I do not understand what you're doing or why nothing seems to happen, but the fundamental question that you have, it's that you cannot "upgrade" from XP Pro to XP Home.Īssuming you can still start Windows (even if you get the notice that it is not authentic), copy all your data on some external support (external drive, USB flash, CD, DVD) and then perform a new installation of XP Home. I'm on my dad's computer if you're wondering how I'm even able to send this way. Any help out there in the cyberland? Thanks for any help. I don't have a job, so fix me it is my only option. I would try to solve this problem without having to take Office Depot where they charge me $ 99 for "try" to fix it. Nothing, I can't even hear anything running. I have no mouse or keyboard control so I can't select all and nothing happens after that the disk will inside. When it comes to the screen, saying that I don't have an authentic copy of Windows installed, I open my CD drive, and then press the button so he can go back into the computer. So, I turn on my new computer and let it boot.
When this happened, I thought it would be great, I could install that. I had bought a new copy, never been used before, Windows XP Home Edition a couple of years to my old copy that I ended up not using.
Everything goes ok, then it stops working because the friend has installed a pirated copy of Windows XP Professional on this topic. However, you can contact the telephone support for confirmation on this issue.Ĭan not install the new copy of windows xp home editionĪ friend has built a computer for me and my friend it works for me.
How can I get the Mac version of the games and use my existing serial keys?Īs you have bought Age of Empires for Windows OS, you will not be able to install the same copy of Age of Empire Windows version on Mac. I have all the games Age Of Empires, the versions of Windows and I changed to a Mac computers.
How can I install Microsoft Money 2007 in Windows 8 I ask the guys in the SQL Server community and be much more specific when you ask them as to exactly what you are looking for. There are a number of tools and editions of 'light' that can install on Windows XP SP3. No 'full' version of SQL server will install on any edition of Windows consumer. How can I install sql server in my windows xp service pack 3 with dual-core processor Pentium (r). How can I install sql server in my windows xp service pack 3? In any case, my Windows XP Pro is now enabled. Perhaps, they were low maintenance, when I tried to activate my Windows XP Pro yesterday. Please help us, but it seems to be a problem with the end of Microsoft after all.
(This is to keep my computer and working properly).Īnd also, if I tried to validate my copy of Windows XP by using Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer 8, but I keep getting "Validation failed".Īny ideas what could possibly cause this? coz I already formatted my computer three times since yesterday in the hope that it could solve the problem, but with no luck. Its weird because this is the first time I met this kind of problem after format and do a clean install of Windows XP in which, incidentally, I doĮvery year since 2006. I wonder if there is another way to activate my genuine copy of Windows XP Professional, because when I try to activate via the activate WindowsĪssistant, all I get is a message saying that the 'online activation could not be completed at this time. Original title: How can I activate my genuine copy of Windows XP Professional? Try searching for 'factory restore' or "getting recovery discs" for you system. Perhaps, because your computer comes pre-installed with xp, you could look for its brand and model number on the internet and see if the factory he built has suggestions on again store the operating system on it. to get its product key and activate the operating system.Īnd if you go to buy the new copy and the new product key, and then try to replace the new product with the old key is not necessary or logical. If you think you might be able to switch on the product keys, then this is not possible because the fresh product key is required to activate the new copy of the os and you would have to buy this cool o.s.
First of all, it is unlikely that you can download a new copy of windows xp, because it is old and not sold more.Īnd if you can download a new copy of xp from an old site, then would be his "own product key which is coded in the installation files that are required to activate the operating system after the installation.