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Invalid registration code
About a year ago, I took my computer into a shop for repairs. At that time,
I was running an XP Home upgrade from ME. The shop lost my system disks but upgraded me to XP Pro. Only after much pressure, did they give me a copy of XP Pro with a registration number. So, now I'm having hard drive problems and take the system to a more reputable shop along with the XP PRO disk and registration number. They are replacing my hard drive and have just informed me that when they reloaded XP PRO, they couldn't upgrade because the Registration number was invalid. Prior to this time, I had no problems with upgrades. I'm hoping the registration number provided was a miscopy but what are my alternatives if it's not? |
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Invalid registration code
Sorry, I used the term "registration code" it should be "product key"
"Jim Deck" wrote: About a year ago, I took my computer into a shop for repairs. At that time, I was running an XP Home upgrade from ME. The shop lost my system disks but upgraded me to XP Pro. Only after much pressure, did they give me a copy of XP Pro with a registration number. So, now I'm having hard drive problems and take the system to a more reputable shop along with the XP PRO disk and registration number. They are replacing my hard drive and have just informed me that when they reloaded XP PRO, they couldn't upgrade because the Registration number was invalid. Prior to this time, I had no problems with upgrades. I'm hoping the registration number provided was a miscopy but what are my alternatives if it's not? |
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Invalid registration code
If the disk says "Memorex" and the product key begins
with FCKGW-.... You're a pirate, matey! Most likely unknowingly, unfortunately. -----Original Message----- Sorry, I used the term "registration code" it should be "product key" "Jim Deck" wrote: About a year ago, I took my computer into a shop for repairs. At that time, I was running an XP Home upgrade from ME. The shop lost my system disks but upgraded me to XP Pro. Only after much pressure, did they give me a copy of XP Pro with a registration number. So, now I'm having hard drive problems and take the system to a more reputable shop along with the XP PRO disk and registration number. They are replacing my hard drive and have just informed me that when they reloaded XP PRO, they couldn't upgrade because the Registration number was invalid. Prior to this time, I had no problems with upgrades. I'm hoping the registration number provided was a miscopy but what are my alternatives if it's not? . |
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Memorex has little to do with it (however that might have been tongue in
cheek on your part) and there are a number of other product codes that are blacklisted in addition to the original leaked code that you mention. The following is an excerpt for the Windows Product Activation FAQ What should a customer do if they find they unwittingly acquired a pirated copy of Windows XP? How can a customer acquire a legitimate license for Windows XP if they find that theirs is pirated? The customer should go back to the point of purchase and demand a refund or a genuine copy of Windows XP. Customers can also contact Microsoft directly at http://www.microsoft.com/piracy/reporting/default.asp and report the piracy. Customers can acquire a legitimate copy of Windows XP from a trusted retailer or PC manufacturer. What are the product keys that are affected by this? We are not publishing the product keys themselves, however the product IDs generated from these product keys are (where X may be any numeric value): a.. XXXXX-640-0000356-23XXX b.. XXXXX-640-2001765-23XXX The product ID can be found by right clicking on My Computer and choosing Properties and viewing the General tab. -- Harry Ohrn MS-MVP [Shell/User] www.webtree.ca/windowsxp "James" wrote in message ... If the disk says "Memorex" and the product key begins with FCKGW-.... You're a pirate, matey! Most likely unknowingly, unfortunately. -----Original Message----- Sorry, I used the term "registration code" it should be "product key" "Jim Deck" wrote: About a year ago, I took my computer into a shop for repairs. At that time, I was running an XP Home upgrade from ME. The shop lost my system disks but upgraded me to XP Pro. Only after much pressure, did they give me a copy of XP Pro with a registration number. So, now I'm having hard drive problems and take the system to a more reputable shop along with the XP PRO disk and registration number. They are replacing my hard drive and have just informed me that when they reloaded XP PRO, they couldn't upgrade because the Registration number was invalid. Prior to this time, I had no problems with upgrades. I'm hoping the registration number provided was a miscopy but what are my alternatives if it's not? . |
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Invalid registration code
The following comes from the Windows XP Product Activation FAQ posted by
Microsoft. It appears that your options are to try to get a legitimate version from the shop that supplied you with the illegal version, report them to Microsoft's Anti piracy depart (address below) and or purchase a legitimate version. What should a customer do if they find they unwittingly acquired a pirated copy of Windows XP? How can a customer acquire a legitimate license for Windows XP if they find that theirs is pirated? The customer should go back to the point of purchase and demand a refund or a genuine copy of Windows XP. Customers can also contact Microsoft directly at http://www.microsoft.com/piracy/reporting/default.asp and report the piracy. Customers can acquire a legitimate copy of Windows XP from a trusted retailer or PC manufacturer. What are the product keys that are affected by this? We are not publishing the product keys themselves, however the product IDs generated from these product keys are (where X may be any numeric value): a.. XXXXX-640-0000356-23XXX b.. XXXXX-640-2001765-23XXX The product ID can be found by right clicking on My Computer and choosing Properties and viewing the General tab. -- Harry Ohrn MS-MVP [Shell/User] www.webtree.ca/windowsxp "Jim Deck" Jim wrote in message ... About a year ago, I took my computer into a shop for repairs. At that time, I was running an XP Home upgrade from ME. The shop lost my system disks but upgraded me to XP Pro. Only after much pressure, did they give me a copy of XP Pro with a registration number. So, now I'm having hard drive problems and take the system to a more reputable shop along with the XP PRO disk and registration number. They are replacing my hard drive and have just informed me that when they reloaded XP PRO, they couldn't upgrade because the Registration number was invalid. Prior to this time, I had no problems with upgrades. I'm hoping the registration number provided was a miscopy but what are my alternatives if it's not? |
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OK, so my desktop now has an illegal copy of XP Pro on it. I've confronted
the vendor, reported it to MS, and if I don't hear tomorrow from the vendor, I'll call the BBB. So, must I purchase a full copy of XP (Home or Pro) or will an upgrade suffice? "Harry Ohrn" wrote: The following comes from the Windows XP Product Activation FAQ posted by Microsoft. It appears that your options are to try to get a legitimate version from the shop that supplied you with the illegal version, report them to Microsoft's Anti piracy depart (address below) and or purchase a legitimate version. What should a customer do if they find they unwittingly acquired a pirated copy of Windows XP? How can a customer acquire a legitimate license for Windows XP if they find that theirs is pirated? The customer should go back to the point of purchase and demand a refund or a genuine copy of Windows XP. Customers can also contact Microsoft directly at http://www.microsoft.com/piracy/reporting/default.asp and report the piracy. Customers can acquire a legitimate copy of Windows XP from a trusted retailer or PC manufacturer. What are the product keys that are affected by this? We are not publishing the product keys themselves, however the product IDs generated from these product keys are (where X may be any numeric value): a.. XXXXX-640-0000356-23XXX b.. XXXXX-640-2001765-23XXX The product ID can be found by right clicking on My Computer and choosing Properties and viewing the General tab. -- Harry Ohrn MS-MVP [Shell/User] www.webtree.ca/windowsxp "Jim Deck" Jim wrote in message ... About a year ago, I took my computer into a shop for repairs. At that time, I was running an XP Home upgrade from ME. The shop lost my system disks but upgraded me to XP Pro. Only after much pressure, did they give me a copy of XP Pro with a registration number. So, now I'm having hard drive problems and take the system to a more reputable shop along with the XP PRO disk and registration number. They are replacing my hard drive and have just informed me that when they reloaded XP PRO, they couldn't upgrade because the Registration number was invalid. Prior to this time, I had no problems with upgrades. I'm hoping the registration number provided was a miscopy but what are my alternatives if it's not? |
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Greetings --
If you want to continue using WinXP Pro and preserve the installed applications, you'll need to purchase and use a _legitimate_ full retail copy of WinXP Pro to perform a repair (a.k.a. in-place upgrade) installation, using the new CD and Product Key. You _might_ be able to do the repair using a WinXP Pro Upgrade CD, but you would need to have the installation CD for an earlier, qualifying OS, available to insert when prompt to verify that you qualify for the upgrade license. How to Perform an In-Place Upgrade of Windows XP http://support.microsoft.com/directo...;EN-US;Q315341 Purchasing WinXP Home, whether the full version or the upgrade, would entail formatting the hard drive. There is no supported downgrade path or technique. Simply boot from the WinXP Home installation CD. You'll be offered the opportunity to delete, create, and format partitions as part of the installation process. (You may need to re-arrange the order of boot devices in the PC's BIOS to boot from the CD.) HOW TO Install Windows XP http://support.microsoft.com/default...B;en-us;316941 http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html http://www.webtree.ca/windowsxp/clean_install.htm Bruce Chambers -- Help us help you: http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on having both at once. - RAH "Jim Deck" wrote in message ... OK, so my desktop now has an illegal copy of XP Pro on it. I've confronted the vendor, reported it to MS, and if I don't hear tomorrow from the vendor, I'll call the BBB. So, must I purchase a full copy of XP (Home or Pro) or will an upgrade suffice? |
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You can't legally use an Upgrade version unless you have a qualifying
product. The pirated version is not a qualifying product. You can upgrade XP Pro to XP Home version as that is a downgrade. You will need a full retail version of XP Pro to legally do a Repair Install or do a clean install with an Upgrade version providing you have a qualifying product to satisfy the request during setup. Qualifying products include Windows 9x/Me/NT/2000. Which ever qualifying product you use with an XP Upgrade version must not be installed on another system or you invalidate the upgrade path. -- Harry Ohrn MS-MVP [Shell/User] www.webtree.ca/windowsxp "Jim Deck" wrote in message ... OK, so my desktop now has an illegal copy of XP Pro on it. I've confronted the vendor, reported it to MS, and if I don't hear tomorrow from the vendor, I'll call the BBB. So, must I purchase a full copy of XP (Home or Pro) or will an upgrade suffice? "Harry Ohrn" wrote: The following comes from the Windows XP Product Activation FAQ posted by Microsoft. It appears that your options are to try to get a legitimate version from the shop that supplied you with the illegal version, report them to Microsoft's Anti piracy depart (address below) and or purchase a legitimate version. What should a customer do if they find they unwittingly acquired a pirated copy of Windows XP? How can a customer acquire a legitimate license for Windows XP if they find that theirs is pirated? The customer should go back to the point of purchase and demand a refund or a genuine copy of Windows XP. Customers can also contact Microsoft directly at http://www.microsoft.com/piracy/reporting/default.asp and report the piracy. Customers can acquire a legitimate copy of Windows XP from a trusted retailer or PC manufacturer. What are the product keys that are affected by this? We are not publishing the product keys themselves, however the product IDs generated from these product keys are (where X may be any numeric value): a.. XXXXX-640-0000356-23XXX b.. XXXXX-640-2001765-23XXX The product ID can be found by right clicking on My Computer and choosing Properties and viewing the General tab. -- Harry Ohrn MS-MVP [Shell/User] www.webtree.ca/windowsxp "Jim Deck" Jim wrote in message ... About a year ago, I took my computer into a shop for repairs. At that time, I was running an XP Home upgrade from ME. The shop lost my system disks but upgraded me to XP Pro. Only after much pressure, did they give me a copy of XP Pro with a registration number. So, now I'm having hard drive problems and take the system to a more reputable shop along with the XP PRO disk and registration number. They are replacing my hard drive and have just informed me that when they reloaded XP PRO, they couldn't upgrade because the Registration number was invalid. Prior to this time, I had no problems with upgrades. I'm hoping the registration number provided was a miscopy but what are my alternatives if it's not? |
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correction should read " you can not upgrade XP Pro to XP Home...."
sorry for the typo. -- Harry Ohrn MS-MVP [Shell/User] www.webtree.ca/windowsxp "Harry Ohrn" wrote in message ... You can't legally use an Upgrade version unless you have a qualifying product. The pirated version is not a qualifying product. You can upgrade XP Pro to XP Home version as that is a downgrade. You will need a full retail version of XP Pro to legally do a Repair Install or do a clean install with an Upgrade version providing you have a qualifying product to satisfy the request during setup. Qualifying products include Windows 9x/Me/NT/2000. Which ever qualifying product you use with an XP Upgrade version must not be installed on another system or you invalidate the upgrade path. -- Harry Ohrn MS-MVP [Shell/User] www.webtree.ca/windowsxp "Jim Deck" wrote in message ... OK, so my desktop now has an illegal copy of XP Pro on it. I've confronted the vendor, reported it to MS, and if I don't hear tomorrow from the vendor, I'll call the BBB. So, must I purchase a full copy of XP (Home or Pro) or will an upgrade suffice? "Harry Ohrn" wrote: The following comes from the Windows XP Product Activation FAQ posted by Microsoft. It appears that your options are to try to get a legitimate version from the shop that supplied you with the illegal version, report them to Microsoft's Anti piracy depart (address below) and or purchase a legitimate version. What should a customer do if they find they unwittingly acquired a pirated copy of Windows XP? How can a customer acquire a legitimate license for Windows XP if they find that theirs is pirated? The customer should go back to the point of purchase and demand a refund or a genuine copy of Windows XP. Customers can also contact Microsoft directly at http://www.microsoft.com/piracy/reporting/default.asp and report the piracy. Customers can acquire a legitimate copy of Windows XP from a trusted retailer or PC manufacturer. What are the product keys that are affected by this? We are not publishing the product keys themselves, however the product IDs generated from these product keys are (where X may be any numeric value): a.. XXXXX-640-0000356-23XXX b.. XXXXX-640-2001765-23XXX The product ID can be found by right clicking on My Computer and choosing Properties and viewing the General tab. -- Harry Ohrn MS-MVP [Shell/User] www.webtree.ca/windowsxp "Jim Deck" Jim wrote in message ... About a year ago, I took my computer into a shop for repairs. At that time, I was running an XP Home upgrade from ME. The shop lost my system disks but upgraded me to XP Pro. Only after much pressure, did they give me a copy of XP Pro with a registration number. So, now I'm having hard drive problems and take the system to a more reputable shop along with the XP PRO disk and registration number. They are replacing my hard drive and have just informed me that when they reloaded XP PRO, they couldn't upgrade because the Registration number was invalid. Prior to this time, I had no problems with upgrades. I'm hoping the registration number provided was a miscopy but what are my alternatives if it's not? |
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