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Post #272,688
by static
11/8/06 11:02:54 PM
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New My scenario doesn't fit your list.
But then you're talking about XP Home and I'm talking about XP Pro. :-)

It was a Dell disc. It asked for the number. The one off the bottom of the laptop worked and authenticated. And survived WGA.

I made sure my sister got XP Pro; I'll check tonight that she got the CD.

Wade.
"Don't give up!"
Post #272,699
by Andrew Grygus
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11/8/06 11:38:31 PM
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New Yup, XP Pro is a different story . . .
. . and it was on my little list of exceptions. XP Pro they're supposed to be able to give you the disk under the same conditions as Microsoft forbids them to give you the disk for XP Home. None of this is Dell's fault, nor HP's nor anyone else's, it's Microsoft's contract conditions to keep OEM CDs from being separated from computers - as happened in Germany. No real Windows disk, no separation.
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     WinXP repair advice needed - (tonytib) - (15) - Nov. 8, 2006, 01:13:56 PM EST
         With a Dell, you must have a Dell XP disk . . . - (Andrew Grygus) - (7) - Nov. 8, 2006, 01:29:31 PM EST
             Nice. :-/ -NT - (Another Scott) - Nov. 8, 2006, 01:30:21 PM EST
             I'm pretty sure she's got a Dell disk - (tonytib) - Nov. 8, 2006, 01:42:40 PM EST
             That number's phony? - (static) - (4) - Nov. 8, 2006, 08:38:26 PM EST
                 Re: That number's phony? - (Andrew Grygus) - (2) - Nov. 8, 2006, 09:02:36 PM EST
                     My scenario doesn't fit your list. - (static) - (1) - Nov. 8, 2006, 11:02:54 PM EST
                         Yup, XP Pro is a different story . . . - (Andrew Grygus) - Nov. 8, 2006, 11:38:31 PM EST
                 Concur (oh, Pro/Home dichotomy. Ignore) -NT - (pwhysall) - Nov. 8, 2006, 11:39:54 PM EST
         OK, Windows XP Setup does not recognize it's already there - (tonytib) - (1) - Nov. 8, 2006, 04:19:47 PM EST
             That's the point where I tell the client . . . - (Andrew Grygus) - Nov. 8, 2006, 08:59:08 PM EST
         Have you tried.. - (bepatient) - (1) - Nov. 8, 2006, 05:46:20 PM EST
             Trying bootcfg right now; fixboot will be next -NT - (tonytib) - Nov. 8, 2006, 06:02:03 PM EST
         Looks like a problem with file system, but - (tonytib) - (1) - Nov. 8, 2006, 08:17:13 PM EST
             You're doing everything I could suggest. Luck! -NT - (Another Scott) - Nov. 8, 2006, 08:20:09 PM EST
         Reinstall. - (Silverlock) - Nov. 8, 2006, 09:38:37 PM EST

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