Guest Joseph Posted September 8, 2007 Posted September 8, 2007 I have a 7 year old Dell computer that was donated to our church a year ago but was just put in storage. I now want to use it. The company that donated it had upgraded it from a Win 2000 Pro to an XP Pro system. However, I'd like to clean it up by doing a clean install. I have the Win 2000 product key, but don't have information regarding a Win XP product key as, I believe, it was a corporate upgrade license. Would I be able to use the Win 2000 product key with a Win XP installation? If not, what other options do I have? The donating company no longer exists so I can't get historical info. TIA
Guest Detlev Dreyer Posted September 8, 2007 Posted September 8, 2007 Re: Advice on XP Reinstall Re: Advice on XP Reinstall "Joseph" <jo@yahoo.com> wrote: > I have a 7 year old Dell computer that was donated to our > church a year ago but was just put in storage. I now want > to use it. The company that donated it had upgraded it > from a Win 2000 Pro to an XP Pro system. However, I'd > like to clean it up by doing a clean install. > > I have the Win 2000 product key, but don't have information > regarding a Win XP product key as, I believe, it was a > corporate upgrade license. > > Would I be able to use the Win 2000 product key with > a Win XP installation? Nope. > If not, what other options do I have? Install Win2K using your product key or buy WinXP. -- d-d
Guest Rich Barry Posted September 8, 2007 Posted September 8, 2007 Re: Advice on XP Reinstall Joseph, no you will not be able to use the Win2000 Product Key, however if your Win XP is still intact and working you can download and install a Product Key finder such as Jellybean Magical Key finder. http://www.magicaljellybean.com/keyfinder.shtml That will give you the proper Product Key and if it's a Corporate License then it will work fine doing a New Install. You have the WinXP CD right? "Joseph" <jo@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:46E2E7B5.5010007@yahoo.com... >I have a 7 year old Dell computer that was donated to our > church a year ago but was just put in storage. I now want > to use it. The company that donated it had upgraded it > from a Win 2000 Pro to an XP Pro system. However, I'd > like to clean it up by doing a clean install. > > I have the Win 2000 product key, but don't have information > regarding a Win XP product key as, I believe, it was a > corporate upgrade license. > > Would I be able to use the Win 2000 product key with > a Win XP installation? If not, what other options do > I have? The donating company no longer exists so > I can't get historical info. > > TIA
Guest Ken Blake, MVP Posted September 8, 2007 Posted September 8, 2007 Re: Advice on XP Reinstall On Sat, 08 Sep 2007 11:19:33 -0700, Joseph <jo@yahoo.com> wrote: > I have a 7 year old Dell computer that was donated to our > church a year ago but was just put in storage. I now want > to use it. The company that donated it had upgraded it > from a Win 2000 Pro to an XP Pro system. However, I'd > like to clean it up by doing a clean install. > > I have the Win 2000 product key, but don't have information > regarding a Win XP product key as, I believe, it was a > corporate upgrade license. > > Would I be able to use the Win 2000 product key with > a Win XP installation? No. Moreover if the copy of XP was part of a volume license to that company, your church does not have a license to use it anyway. > If not, what other options do > I have? The donating company no longer exists so > I can't get historical info. Whether the donating company exists would appear to be irrelevant. You apparently have only a single option. Buy a valid copy of the operating system of your choice--Windows XP, Windows 2000, or other, -- Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User Please Reply to the Newsgroup
Guest Alias Posted September 8, 2007 Posted September 8, 2007 Re: Advice on XP Reinstall Joseph wrote: > I have a 7 year old Dell computer that was donated to our > church a year ago but was just put in storage. I now want > to use it. The company that donated it had upgraded it > from a Win 2000 Pro to an XP Pro system. However, I'd > like to clean it up by doing a clean install. > > I have the Win 2000 product key, but don't have information > regarding a Win XP product key as, I believe, it was a > corporate upgrade license. > > Would I be able to use the Win 2000 product key with > a Win XP installation? If not, what other options do > I have? The donating company no longer exists so > I can't get historical info. > > TIA You might want to consider Linux Ubuntu. No product key, free and available RIGHT now from http://www.ubuntu.com/ -- Alias To email me, remove shoes
Guest db ´¯`·.. > Posted September 8, 2007 Posted September 8, 2007 Re: Advice on XP Reinstall (forget about cleaning it up at this time) the question is can you log into windows xp on that machine? if you can, then there is some hope.... -- db ·´¯`·.¸. , . .·´¯`·..><)))º>`·.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸.·´¯`·...¸><)))º>¸. ><)))º>·´¯`·.¸. , . .·´¯`·.. ><)))º>`·.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸.·´¯`·...¸><)))º> .. "Joseph" <jo@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:46E2E7B5.5010007@yahoo.com... >I have a 7 year old Dell computer that was donated to our > church a year ago but was just put in storage. I now want > to use it. The company that donated it had upgraded it > from a Win 2000 Pro to an XP Pro system. However, I'd > like to clean it up by doing a clean install. > > I have the Win 2000 product key, but don't have information > regarding a Win XP product key as, I believe, it was a > corporate upgrade license. > > Would I be able to use the Win 2000 product key with > a Win XP installation? If not, what other options do > I have? The donating company no longer exists so > I can't get historical info. > > TIA
Guest HeyBub Posted September 8, 2007 Posted September 8, 2007 Re: Advice on XP Reinstall Alias wrote: > > You might want to consider Linux Ubuntu. No product key, free and > available RIGHT now from http://www.ubuntu.com/ Wrong religion.
Guest Joseph Posted September 8, 2007 Posted September 8, 2007 Re: Advice on XP Reinstall Rich, Well I had high hopes for it. I tested it on my Dell system and it didn't match my Microsoft sticker. Could that be because it was preinstalled by Dell? I'll write down what is displayed and try it out. I did a ghost backup so I can always cleanup if I have to. BTW, if I do load from scratch and give a bogus key, will the installation process stop? Thanks... Rich Barry wrote: > Joseph, no you will not be able to use the Win2000 Product Key, however > if your Win > XP is still intact and working you can download and install a Product Key > finder such as > Jellybean Magical Key finder. > http://www.magicaljellybean.com/keyfinder.shtml > > That will give you the proper Product Key and if it's a Corporate License > then it will > work fine doing a New Install. You have the WinXP CD right? >
Guest Rich Barry Posted September 9, 2007 Posted September 9, 2007 Re: Advice on XP Reinstall Joseph, so you used Jellybean and it gave you a Product Code. Then you said that it didn't match the Microsoft Sticker. That's good. It shouldnt. Give it try. Remember, you get into legal issues when using a corporate version for personal use but I don't think MS is going to be knocking on your door. "Joseph" <jo@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:46E2E7B5.5010007@yahoo.com... >I have a 7 year old Dell computer that was donated to our > church a year ago but was just put in storage. I now want > to use it. The company that donated it had upgraded it > from a Win 2000 Pro to an XP Pro system. However, I'd > like to clean it up by doing a clean install. > > I have the Win 2000 product key, but don't have information > regarding a Win XP product key as, I believe, it was a > corporate upgrade license. > > Would I be able to use the Win 2000 product key with > a Win XP installation? If not, what other options do > I have? The donating company no longer exists so > I can't get historical info. > > TIA
Guest Bruce Chambers Posted September 9, 2007 Posted September 9, 2007 Re: Advice on XP Reinstall Joseph wrote: > Rich, > > Well I had high hopes for it. I tested it on my Dell system and it > didn't match my Microsoft sticker. Could that be because it was > preinstalled by Dell? Exactly. If you have a factory-installed OEM license, and haven't since reinstalled the OS, the revealed Product Key is probably of the drive image used at the factory and not your specific Product Key; therefore, it probably cannot be -- and definitely should not be -- used for a re-installation. -- Bruce Chambers Help us help you: http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. -Benjamin Franklin Many people would rather die than think; in fact, most do. -Bertrand Russell
Guest Joseph Posted September 9, 2007 Posted September 9, 2007 Re: Advice on XP Reinstall Bruce Chambers wrote: > Joseph wrote: > Exactly. If you have a factory-installed OEM license, and haven't > since reinstalled the OS, the revealed Product Key is probably of the > drive image used at the factory and not your specific Product Key; > therefore, it probably cannot be -- and definitely should not be -- used > for a re-installation. Well, if that is the case, then the program probably works, which is what I was wondering about. The test was made on my 'legal' new laptop, but the actual target is another system which is what I want to preserve the information for.
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