Ok I bought a computer(built) from a private party. It had a trial version of XP Home with Vista. My trial time ran out and I tried to put on XP Pro that I bought from another private party.
The XP Pro was in the shrink wrap and everything about says it is legit.(If not, it's a hell of a good job). Well I tried to load it and everything seemed to be working right. At the end it tells me it did not load correctly. I try again to no avail. I give it all to a friend much smarter in computers than I. He finds one of the memory sticks went bad and something about "final install was probably effected by bad memory..."
Pulling the stick he has tried to load the XP Pro. When it asks for the Product key (25 digits), the one that came with the package says, Invalid???
Did I get screwed here? Is there a way to verify the code I have with Microsoft? Is there a way to get that code off of the CD?
HEEEELLLLLLP. I'm computer moron so please help me the best you can.
Thanks.
2007-02-16 10:46:55 · 2 answers · asked by Ben B 3 in Computers & Internet ➔ Software
Try contacting Microsoft. XP is only supposed to be installed on one computer, and if it activated with the bad RAM then it may think you're now installing it on a second computer. If you contact Microsoft support they may be able to help you.
2007-02-16 10:59:01 · answer #1 · answered by Rose D 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You are trying to steal software. Just pay $300 for it and get it over with.
2016-03-28 23:09:36 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋