Guest Kat Posted August 28, 2008 Posted August 28, 2008 Re: XP KEY Will not work I have an issue with a windows XP OEM disc.... I'm trying to upgrade Windows 98 to windows XP Pro and the system will not accept the key.... what's up with that? "Daave" wrote: > T wrote: > > Not too sure about those, What I was referring to is a cd I dug out > > of one of the Microsoft Binders we received a few years ago. VLM is > > how the accompanying paperwork referred to it. > > You mentioned you had three discs altogether: "Home OEM, Home Retail and > Home VLM." I assume VLM stands for Volume License Media and that it uses > a volume license key (which often doesn't need to be manually activated, > by the way), but I still need more information. > > You also mentioned that you used "a Dell recovery cd and a Key changer." > I wonder if that last step is what permanently messed things up. > > That OEM disc is useless (as you now know), so don't use it again > (unless you want to reinstall XP Home on whichever Dell PC this > particular OEM license is tied to). > > What kind of retail disc do you have? Is it Full or Upgrade? What > Service Pack is it and what Service Pack do you have on your IBM laptop? > And what model is this laptop? Did it come with XP installed, or was it > upgrade along the way? > > Describe this "Home VLM" disc you mentioned. Is it OEM or retail? Full > or upgrade? Is this what came with your IBM laptop? If not, did you get > an installation (or other) disc along with your laptop, or might you > have the installation files on a hidden partition. > What are you trying to do: a clean install or a repair install? > > If your retail disc is Full, your easiest solution might be to format > the hard drive and perform a clean install. However, you will need the > key that came with that particular disc! > > >
Guest Jerry Posted August 28, 2008 Posted August 28, 2008 Re: XP KEY Will not work Re: XP KEY Will not work Because an OEM disc can only be installed on a 'clean' system; not as an upgrade to anything. "Kat" <Kat@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:214AB9CF-4005-4344-A394-D3FAF623BA86@microsoft.com... >I have an issue with a windows XP OEM disc.... I'm trying to upgrade >Windows > 98 to windows XP Pro and the system will not accept the key.... what's up > with that? > > "Daave" wrote: > >> T wrote: >> > Not too sure about those, What I was referring to is a cd I dug out >> > of one of the Microsoft Binders we received a few years ago. VLM is >> > how the accompanying paperwork referred to it. >> >> You mentioned you had three discs altogether: "Home OEM, Home Retail and >> Home VLM." I assume VLM stands for Volume License Media and that it uses >> a volume license key (which often doesn't need to be manually activated, >> by the way), but I still need more information. >> >> You also mentioned that you used "a Dell recovery cd and a Key changer." >> I wonder if that last step is what permanently messed things up. >> >> That OEM disc is useless (as you now know), so don't use it again >> (unless you want to reinstall XP Home on whichever Dell PC this >> particular OEM license is tied to). >> >> What kind of retail disc do you have? Is it Full or Upgrade? What >> Service Pack is it and what Service Pack do you have on your IBM laptop? >> And what model is this laptop? Did it come with XP installed, or was it >> upgrade along the way? >> >> Describe this "Home VLM" disc you mentioned. Is it OEM or retail? Full >> or upgrade? Is this what came with your IBM laptop? If not, did you get >> an installation (or other) disc along with your laptop, or might you >> have the installation files on a hidden partition. >> What are you trying to do: a clean install or a repair install? >> >> If your retail disc is Full, your easiest solution might be to format >> the hard drive and perform a clean install. However, you will need the >> key that came with that particular disc! >> >> >>
Guest Bob I Posted August 29, 2008 Posted August 29, 2008 Re: XP KEY Will not work Re: XP KEY Will not work OEM means Original Equipment Manufacturer. There will be nothing to upgrade. If you wish to "upgrade" an Win98 installation, you will need either an Upgrade version of XP or a Full version of XP. Kat wrote: > I have an issue with a windows XP OEM disc.... I'm trying to upgrade Windows > 98 to windows XP Pro and the system will not accept the key.... what's up > with that? > > "Daave" wrote: > > >>T wrote: >> >>>Not too sure about those, What I was referring to is a cd I dug out >>>of one of the Microsoft Binders we received a few years ago. VLM is >>>how the accompanying paperwork referred to it. >> >>You mentioned you had three discs altogether: "Home OEM, Home Retail and >>Home VLM." I assume VLM stands for Volume License Media and that it uses >>a volume license key (which often doesn't need to be manually activated, >>by the way), but I still need more information. >> >>You also mentioned that you used "a Dell recovery cd and a Key changer." >>I wonder if that last step is what permanently messed things up. >> >>That OEM disc is useless (as you now know), so don't use it again >>(unless you want to reinstall XP Home on whichever Dell PC this >>particular OEM license is tied to). >> >>What kind of retail disc do you have? Is it Full or Upgrade? What >>Service Pack is it and what Service Pack do you have on your IBM laptop? >>And what model is this laptop? Did it come with XP installed, or was it >>upgrade along the way? >> >>Describe this "Home VLM" disc you mentioned. Is it OEM or retail? Full >>or upgrade? Is this what came with your IBM laptop? If not, did you get >>an installation (or other) disc along with your laptop, or might you >>have the installation files on a hidden partition. >>What are you trying to do: a clean install or a repair install? >> >>If your retail disc is Full, your easiest solution might be to format >>the hard drive and perform a clean install. However, you will need the >>key that came with that particular disc! >> >> >>
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