I don't suppose he has a restore point set, does he? From before he was having whatever problem made him bring it to you?
On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 1:07 PM, Greg Morphis <gmorp...@gmail.com> wrote: > > 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:348105 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
