If you get a system that has an invalid installation of windows then you should seriously consider buying another system
PC with an OEM-XP-home is about the same cost as a retail XP Home and ... you have a spare hard drive, and possibly DVD and memory to upgrade the new system with or - get a £10 USB housing for the hard drive and take a backup of the new system's recovery partition! JimB (Already booked for Tuesday to replace a system with a naff hard drive - and no recovery disks made - so it's a call into PC-World on my way there. Fun will come when I ask the awkward questions - what's your ISP logon and password, .. and your email ?? - and where are your data backup disks???) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tony Lowe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, May 26, 2006 1:13 PM Subject: Re: Changing Activation Code > At 05/26/2006, Chuck Andrews wrote: > >My advice is too late because the purchase of new Windows has > >already been made. Perhaps it will help somebody else in the future > >who runs into this problem. > > If the disc seal has not been broken -- i.e., the CD hasn't been > taken out of it's sleeve, only the outer box has been opened -- then > the software should be returnable. So, it might not be too late for > the OP. It may depend on where it was purchased. > > Personally, I'd recommend doing a fresh install. It's a pain, but > the end result is a clean and stable system. Just my $0.02 worth. > > > -- > Tony Lowe, The HapMaster > What if the hokey-pokey really is what it's all about? > > -- > ---------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Is your picture included in the Official Win-Home List Members Profiles Page? > http://www.besteffort.com/winhome/Profiles.html > If not, write to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- ---------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Is your picture included in the Official Win-Home List Members Profiles Page? http://www.besteffort.com/winhome/Profiles.html If not, write to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
