looks like you will need an original disc

[Jiggles]

No good I am afraid using an OEM one it looks like you will need an original disc

Where the heck do i get one of them from :bang: :bang: :bang:

[colinm345]

See my Pm I do hope it helps:)

[Jiggles]

See my Pm I do hope it helps:)

Sadly it hasn't :(:(

[BeerFunk]

You bought a PC which had a Win XP Pro sticker on it? Where did you buy it, was Win XP Pro included in the price?

[Jiggles]

You bought a PC which had a Win XP Pro sticker on it? Where did you buy it, was Win XP Pro included in the price?

This is what i bought! http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/B3594-Compaq-Evo-D510-Desktop-cd-rom-PC-SFF-XP-PRO-COA_W0QQitemZ120134837723QQihZ002QQcategoryZ179QQr dZ1QQcmdZViewItem

[wensleydale]

you bought the sticker but not the software.....

[BeerFunk]

Well I really don't see why the serial isn't accepted, I take it the CD you borrowed is definitely XP Pro, and not XP Home edition?

The COA is as good as the software, as I understand it.

[Jiggles]

you bought the sticker but not the software.....

I bought the Computer With the sticker attached!



Well I really don't see why the serial isn't accepted, I take it the CD you borrowed is definitely XP Pro, and not XP Home edition?

The COA is as good as the software, as I understand it.

The CD i borrowed is Windows XP Pro its a silver disc like the Home one but its silver

[wensleydale]

you bought the computer with the sticker, but the listing says it doesn't have the software, therefore the sticker is a waste of time...

[BeerFunk]

you bought the computer with the sticker, but the listing says it doesn't have the software, therefore the sticker is a waste of time...
The sticker has the COA (Certificate Of Authenticity) on it, which I believe displays the product key, so all you need is a Windows XP Pro CD (they are all the same I believe, apart from maybe the later ones with SP2 on them). However, he has tried the key with a CD, and it doesn't work, and we're not sure why :confused:

[TonyB]

The sticker has the COA (Certificate Of Authenticity) on it, which I believe displays the product key, so all you need is a Windows XP Pro CD (they are all the same I believe, apart from maybe the later ones with SP2 on them). However, he has tried the key with a CD, and it doesn't work, and we're not sure why :confused:

There are primarily three different versions of XP Pro - OEM, Retail and Corporate. The licence numbers are not interchangeable between the different versions.

To complicate matters further, OEM versions can be restricted to manufacturer so a Compac Evo restore disk is what is really needed as it will include the drivers for that PC.

A set of restore discs can be bought from http://www.gennersales.co.uk/recovery/compaq.htm#Compaq_D510_e-pc_Windows_XP_Home_Professional_Recovery_CDs

[colinm345]

Thats great £22.50 is a lot less than an XP Disc:)

[Jiggles]

Thanks Tony! Ill go and Buy that and see if it works!!!

[Arnold_disco]

Isn't that illegal???

[Jiggles]

Isn't that illegal???


Nope if it was Home edition then yes (Correct me if im wrong there fokes!) But with Pro is another kettle of fish!

[Cj_The_Dj]

yes it is illegal beacuse you can only use the code if you have a orinigal disk it dosent have to be the one with the computer but you cant broorw a disk if you want it all to be legal

[BeerFunk]

Nope, all perfectly legal with any software - the CD itself isn't what you pay for, it's the license to use the software.