MS will laugh in your face if you ask them for anything regarding Win2K, just like Win95/98/ME. However they still retain copyright on it and I wouldn't be at all surprised if they went after people attempting to distribute anything like codes.
So Win2K really isn't an option any more, and the machine isn't able to handle XP. Thats why I suggested a free OS of some sort. OS/2 isn't a real option for most people. Yes, its very solid, and there are some interesting apps out there, like cash register software, which runs well. Quite well. But for run of the mill people? I don't think so. I was amazed to find out that OS/2 is still around, and yes, its neat, but most things have bypassed it. As for the CDs, they have to be available, somewhere. Have you done any googling for them? On Friday 20 August 2010 13:35:35 Peter Machule wrote: > Yep > Common problem. > Mikey$osft codes their COA to the Brand / Vendor of the CD. > Hence a generic OEM or even REtail Win2000 CD will not take the COA on > the bottom of your laptop. > You need a IBM branded Disk. > You could try giving the Microsoft Help Desk ( the serial number guys in > India ) a call re the COA not working. > > ...peter > > -------------------------------------------------- > From: "Simon Royal" <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, August 20, 2010 10:29 AM > To: "ThinkPad Mailing List" <[email protected]> > Subject: [Thinkpad] WIndows 2000 Code Won't Work > > > Hi > > I have a COA sticker on the bottom of my ThinkPad 240x for Windows 2000 & > > NT4. The laptop came without any discs, but I have a Windows 2000 CD. > > However, when I tried to install it and put the code in it says invalid > > code. > > Any ideas? > > Simon Royal > > > > --- Twitter: http://twitter.com/SimonRoyal - LowEndMac: > > http://tinyurl.com/macspectrum - Skype: Simon-Royal. > > --- IBM ThinkPad 240X running Linux Mint 9 LXDE & Windows XP Home - Apple > > iBook G3 running OSX 10.4. -- STeve Andre' Disease Control Warden Dept. of Political Science Michigan State University A day without Windows is like a day without a nuclear incident. _______________________________________________ Thinkpad mailing list [email protected] http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad
