WHEN I BROUGHT A SECOND HAND COMPUTER NOT LONG AGO I HAD WINDOWS 98.I DECIDED TO BUY WINDOWS XP, AS I DONT KNOW MUCH ABOUT THEM I GOT A COMPUTER TECHNICIAN TO INSTALL IT.THE CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY VALIDATION KEY STICKER I STUCK ON MY COMPUTER.TODAY I LOOKED IN SYSTEM PROPERTIES AND ITS REGISTERED IN MY NAME BUT THE NUMBER IS NOT THE SAME ON MY VALIDATION KEY STICKER WHICH CONSISTS OF 25 LETTERS AND NUMBERS SO I,M JUST WONDERING IF IT SHOULD BE.
2006-12-06 00:45:45 · 11 answers · asked by Karen B 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Desktops
Dear friend....
our friends suggested you to go for microsoft website to check your XP...
but, pls don't go to that website...
if you go there to check yours whether geniune or not, that MS website will automatically block your XP as pirated copy (only if your XP is not geniune)
so, you dont know whether ur XP is geniune or not and you want to know/check it out right?
i will say you the easy and safe method to check that out..
just download windows media player 11 or MS-OFFICE XP from the internet...
if you dont have net, just try to get it from your friends thru CD...
install them... if your Xp is genuine then they will install successfully.. otherwise it will get stuck inbetween installation process and shows a warning msg that " it cant continue installation as beacuse of your pirated copy of windows-XP.
Also, onemorething..
you said that your technician installed your win XP newly..
for a geniune version you have to register your XP to microsoft website by internet within 30 days of installation . if you cant able to access internet there is another option to register/activate your XP, its thru phone line...
so, after installation of XP if you have came accross morethan 30 days without registering ur XP thru internet or without calling microsoft customer care center (phone) then definitely your Windows XP is a pirated one.................
BEST OF LUCK !
Cheers'
Janakiram.S.K
2006-12-06 02:34:23 · answer #1 · answered by skj_ram 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, maybe.
Ask that technician!!!
Run WGA! See what it tells you!
If not a match, make the tech. explain it, or he can use the small script program to correct the info and enter the correct number!
BUT, also, the visible number/letter group in the Properties window is NEVER the actual Registration Number! It is an extract of the number, a product of an algorythm (You remember Al Gore? Well, no relation, this is factual, he is all BS!)!
Anyway, many of us in 165 nations enjoy trouble free, worry free, and virus free computer use, without the hassle of "Registration"
with http://pclinuxos.com
By the way, this is a duplicate of your other entry as a question, and could be yanked for being a duplicate... Perhaps you would let up on the CAPS LOCK key? Makes you look ignorant of the ettiquette rules.
2006-12-06 00:53:52 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Go to the Microsoft site and run the utility available there to find out if the os in ur computer is genuine or not.
2006-12-06 00:54:09 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
it relies upon at this style of xp, if professional and domicile version, if provider p.c.. a million or 2. if the version of the real and not genuine are the comparable (the two professional and sp2).... they function in the comparable way, aside from updates.. and different freeware from domicile windows.
2016-10-14 03:26:10 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That is not your product #. That # is made from your product #. If you are able to download updates from microsoft, you have a Genuine copy of XP
2006-12-06 00:50:20 · answer #5 · answered by voidtillnow 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
call the technician back tell him.
by the same time go to microsoft updates, where it will run a genuinity test.
2006-12-06 00:56:13 · answer #6 · answered by Maverickk 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
u can download updates even if ur windows xp isnt genuine .... trust me i know :D in my country no one buys software
2006-12-06 00:54:35 · answer #7 · answered by KATEgRA 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You will most likely find out once you do a windows update. go to MS website and try updating.
2006-12-06 00:48:02 · answer #8 · answered by HkHR 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yea window xp very good
2006-12-06 00:49:07 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/howtotell/en/default.mspx
Microsofts HowToTell site,.. helps you
2006-12-06 00:49:06 · answer #10 · answered by midday 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋