I've thought about Linux, something like Linux Mint but he's getting up there in years. And money is an issue for him. However I'm not about to buy him a new one ;) Yeah, I barely got anything done yesterday with work and am close to calling it quits. Without the key or the appropriate version of Windows I don't know what to do.
On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 3:02 PM, Ras Tafari <rastaf...@gmail.com> wrote: > > tell him to buy a MacbookPro! > > On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 4:00 PM, Scott Stroz <boyz...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Ubuntu. > > > > :D > > > > On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 3:55 PM, Greg Morphis <gmorp...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > >> I'm trying to help a friend out with his netbook. It's hosed.. it boots > but > >> things are missing, system files.. services wont start I've spent 2 > days on > >> it. It's a netbook so I don't think there was install media. I know it > has > >> Windows XP Home Service Pack 3 installed on it. I used Keyfinder to pull > >> the product key and I downloaded an ISO of WinXP Home SP3. I mounted the > >> ISO and clicked install. I entered the product key and and it tells me > the > >> product key is invalid. I've tried the one on the underside of the > netbook > >> and the one extracted. Neither work. What are my options? > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:348091 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
