Re: XP CD key question
Yeah, by reading other posts, I got into thinking that I could probably
"build" a cd with the i386 folder I can find in the recovery partition, and
then do a repair install using that CD.
In an other post, somebody mentionned that a repair install would ask for
the CD key, and in yet another post, somebody said a repair install did not
screw-up its installed programs.
By doing that, I hope to be able to use the laptop's own CD key and bypass
all the Acer crap thats being "recovered" by the recovery tool.
I'll probably try that next week and will post back results here.
Any other suggestions are welcome though.
Thanks
Etienne
"Dustin Cook" wrote:
> =?Utf-8?B?RXRpZW5uZSBDLg==?= <EtienneC@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote
> in news:BF0C72FD-4D28-4BF0-B83F-AD396E146185@microsoft.com:
>
> > No luck here neither.
> >
> > When I try to change it to my relative's key, its says the there was
> > an error performing the operation, that the key might be invalid or
> > mistyped.
> >
> > That's with keyfinder 1.51
> >
> > Correct me if I am wrong, but version 2.01 doesn't the "change key"
> > feature anymore right?
>
> I really dont know, I haven't tried the latest and greatest. The error your
> getting confirms my suspicion however. You must reinstall her copy of
> windows mce over your installation in order to be able to enter the proper
> key.
> --
> Regards,
> Dustin Cook, Author of BugHunter
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