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Windows XP on disk Product Activation Code?
I came across a U-Tube video telling you how to find your Product
Activation Code on the XP Installation Disk. It is in the i386\Unattend.txt at the bottom of the page. I checked and sure enough there is a code there. However, I have 4 windows XP disks and it is the same for each one and not the same as any of the activation codes in the disk envelope or package. What is this all about? Chuck |
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Windows XP on disk Product Activation Code?
On Wed, 13 Jun 2012 10:11:06 -0700, "ka6uup" wrote
in article ... I came across a U-Tube video telling you how to find your Product Activation Code on the XP Installation Disk. It is in the i386\Unattend.txt at the bottom of the page. I checked and sure enough there is a code there. However, I have 4 windows XP disks and it is the same for each one and not the same as any of the activation codes in the disk envelope or package. What is this all about? Chuck That is an OEM key used to pre-activate XP so that the end user doesn't have to enter a key when starting up the first time. It only works with OEM PCs (like Dell, HP, etc.). The actual key for those PCs is the one on the sticker, but it isn't used except in unusual circumstances. -- Zaphod Vell, Zaphod's just zis guy, ya know? - Gag Halfrunt |
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Windows XP on disk Product Activation Code?
Zaphod Beeblebrox wrote:
On Wed, 13 Jun 2012 10:11:06 -0700, "ka6uup" wrote in article ... I came across a U-Tube video telling you how to find your Product Activation Code on the XP Installation Disk. It is in the i386\Unattend.txt at the bottom of the page. I checked and sure enough there is a code there. However, I have 4 windows XP disks and it is the same for each one and not the same as any of the activation codes in the disk envelope or package. What is this all about? Chuck That is an OEM key used to pre-activate XP so that the end user doesn't have to enter a key when starting up the first time. It only works with OEM PCs (like Dell, HP, etc.). The actual key for those PCs is the one on the sticker, but it isn't used except in unusual circumstances. Thanks |
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Windows XP on disk Product Activation Code?
Zaphod Beeblebrox écrivait
: On Wed, 13 Jun 2012 10:11:06 -0700, "ka6uup" wrote in article ... I came across a U-Tube video telling you how to find your Product Activation Code on the XP Installation Disk. It is in the i386\Unattend.txt at the bottom of the page. I checked and sure enough there is a code there. However, I have 4 windows XP disks and it is the same for each one and not the same as any of the activation codes in the disk envelope or package. What is this all about? Chuck That is an OEM key used to pre-activate XP so that the end user doesn't have to enter a key when starting up the first time. It only works with OEM PCs (like Dell, HP, etc.). The actual key for those PCs is the one on the sticker, but it isn't used except in unusual circumstances. Out of curiosity, I've just checked my generic OEM XP Home disk and there is such a key and it's not the same that was on the COA sticker that came with the disk. Since this disk is not related to an OEM manufacturer (like Dell, HP, etc.), I think I would still need to activate an installation using this key, assuming that it would work; which I doubt. |
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Windows XP on disk Product Activation Code?
On Wed, 13 Jun 2012 19:32:38 GMT, "Dominique" wrote in
article ... Zaphod Beeblebrox écrivait : On Wed, 13 Jun 2012 10:11:06 -0700, "ka6uup" wrote in article ... I came across a U-Tube video telling you how to find your Product Activation Code on the XP Installation Disk. It is in the i386\Unattend.txt at the bottom of the page. I checked and sure enough there is a code there. However, I have 4 windows XP disks and it is the same for each one and not the same as any of the activation codes in the disk envelope or package. What is this all about? Chuck That is an OEM key used to pre-activate XP so that the end user doesn't have to enter a key when starting up the first time. It only works with OEM PCs (like Dell, HP, etc.). The actual key for those PCs is the one on the sticker, but it isn't used except in unusual circumstances. Out of curiosity, I've just checked my generic OEM XP Home disk and there is such a key and it's not the same that was on the COA sticker that came with the disk. Since this disk is not related to an OEM manufacturer (like Dell, HP, etc.), I think I would still need to activate an installation using this key, assuming that it would work; which I doubt. I'm not that familiar with the generic OEM CDs, but I suspect you are correct. -- Zaphod "So [Trillian], two heads is what does it for a girl?" "...Anything else [Zaphod]'s got two of?" - Arthur Dent |
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Windows XP on disk Product Activation Code?
In message ,
Zaphod Beeblebrox writes: On Wed, 13 Jun 2012 10:11:06 -0700, "ka6uup" wrote in article ... I came across a U-Tube video telling you how to find your Product Activation Code on the XP Installation Disk. It is in the i386\Unattend.txt at the bottom of the page. I checked and sure enough there is a code there. However, I have 4 windows XP disks and it is the same for each one and not the same as any of the activation codes in the disk envelope or package. What is this all about? Chuck That is an OEM key used to pre-activate XP so that the end user doesn't have to enter a key when starting up the first time. It only works with OEM PCs (like Dell, HP, etc.). The actual key for those PCs is the one on the sticker, but it isn't used except in unusual circumstances. So what's to stop anyone using the OEM key? -- J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/1985 MB++G.5AL-IS-P--Ch++(p)Ar@T0H+Sh0!:`)DNAf Call it incest - but I want my mummy |
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Windows XP on disk Product Activation Code?
Zaphod Beeblebrox wrote:
On Wed, 13 Jun 2012 19:32:38 GMT, "Dominique" wrote in article ... Zaphod Beeblebrox écrivait : On Wed, 13 Jun 2012 10:11:06 -0700, "ka6uup" wrote in article ... I came across a U-Tube video telling you how to find your Product Activation Code on the XP Installation Disk. It is in the i386\Unattend.txt at the bottom of the page. I checked and sure enough there is a code there. However, I have 4 windows XP disks and it is the same for each one and not the same as any of the activation codes in the disk envelope or package. What is this all about? Chuck That is an OEM key used to pre-activate XP so that the end user doesn't have to enter a key when starting up the first time. It only works with OEM PCs (like Dell, HP, etc.). The actual key for those PCs is the one on the sticker, but it isn't used except in unusual circumstances. Out of curiosity, I've just checked my generic OEM XP Home disk and there is such a key and it's not the same that was on the COA sticker that came with the disk. Since this disk is not related to an OEM manufacturer (like Dell, HP, etc.), I think I would still need to activate an installation using this key, assuming that it would work; which I doubt. I'm not that familiar with the generic OEM CDs, but I suspect you are correct. Mine required activation. It's a generic OEM (equiv to what you could buy on Newegg as an OEM version). The Dell/HP/Acer/Gateway ones, would be "royalty OEM" and based on SLIC. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BIOS#SLIC Paul |
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Windows XP on disk Product Activation Code?
On Wed, 13 Jun 2012 22:16:56 +0100, "J. P. Gilliver (John)"
wrote in article ... In message , Zaphod Beeblebrox writes: On Wed, 13 Jun 2012 10:11:06 -0700, "ka6uup" wrote in article ... I came across a U-Tube video telling you how to find your Product Activation Code on the XP Installation Disk. It is in the i386\Unattend.txt at the bottom of the page. I checked and sure enough there is a code there. However, I have 4 windows XP disks and it is the same for each one and not the same as any of the activation codes in the disk envelope or package. What is this all about? Chuck That is an OEM key used to pre-activate XP so that the end user doesn't have to enter a key when starting up the first time. It only works with OEM PCs (like Dell, HP, etc.). The actual key for those PCs is the one on the sticker, but it isn't used except in unusual circumstances. So what's to stop anyone using the OEM key? The OEM key (at least, branded OEM) only activates XP if it sees a particular signature in the BIOS. See Paul's reply to mine where he links to an article on BIOS and the SLIC (software licensing description table) that it uses. -- Zaphod "So [Trillian], two heads is what does it for a girl?" "...Anything else [Zaphod]'s got two of?" - Arthur Dent |
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