xp cd-key confusion

shadowfield · Oct 27, 2004, 08:50 PM

So, im fixing a friends laptop, it was showing a stop error at boot, last known didnt work, and the computer just rebooted if i tried safe mode. so i go to repair windows(xp pro) using my upgrade cd w/ sp2 slipstreamed. when it asks for a cd key, i type in the one thats stuck to the bottom of the laptop, but it wont accept it. would any one know a reason why it wouldnt work?

Mr cairo · Oct 27, 2004, 09:06 PM

was it pro that was originally on the laptop and not say XP home

mayby somone else upgraded the laptop to xp pro with a diffrent key

Geminiwave · Oct 27, 2004, 10:34 PM

alot of OEM CDs cant be slipstreamed I've noticed. My brother's compaq came with an OEM copy of XP with its own special CD label and everything(interestingly enough it works in any computer even though it says it will only boot on a compaq). Anyway well when I slipstreamed SP2 onto it, the slipstreamed CD totally didnt accept the CD key. Try installing the original first and see if it accepts the CD key.

PangingJr · Oct 28, 2004, 10:37 AM

shadowfield,
i think the setup program on your disk will not accept the Oem product key (CD key).

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Geminiwave
Compaq has made many customised modules on the reinstallation CD and that may cause problem when trying to use it as a win XP SP2 slipstream source.

but for ppls who has Dell's CD you can try to make a slipstreamed version of win XP with SP2,
see this page http://forums.us.dell.com/supportfor...message.id=283 for more information, if you have problem when try to do it with any standard ways.

Oct 27, 2004, 08:50 PM	#1
shadowfield DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 117 Rep Power: 0	xp cd-key confusion So, im fixing a friends laptop, it was showing a stop error at boot, last known didnt work, and the computer just rebooted if i tried safe mode. so i go to repair windows(xp pro) using my upgrade cd w/ sp2 slipstreamed. when it asks for a cd key, i type in the one thats stuck to the bottom of the laptop, but it wont accept it. would any one know a reason why it wouldnt work?

Oct 27, 2004, 09:06 PM	#2
Mr cairo F0rum For Humans Only Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Slightly to the left Posts: 1,780 Rep Power: 92 System Specs	was it pro that was originally on the laptop and not say XP home mayby somone else upgraded the laptop to xp pro with a diffrent key __________________ *Please consider Sponsoring my wife for the race for life*

Oct 27, 2004, 10:34 PM	#3
Geminiwave I Have lovely Breasts Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: In the closet... Posts: 5,395 Rep Power: 64	alot of OEM CDs cant be slipstreamed I've noticed. My brother's compaq came with an OEM copy of XP with its own special CD label and everything(interestingly enough it works in any computer even though it says it will only boot on a compaq). Anyway well when I slipstreamed SP2 onto it, the slipstreamed CD totally didnt accept the CD key. Try installing the original first and see if it accepts the CD key. __________________

Oct 28, 2004, 10:37 AM	#4
PangingJr Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 5,989 Rep Power: 71	shadowfield, i think the setup program on your disk will not accept the Oem product key (CD key). ------------------------------------------ Geminiwave Compaq has made many customised modules on the reinstallation CD and that may cause problem when trying to use it as a win XP SP2 slipstream source. but for ppls who has Dell's CD you can try to make a slipstreamed version of win XP with SP2, see this page http://forums.us.dell.com/supportfor...message.id=283 for more information, if you have problem when try to do it with any standard ways. Last edited by Ctrl-Alt-Del; Oct 28, 2004 at 10:45 AM.