Xp oem setupp

Your a living legend mate. Thank you so much. Your going in the special thanks section of my website when i get around to it!! Hello Jim My name is Sidharth from India. I bought a new HP mini Netbook and want to replace the Windows 7 starter with and older version of windows xp from an old Acre computer i use to have. Can you please help me crack the setupp. I do have a Windows xp retail cd and this genuine windows COA please help me. Volume etc. Then i used this great app that can tell you what Type your licence key is and the vendor that issued it Dell, samsung, HP etc.

What's the proper pid for a true oem cd? I'm looking for one that will definitely work with sp2. Will my upgrade-oem pid work under sp2 worked on sp1? If I change it to a true oem-oem pid would I lose the ability to upgrade? I'm trying to keep as much flexibility in installation options open here since I have 6 licenses and no idea where 4 of those are going to eventually end up.

I really don't want to can't lose the ability to do upgrade installs. Thanks, I guess I'll try an oem-oem cd, hopefully using the repair function on it will work to change the install type and let me activate , I really dread backing up all my data again. It is however possible to build an OEM licensed disc that will activate on install.

I plan on posting a tutorial here soon and will post a link on this thread when i do Unfortunatley though OEM licensing does bind the license to the PC it was initially supplied with and there is no way of automating OEM activation without at least knowing the brand of the intended PC for it to be installed on. Sorry I couldn't help more. I'm sure the OP will be relieved by having his problems solved after more than 4 years Who searches these things up and posts to them?

Dumb-a 's like me! No, didn't search this, just found it in the Active Topics. Nirsoft makes a free one "Produkey" that I've used. Note that some antivirus will flag this as rogue software, but it is from a trusted source and a viable admin tool as I use it. There are some versions that can always be installed, but you may need to download and install additional drivers from the machine manufacturer.

The retail version is always an option, but you need to activate online. We were essentially paying for two licenses, one included in the machine cost and a 2nd with the VLP count, but the extra cost was considered recovered in support and administration costs. We did create special app packages with the downloaded drivers for each machine make and model. You need to license every machine in some manner. They use it for their standard builds they ship out so they don't have to keep track of all the keys being shipped on the side of a PC.

Treat it as volume licenses. So don't just jump into grabbing the key from a hot machine, it might not work. The only valid key you have is on the side of the machine, just ensure you are using the proper media for the key.

Thankfully, Microsoft did away with this on Vista going forward. So if you grab retail media you can use the OEM key on it. This is the fun of the KMS. Find out which Exact version is installed and the key Just use the key MJB finds. I think this is the direction you were going in? It is one of my favorite tools ever, and I use it a lot. It also finds the MS Office version and key installed as well.

It has been a life saver many times. Use those since they're designed to be pre-activated when you install them. Something about this tut:. Sonic Posted May 15, Be carreful about manupilate xp cd. Be sure you have right disc and right license Posted May 16, edited.

Posted November 7, Posted November 8, Id be waiting to use it then! Create an account or sign in to comment You need to be a member in order to leave a comment Create an account Sign up for a new account in our community.

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