Guest Harold A. Climer Posted September 6, 2008 Posted September 6, 2008 Recently I had to re-install my OS;Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005. I also installed SP3 after using the HP patch program for AMD processors before I installed anything else. After transferring some files back from my USB backup external hard drive, I noticed that the system ID was not the same as it was in the previous installation. (I had kept the old system ID number in a Word file.) I have a piece of software that uses the system ID,a serial number and a activation number to make sure it can only be installed on one computer. Is there a way I can change back to the old sysyem ID number, so I can get the software up an running again? BTW this is not the product number. It seems it is created when the hard drive is formatted before installing the OS( A guess). Harold A Climer Dept. Of Physics Geology, and Astronomy U.T, Chattanooga Rm. 406A Engineering, Math & Computer Science Building 615 McCallie Ave. Chattanooga TN 37403 Harold-Cimer@utc.edu
Guest GlowingBlueMist Posted September 7, 2008 Posted September 7, 2008 Re: Changing System ID number "Harold A. Climer" <Harold-Climer@utc.edu> wrote in message news:a1u3c4dp63miv2rlg4mbbtbi7mcmb223h6@4ax.com... > Recently I had to re-install my OS;Windows XP Media > Center Edition 2005. I also installed SP3 after using the HP patch > program for AMD processors before I installed anything else. > After transferring some files back from my USB backup external hard > drive, I noticed that the system ID was not the same as it was in the > previous installation. (I had kept the old system ID number in a Word > file.) > I have a piece of software that uses the system ID,a serial number and > a activation number to make sure it can only be installed on one > computer. > Is there a way I can change back to the old system ID number, so I can > get the software up an running again? > BTW this is not the product number. It seems it is created when the > hard drive is formatted before installing the OS( A guess). > Harold A Climer > Dept. Of Physics Geology, and Astronomy > U.T, Chattanooga > Rm. 406A Engineering, Math & Computer Science Building > 615 McCallie Ave. Chattanooga TN 37403 > Harold-Cimer@utc.edu Do a Google search for "SID changer" and you will find there are quite a range of programs available to change a PC's system ID, from commercial to shareware and freeware.
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