ajrutherford
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Hey all,
I have a problem regarding a certain operating system (take a wild guess) that will not accept a perfectly legit (it's stickered to the bottom of the friggin laptop with Microsoft Authentic written everywhere) CD key.
I have a retail version of XP SP1 Home and a HP that needs a rebuild. When I try to use the HP key, it keeps saying no. In order to get it installed I had to use the key that came with the retail CD. Is there a way to tell this computer that the CD key I have is "ACTUALLY" real and that the machine is being dumb in the name of security?
I have a problem regarding a certain operating system (take a wild guess) that will not accept a perfectly legit (it's stickered to the bottom of the friggin laptop with Microsoft Authentic written everywhere) CD key.
I have a retail version of XP SP1 Home and a HP that needs a rebuild. When I try to use the HP key, it keeps saying no. In order to get it installed I had to use the key that came with the retail CD. Is there a way to tell this computer that the CD key I have is "ACTUALLY" real and that the machine is being dumb in the name of security?