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[keith luscombe]

Please could somone help me,
I picked up my new compi 2 days ago, and im having real bad teething
problem,i booted up got into windows xp home edition.I was asked to register
and activate.I thought no prob,i had a good interent connection (cable high
speed) the trouble began when i tried to activate,i kept getting the mesage
"no internet connection" i think this was because the on boad sound system
had been tuned off in the bios,in order that i could use the new audigy ex
sound card.my other lan is working and i had a good connection to the
internet email etc.How do i get windows though to use the connection which
is working and not the one which i think has been deactivated?
well troubles never come in ones,i then installed a piece of software
called win cinema or something similar,i was asked to boot up,then the real
**** began,windows would not let me into the system without avtivation,i
have no modem installed.Whatever i tried helped not! because i had so much
work i was forced to try and reinstall xp,no problem thought i.Well i got to
the point where i had to type in the product key,and it wont accept the
number,please ive written and rechequed the number 1000 times,the shop where
i brought the machine has its holiday until the end of next week,can anyone
tell me whats happened? why wont this number be accepted,how can i activate
if the machine wont accept that the there are to lans,one i think is on the
asus motherboard.this is of course all theory until i can get into the
system.Will i be forced to format the drive? and if so can somone explain to
me step for step how? any help would be gratefully accepted.
thanks Keith

[Steve C. Ray]

Your post is very confusing. What does the sound card have to do with
internet connections? Have you added a NIC card? Does your motherboard have
a onboard NIC? How are you connected to the internet? Give us some concise
questions and details and someone will give you an answer.

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"keith luscombe" > wrote in message
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> Please could somone help me,
> I picked up my new compi 2 days ago, and im having real bad teething
> problem,i booted up got into windows xp home edition.I was asked to
register
> and activate.I thought no prob,i had a good interent connection (cable
high
> speed) the trouble began when i tried to activate,i kept getting the
mesage
> "no internet connection" i think this was because the on boad sound system
> had been tuned off in the bios,in order that i could use the new audigy ex
> sound card.my other lan is working and i had a good connection to the
> internet email etc.How do i get windows though to use the connection which
> is working and not the one which i think has been deactivated?
> well troubles never come in ones,i then installed a piece of software
> called win cinema or something similar,i was asked to boot up,then the
real
> **** began,windows would not let me into the system without avtivation,i
> have no modem installed.Whatever i tried helped not! because i had so much
> work i was forced to try and reinstall xp,no problem thought i.Well i got
to
> the point where i had to type in the product key,and it wont accept the
> number,please ive written and rechequed the number 1000 times,the shop
where
> i brought the machine has its holiday until the end of next week,can
anyone
> tell me whats happened? why wont this number be accepted,how can i
activate
> if the machine wont accept that the there are to lans,one i think is on
the
> asus motherboard.this is of course all theory until i can get into the
> system.Will i be forced to format the drive? and if so can somone explain
to
> me step for step how? any help would be gratefully accepted.
> thanks Keith
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