The Windows XP machine may be lying. I had one in a large group that I had reinstalled by imaging, and it said during the Windows activation part that it couldn't connect to the network. It was the only one out of a similar batch of machines, and it was networked just fine (and received its image that way).
It turned out to be one of those inane Microsoft errors that's completely misleading. Instead of what it said, it was just that the activation was rejecting on the Microsoft end, and I had to call them and get an activation key or whatever you have to do. Rich / ICN-RTC7 Champaign On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 2:32 PM, Haffer, Rick <[email protected]> wrote: > Yes, I have the codes and I can fresh install. It is a situation where > it annoys me because it seems like there should be some way to make it > work. Thanks for the help and suggestions. Looks like a fresh install is > coming. > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Michael Bendorf > *Sent:* Monday, August 16, 2010 1:53 PM > *To:* Tech-Geeks Mailing List > *Subject:* Re: [tech-geeks] used notebook issue befuddles me > > > > 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 | > > > > | Subscription info at http://www.tech-geeks.org | >
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