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I recently bought a s/h computer with a legitimate XP pro COA stuck on the
side of the case. The HDD had been wiped. I installed XP pro using a borrowed
cd and accompanied coa number (I assumed my existing one on the case wouldn't
be accepted). I would like to change the borrowed number in my machine's
windows registry to the 'proper' one. Can I do that? TIA

On Fri, 11 Nov 2005 14:45:03 -0600 If you fall from a tree,leave your
anger on the branch and then (Paul) sent this :

>I recently bought a s/h computer with a legitimate XP pro COA stuck on the
>side of the case. The HDD had been wiped. I installed XP pro using a borrowed
>cd and accompanied coa number (I assumed my existing one on the case wouldn't
>be accepted). I would like to change the borrowed number in my machine's
>windows registry to the 'proper' one. Can I do that? TIA

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On Fri, 11 Nov 2005 14:45:03 -0600, (Paul) wrote:

>I recently bought a s/h computer with a legitimate XP pro COA stuck on the
>side of the case. The HDD had been wiped. I installed XP pro using a borrowed
>cd and accompanied coa number (I assumed my existing one on the case wouldn't
>be accepted). I would like to change the borrowed number in my machine's
>windows registry to the 'proper' one. Can I do that? TIA

Windows XP Product Key Viewer (and changer) for all OS:
Magical Jelly Bean Keyfinder v1.41
http://www.magicaljellybean.com/keyfinder.shtml

"Paul" <> wrote in message
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>I recently bought a s/h computer with a legitimate XP pro COA stuck on the
> side of the case. The HDD had been wiped. I installed XP pro using a
> borrowed
> cd and accompanied coa number (I assumed my existing one on the case
> wouldn't
> be accepted).

Why would you assume that? It's a valid licence key isn't it?

Dan







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In article <43752894$0$8666$>,
says...
>
>
>
>
>"Paul" <> wrote in message
>news:GKednYtsxqZSn-...
>>I recently bought a s/h computer with a legitimate XP pro COA stuck on the
>> side of the case. The HDD had been wiped. I installed XP pro using a
>> borrowed
>> cd and accompanied coa number (I assumed my existing one on the case
>> wouldn't
>> be accepted).
>
>Why would you assume that? It's a valid licence key isn't it?
>
>Dan
>
>

So all valid xp licence keys are on each and every xp cd for validation?

In article <>, says...

>
>Windows XP Product Key Viewer (and changer) for all OS:
>Magical Jelly Bean Keyfinder v1.41
>http://www.magicaljellybean.com/keyfinder.shtml
>

Ta for that -- I actually have jellybean but didn't realise it had the option
to change the key.

Howdy!

"Paul" <> wrote in message
news:AY-...
> In article <43752894$0$8666$>,
> says...
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >"Paul" <> wrote in message
> >news:GKednYtsxqZSn-...
> >>I recently bought a s/h computer with a legitimate XP pro COA stuck on
the
> >> side of the case. The HDD had been wiped. I installed XP pro using a
> >> borrowed
> >> cd and accompanied coa number (I assumed my existing one on the case
> >> wouldn't
> >> be accepted).
> >
> >Why would you assume that? It's a valid licence key isn't it?
> >
> >Dan
> >
> >
>
> So all valid xp licence keys are on each and every xp cd for validation?

No, there aren't ANY license keys on the "CD" in the digital data
stream.

What there is, is a check to see if the key is a matching one - OEM,
Open License, Retail, and New Computer, Upgrade, or what not.

So if they match, then good! And if not, you can find the
appropriate CD and use that to install from.

But it's not matched one-CD-per-key. That'd be awfully expensive,
negating the price advantages of pressing the CDs.

RwP

"Paul" <> wrote in message
news:AY-...
> In article <43752894$0$8666$>,
> says...
>>"Paul" <> wrote in message
>>news:GKednYtsxqZSn-...

>>> (I assumed my existing one on the case
>>> wouldn't
>>> be accepted).
>>
>>Why would you assume that? It's a valid licence key isn't it?

> So all valid xp licence keys are on each and every xp cd for validation?

No, there is a validation algorithm that looks at the key you enter and
decides if it is a real one or not.

Dan







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In article <4375a5ae$0$1905$>,
says...
>
> .
>
>>>> (I assumed my existing one on the case
>>>> wouldn't
>>>> be accepted).
>>>
>>>Why would you assume that? It's a valid licence key isn't it?
>
>> So all valid xp licence keys are on each and every xp cd for validation?
>
>No, there is a validation algorithm that looks at the key you enter and
>decides if it is a real one or not.
>
>Dan


Which conflicts with what Ralph says:


>So if they match, then good! And if not, you can find the
>appropriate CD and use that to install from.

i.e that there are several different CDs each containing a series of keys but
not all.

"Paul" <> wrote in message
news:FIWdnQ5JH_4kM-...
> In article <4375a5ae$0$1905$>,
> says...
>>
>> .
>>
>>>>> (I assumed my existing one on the case
>>>>> wouldn't
>>>>> be accepted).
>>>>
>>>>Why would you assume that? It's a valid licence key isn't it?
>>
>>> So all valid xp licence keys are on each and every xp cd for validation?
>>
>>No, there is a validation algorithm that looks at the key you enter and
>>decides if it is a real one or not.
>>
>>Dan
>
>
> Which conflicts with what Ralph says:
>
>
>>So if they match, then good! And if not, you can find the
>>appropriate CD and use that to install from.
>
> i.e that there are several different CDs each containing a series of keys
> but
> not all.

Nope, XP Pro uses a different algorithm to XP Home, which use a different
algorithm to XP $version SP1, which uses a different algorithm to XP
$version SP2, and the English version algorithms are different to Spanish,
to French etc. If you have a XP Pro SP2 EN key, it will work with any XP Pro
SP2 EN CD.

Dan







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