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today i attempted to install xp pro corp edition on my laptop and for some amazingly wierd reaosn it has decided the product key is invalid. however said same key isn't invalid and works perfectly well. I even tried it on my desktop and the cd key entered fine. why would my laptop refuse it but only my laptop? |
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weird* |
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surely you got a working version of xp with your laptop |
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no it came with no OS disk because its media centre and media centre is gay. thats beside the poitn though because i am trying to put xp pro on it instead of MC |
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this is microsoft OEM bullshit |
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if your current version came with your desktop computer it can be locked to it so that you can't use it elsewhere... Dell has a habit of doing shit like that. |
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it didn't come with my desktop and isn't locked to it. it justs eems so odd that the same disc and serial willw ork in one and not the other. when it didn't work in the laptop i tried the same disc in the desktop out of interest and instead of the product key is invalid it actuallyw orked so i cancelled and exited set up. |
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i don't see how it can be oem. This is microsft xp profeesional corporate edition. its designed to go on multiple computers with one serial. |
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it's probably some microsoft bullshit like there's a difference between the cd-key you'd need for a laptop and the one for the desktop, but I don't know... |
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i had the same thing. i got a version of xp with my laptop and it works fine. when i installed it on the pc of my girlfriend the same shit started. just download some decent pirated version. |
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the only thing it might be that i can think of is this media centre having some built in shite that refuses to let you use it like a real computer! |
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biter! =) |
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Dells are notorious for this though. i was lucky enough to have a "Dell XP Pro" cd, so i was ok. |
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thats gotta be pretty sneaky having some wierd p[rocess that vets any potential install for dell's approval. |
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have you tried formating the disk and installin' from zero ground? maybe that gets rid of Dell's bullshit? |
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dell somehow manages to stor info in undeleteable places.. not even flashing the bios helps |
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its probably hidden partitions. they have one for dell diagnostic utility and another one with disk image of clear windows xp installation backup. |
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Mr. Taffy -> theres a great version of the Corporate XP at oink. It cuts down a hell of a lot of useless rubbish and thus moves like the clappers. |
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like i said - this isn't dell related. i got a hp |
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they use hidden partitions too. |
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