Guest Alan Posted September 15, 2007 Posted September 15, 2007 I know this is old ground for most of you. When I sent my CPU out for repair it came back without my XP CD and I started to get the nagware regarding WGA. The repair shop is out of business, of course! Is the downloadable tool to resolve this, product key update tool, reliable and are there any issues that I should know about before attempting to fix this problem? If it's difficult or has problems, I'll just live with the nag, nag, nag. I don't want to make things worse than they are now. I've been to the site and understand it for the most part, but if somethning can go wrong, I'll find it. I would appreciate any feedback I can get. Thanks, -- Alan
Guest Shenan Stanley Posted September 15, 2007 Posted September 15, 2007 Re: Windows Product Key Key Update Tool Alan wrote: > I know this is old ground for most of you. When I sent my CPU out > for repair it came back without my XP CD and I started to get the > nagware regarding WGA. The repair shop is out of business, of > course! Is the downloadable tool to resolve this, product key > update tool, reliable and are there any issues that I should know > about before attempting to fix this problem? If it's difficult or > has problems, I'll just live with the nag, nag, nag. I don't want > to make things worse than they are now. I've been to the site and > understand it for the most part, but if somethning can go wrong, > I'll find it. I would appreciate any feedback I can get. Thanks, When you 'sent your CPU out for repair it came back without your XP CD'... Why did you not contact them immediately then? Did you send said CD with it when you 'sent it out for repair'? The Product Key Update tool assumes you have your proper product key - which I assume is stuck to your computer - and does not necessarily fix your problems with WGA telling you that your copy is illegitimate. It is not difficult at all. The Genuine Advantage Product Key Update Tool is only valid for users attempting to change their current non-genuine Product Key to a genuine COA sticker or genuine Product Key - all without a reinstall! http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=50346&clcid=0x409 -- Shenan Stanley MS-MVP -- How To Ask Questions The Smart Way http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
Guest Ken Blake, MVP Posted September 15, 2007 Posted September 15, 2007 Re: Windows Product Key Key Update Tool On Sat, 15 Sep 2007 13:34:00 -0700, Alan <Alan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > I know this is old ground for most of you. When I sent my CPU out for repair > it came back without my XP CD And you accepted that? I don't understand that at all. If you sent your car out for repair and it came back without your radio, would you accept that? I would scream bloody murder, and sue them if necessary. You simply let them steal something from you. -- Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User Please Reply to the Newsgroup
Guest Harry Ohrn Posted September 16, 2007 Posted September 16, 2007 Re: Windows Product Key Key Update Tool Purchase a legitimate copy of XP and use the tool to change the key. You will need to purchase the same version as that installed though as keys are not interchangeable across versions. -- Harry Ohrn MS MVP [shell\User] http://www.webtree.ca/windowsxp "Alan" <Alan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:0C6D8387-D4B4-40A5-A3FB-D29E0DC2AA07@microsoft.com... >I know this is old ground for most of you. When I sent my CPU out for >repair > it came back without my XP CD and I started to get the nagware regarding > WGA. > The repair shop is out of business, of course! Is the downloadable tool to > resolve this, product key update tool, reliable and are there any issues > that > I should know about before attempting to fix this problem? If it's > difficult > or has problems, I'll just live with the nag, nag, nag. I don't want to > make > things worse than they are now. I've been to the site and understand it > for > the most part, but if somethning can go wrong, I'll find it. I would > appreciate any feedback I can get. Thanks, > -- > Alan
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