|
|
|
Pentium
Group: Forum Members
Last Login: Today @ 21:27:06
Posts: 1,282,
Visits: 2,061
|
|
my friend (i promise it is a friend, not me ) has just told me that his pc has had a little symble at the bottom. he hadn't used it for a couple of years but had to get it out of the garage as his other one was playing silly buggers and was also fairly old anyway. when i told him to hover over it it showed that it was windows updates. i said to click it and it installed WGA which promply said the copy wasn't legit. he always thought it was.it gives the option for resolve now or resolve later. if he presses resolve now, as he has a couple of times pressed resolve later so he could get on with things, what will it do? i'd assume it will ask for the product key to do another confirmation??? it is XP i believe he said he thinks it is SP1
e6600 o/c to 3.0ghz, samsung F1 750GB HDD, BFG 7300gt oc, p5b deluxe wi-fi,corsair 620w psu,2-2gb ocz reaper 6400 in dual channel,scythe infinity, antec 900 case.
|
|
|
|
|
486
Group: Forum Members
Last Login: 12/11/2008 11:37:15
Posts: 1,002,
Visits: 2,506
|
|
I don't know what it will do as i've never had that problem, what i do know is just because it failed the WGA, doesn't mean it's a dodgy copy, many legit copys have failed it hence the big uproar about the WGA.
Phil.
|
|
|
|
|
Pentium
Group: Forum Members
Last Login: Today @ 22:37:23
Posts: 6,867,
Visits: 7,905
|
|
Agree with Phitore on don't necessarily writing it off yet.
I do know that if you try to go on Windows Updates and let it do the WGA check (and it fails) it will let you resolve it for £90 (ie purchase a new key) or offer you Vista.
Disclaimer: Any advice I provide is only applicable in my reality and may need altering to fit yours There is no place like 127.0.0.1
Best Video Evar! UPDATED
|
|
|
|
|
Pentium
Group: Forum Members
Last Login: Today @ 21:27:06
Posts: 1,282,
Visits: 2,061
|
|
as it is so old he hasn't got any documents for it but if he could find his key, (is there a way of finding it from within windows?), do you think it would allow you to re-enter it incase this helps?
e6600 o/c to 3.0ghz, samsung F1 750GB HDD, BFG 7300gt oc, p5b deluxe wi-fi,corsair 620w psu,2-2gb ocz reaper 6400 in dual channel,scythe infinity, antec 900 case.
|
|
|
|
|
Pentium
Group: Forum Members
Last Login: Today @ 13:32:01
Posts: 1,467,
Visits: 6,572
|
|
I think a programme named SIW (System Information Windows) would recover the Key - but whether that would help?
Dave H
What is the difference between genius and stupidity? Genius has limits. - Albert Einstein
|
|
|
|
|
Pentium
Group: Forum Members
Last Login: Today @ 21:27:06
Posts: 1,282,
Visits: 2,061
|
|
| i have found this http://www.microsoft.com/Genuine/ would it simply be a case of pressing validate on this page after ignoring the first bit ie pressing resolve latter then going here?? or would it be pressing the resolve now bit at the very beginning? if they give you a key i would assume that you have to input it yourself somewhere
e6600 o/c to 3.0ghz, samsung F1 750GB HDD, BFG 7300gt oc, p5b deluxe wi-fi,corsair 620w psu,2-2gb ocz reaper 6400 in dual channel,scythe infinity, antec 900 case.
|
|
|
|
|
Octo-core Atom @ 233GHz (ES)
Group: Moderators
Last Login: Today @ 21:59:54
Posts: 10,429,
Visits: 13,692
|
|
| Has he got a sticker with the procuct key on it? That's the licence, effectively. If he hasn;t got one, he has no licence. A lack of a licence usually means the installation is pirate. As said above, when you press to resolve the issue, you get the option to buy an OEM licence at full price.
Classic PCs
Original IBM PC (4.77MHz 8088, 256KB RAM, monochrome) · Original IBM PC XT (4.77MHz 8088, 512KB, 10MB HDD, monochrome) · Original Compaq Deskpro (7.14MHz 8086, 640KB, 20MB HDD, CGA graphics)
Home Computers
Commodore VIC-20 · C64 original · C64 Terminator edition · C16 · Amiga 500 · Amiga 600 · Amiga 600 HD · Amiga 1200 Acorn Electron · A3010 (Archimedes) · A4000 (Archimedes) Others Sinclair ZX Spectrum 48K · Dragon 32
Consoles
Nintendo Wii · GameCube purple (x 2) · GameCube black · N64 black (x 2) · N64 clear blue · SNES (x 2) · NES (x 2) · DS silver (x 3) · GBA SP silver · GBA purple · GBA clear · Game Boy Color clear · Game Boy Sega Dreamcast x 3 · Saturn · Mega Drive II · Mega Drive · Master System Atari 10-in-1 · Jaguar (x 2) · 7800 · 2600 wood-grain Microsoft Xbox 360 · Xbox Others Mattel Intellivision · MB Vectrex · GoldStar 3DO · Sony PlayStation (original)
|
|
|
|
|
Pentium
Group: Forum Members
Last Login: Today @ 21:27:06
Posts: 1,282,
Visits: 2,061
|
|
cheers guys, i will pass this on. i think i remeber him saying he couldn't find any documents anywhere inc a sticker so i believe you are right jason.
e6600 o/c to 3.0ghz, samsung F1 750GB HDD, BFG 7300gt oc, p5b deluxe wi-fi,corsair 620w psu,2-2gb ocz reaper 6400 in dual channel,scythe infinity, antec 900 case.
|
|
|
|
|
286
Group: Forum Members
Last Login: Today @ 19:03:41
Posts: 292,
Visits: 1,034
|
|
Get a volume license - much cheaper - or better still get Linux.
  
|
|
| |