Supposing that you have an activation code to put in there, I would assume that just a fresh install might be the best bet - boot to your install media and do it yourself.
--Michael T. Bendorf-- Technology Administrator A-C Central C.U.S.D. #262 217.476.3312 ext. 2019 DID #: 217.476.6019 Cellular: 217.306.6824 "I'm trying to teach myself to ask the same questions that you do during your lectures so that I do not need you any more." A good teacher is like a candle - it consumes itself to light the way for others. "The computer revolution hasn't started yet. Don't be misled by the enormous flow of money into bad defacto standards for unsophisticated buyers using poor adaptations of incomplete ideas." - Alan Kay On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 11:45 AM, Haffer, Rick <[email protected]> wrote: > The office received two HP notebooks, each about 3 years old, with XP on > them. However, the person has cleaned them in such a way that I need to > Activate Windows before I can log on. However, it does not find > connectivity. The Dells I receive from this person also need activation but > connect fine to the cloud and wa la I am off and running. > > Not the HPs. The first one I just slapped a linux version on called > Peppermint. Seems easy for the teachers to use. > > But gosh darn it, I want to use XP on this recent one. It seems like the > drivers for the nic are not loading before the need to activate comes on. > Any suggestions? > > Thanks. > > > > Richard G. Haffer > > ROE46 > > > > | Subscription info at http://www.tech-geeks.org | >
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