one CDkey, two XP disks

Sheepykins · 02-10-2008, 12:29 PM

my problem is basically that my xp disk is fooked. so i borrowed a friends, but my CD key wouldnt work on his copy, his disk was service pack 2 as well but mine was just basic xp.

so we used his key to install the O/S and now we cant change it to mine.

we;ve tried going through the authentication and the "change by phone number updation". but it didnt work is there anyway just to force it to accept my key so i can validate?

info: his disk had XP pro SP2 mine was just XP pro and also my copy is from a school i work at so its one of those multi-workstation ones, and his disk copy was for home use

peterhuang913 · 02-10-2008, 12:31 PM

Just use his to validate. It doesn't matter.

Sheepykins · 02-10-2008, 12:33 PM

it only validates once i think. im not sure. but even still, its his copy and althought if anything he does more...morally questionable things with his xp. i would rather not validate his

peterhuang913 · 02-10-2008, 12:34 PM

What?? Morally questionable things? Nobody can trace it back to a certain XP key. You can validate it more than once and it doesn't even matter.

Sheepykins · 02-10-2008, 12:49 PM

he says he'd have to reinstall xp himself or something, either way its a no go. so i need a fix

Alvin.C · 02-10-2008, 01:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by peterhuang913

What?? Morally questionable things? Nobody can trace it back to a certain XP key. You can validate it more than once and it doesn't even matter.

Hello. You can't activate more than one copy of Windows XP on different machines with the same product key.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sheepykins

he says he'd have to reinstall xp himself or something, either way its a no go. so i need a fix

Unfortunately, you can't validate a copy of Windows XP SP2 with a non SP2 product key.

peterhuang913 · 02-10-2008, 01:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alvin.C

Hello. You can't activate more than one copy of Windows XP on different machines with the same product key.

Hi. Yes, you can.

Sheepykins · 02-10-2008, 01:12 PM

unless its specifically bought to do that, like mine is, as its from a school its allowed to be used on multiple machines

carnageX · 02-10-2008, 01:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alvin.C

Unfortunately, you can't validate a copy of Windows XP SP2 with a non SP2 product key.

I've done it before...

peterhuang913 · 02-10-2008, 01:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by carnageX

I've done it before...

Me too.

02-10-2008, 12:29 PM	#1 (permalink)
Sheepykins Junior Techie Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Kidderminster Posts: 45	one CDkey, two XP disks my problem is basically that my xp disk is fooked. so i borrowed a friends, but my CD key wouldnt work on his copy, his disk was service pack 2 as well but mine was just basic xp. so we used his key to install the O/S and now we cant change it to mine. we;ve tried going through the authentication and the "change by phone number updation". but it didnt work is there anyway just to force it to accept my key so i can validate? info: his disk had XP pro SP2 mine was just XP pro and also my copy is from a school i work at so its one of those multi-workstation ones, and his disk copy was for home use

02-10-2008, 12:33 PM	#3 (permalink)
Sheepykins Junior Techie Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Kidderminster Posts: 45	Re: one CDkey, two XP disks it only validates once i think. im not sure. but even still, its his copy and althought if anything he does more...morally questionable things with his xp. i would rather not validate his

02-10-2008, 12:49 PM	#5 (permalink)
Sheepykins Junior Techie Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Kidderminster Posts: 45	Re: one CDkey, two XP disks he says he'd have to reinstall xp himself or something, either way its a no go. so i need a fix

02-10-2008, 01:12 PM	#8 (permalink)
Sheepykins Junior Techie Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Kidderminster Posts: 45	Re: one CDkey, two XP disks unless its specifically bought to do that, like mine is, as its from a school its allowed to be used on multiple machines

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