Sounds like you have an OEM key, but not an OEM ISO. For xp, there were differences, and a regular install disc won't validate an OEM key, and vice versa.
On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 3:07 PM, Greg Morphis <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > tell him to buy a MacbookPro! > > > > On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 4:00 PM, Scott Stroz <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > Ubuntu. > > > > > > :D > > > > > > On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 3:55 PM, Greg Morphis <[email protected]> > 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:348092 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
