MS Bangkok installed a complimentary copy of Win7 and have started some paperwork to refund what we paid for the mis-matched sealed package. I am shocked beyond belief
On Sat, 31 Dec 2011 19:11:57 -0500, STeve Andre' wrote: >I'm amazed but glad that it worked out for you. But did they tell >you what to do, if you get something horrid and have to reinstall >XP? > >I've heard of CD type and code mismatches before, but this is >the first time I've heard of an actual incident. I wonder where >the problem lies. Oh well. > >--STeve Andre' > >On 12/31/11 10:51, Jeffrey Race wrote: >> Finally I got back to Bangkok and visited the >> MS national office here, where (unlike in >> other countries) it is actually possible to >> meet a human face to face. >> >> The head of business software marketing >> accessed the product key and physical media >> databases and unearthed the fact that the >> WXP disc I had purchased had been repackaged >> by someone along the way to include a >> different product key. Both the key and the >> disc are genuine however. >> >> But they will not work together to load, >> as advised in my basic message. >> >> Out of shock that anyone would actually >> walk in the door in Bangkok and want to make >> a legal install, he volunteered one of his >> staff to perform some workaround so that my >> wife can have a legal install at the end of the >> process. >> >> Thanks to everyone for all your help. >> >> Jeffrey Race >> >> >> >> --Original Message Text---From: Alex Austin >> Date: Sun, 30 Oct 2011 13:52:21 -0500 >> >> >> >> Re-check the key watching for 0 vs O and 1 vs I. On Oct 30, 2011 1:47 PM, >> "Jeffrey Race" >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> Thanks for advice to all who helped with idea >> to use Linux LiveCD to rescue data from wifie's >> Acer prior to install of a legal copy of WXP >> Pro (computer purchased in now-flooded Bangkok >> where they come only with pirate Windows). >> >> Problem: installed WXP from CD purchased from >> stall at MIT Swap Meet; it rejects product ID >> (on apparently genuine MS holographic label) >> as "invalid." >> >> Ideas why this might happen and whether there is >> a path with MS how to pursue to successful >> install? Or some other path to resolve on >> my own? >> >> Jeffrey Race >> >> > >_______________________________________________ >Thinkpad mailing list >[email protected] >http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad _______________________________________________ Thinkpad mailing list [email protected] http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad
