Windows xp home edition cd key not working

Sign in to vote. Saturday, April 28, PM. Tuesday, May 1, PM. Tell us: 1. Or, does it have the computer manufacturer's name in black lettering? Sunday, April 29, AM. Monday, April 30, AM. Yer, your right it says Monday, April 30, PM. Thanks I will do now please leave this Thread open so i can post an update thanks.

Can you post the exact model of your Compaq Evo? I have a cd rom drive and i can either download the Recorvey disc or order and pay i dont want to pay and i do not have a burner I have a copy of XP Pro cant i use that? Is it possible we could speak through a chat program etc Msn? What happened to your post? Liam03, OK, I understand where the burner comes in Tuesday, May 1, AM. Is there anywhere I can order them for free? Once I get these restore discs and i reset it what does it do will it let me change the prduct key dont forget I have a copy of XP Pro not the one that came with the pc.

Why would I need discs? Wednesday, May 2, AM. Wednesday, May 2, PM. Actualy forget it Microsoft has lost one of its customers, I'm gonna go with Linux Ubuntu much better I think, Thanks for all your help it is just the way microsoft treated me. I think Microsoft are very rude and need to set their priortys right, otherwise theyre gonna loose a few home users!

Sunday, May 6, AM. Ok, so I'm having a very similar problem. Sunday, May 6, PM. I'm not understanding where in this process Microsoft treated you badly. Thomas, The Product Key Updater Utility is a stopgap measure designed to temporarily get a nongenuine installation of XP genuine again. Before I asked for help in here I phoned their technical helpline they were just soo rude to me So your saying if I get a proper cd no matter what product key it uses and i do a clean instalation with that cd i will be able to enter my product key during instalation?

Liam03, Product Keys are designed to work with their matching "flavor" and edition of CD, but are not so specific that this one individual Product Key will only work with this one exact Windows CD and no others. Monday, May 7, PM. Terms of Use.

I believe you will find that they do not match. Hfcg, I believe you are correct. Now I am trying to use a Home with SP3 disc. Thanks for the heads up! Posted 09 June - PM.

Neil Jones Member 5k Member 8, posts. Yes you can. Posted 10 June - AM. NJ--you might very well be right about this. Posted 10 June - PM. OEM licences are legally not transferable from one computer to another, whereas Retail keys are providing they're not on more than the number of computers stipulated in the licence, typically one.

OEM licences legally die with the machine. The only other noticeable differences save for the labelling of the disks on original disks is OEM keys have no upgrade ability they'll insist on wiping the machine and Retail keys are upgradable from previous versions of Windows and if you use them on an empty disk it'll ask you for a Windows 95 or later CD before it'll do anything else. Share Copy sharable link for this gist.

Learn more about clone URLs. Download ZIP. This file contains bidirectional Unicode text that may be interpreted or compiled differently than what appears below. To review, open the file in an editor that reveals hidden Unicode characters. Learn more about bidirectional Unicode characters Show hidden characters. Copy link. Thank you so much!! Works perfectly. To write the License key you must Off you caplocks. That's not work for me.

I have successfully activated windows xp home. Not working can you send new one? Sign up for free to join this conversation on GitHub. Already have an account?