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| Thread ID: 54217 | 2005-02-07 03:15:00 | Windows XP serial number | lazydog (148) | Press F1 |
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| 322274 | 2005-06-07 03:40:00 | I hate to admit it, but I got a little lost . So the key that is on the sticker being different then what the magic jellybean key finder shows means what? The whole thing is, I have a mutt . I built the computer, used my old windows 98 se . I then bought xp professional upgrade . The computer has been running sluggish, and even rebooting itself for no reason . No upgrades, or hardware changes . Anyway, I would rather just wipe the drive and restart, but for some reason I can't find the xp book that has the disk and the key code . If I could retrieve my key code, I was told that microshaft could send me another copy of xp . Thats why I went to my laptop and downloaded this program . I typed in the keycode on the bottem of the laptop when I restored it, minus all the junk that dell put on it . I know the key code I entered works, but what magic jellybean shows is totally different . So if I contact ms and ask for a new cd and they want the key, it would be crazy to just ramble one that jellybean shows me . |
TeddyBearDJ (7176) | ||
| 322275 | 2005-06-07 04:00:00 | Now I am lost . Are you talking about the keycode on the Dell OEM installed laptop being different between Jellybean and the sticker on the laptop? That is what I assumed, and forms the basis of the explanation I gave . My HP laptop also gives different numbers . The OEM factory key remains and is reported, but the sticker key works . If you reformatted and installed from another source, (not the Dell recovery CD) then the OEM factory key would not be there . The recovery CD seems to seed the Factory OEM number . Thats not unexpected as it means all recovery CDs are created equal and not unique, as are all the preloaded HDD for that model . On the "mutt" you should only get the real key, thats what happens here on a home-assembled PC . The Jellybean key is the same as the CD and sticker key for me on the desktop . There is no factory seed CD key involved on the "mutt" one assumes, as there is no recovery CD, only a real XP one . In other words, there is no similarity to the Laptop installation and the "mutt" installation . |
godfather (25) | ||
| 322276 | 2005-06-07 04:09:00 | Google for "RCBF6" and you'll see that it wasnt the real install key.... | Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 322277 | 2005-06-07 05:14:00 | you can change your windows xp key, i think magic jellybean does it...... | Prescott (11) | ||
| 322278 | 2005-06-07 06:03:00 | It is also a good idea to write with a suitable marker pen the product key number on the actual Windows install CD as well. :) Or across the middle of your monitor :thumbs: |
Jester (13) | ||
| 322279 | 2005-06-07 06:21:00 | Just musing, Has this thread really been read 11,369 times, or is that the number of hits by web bots (or whatever) vainly trying to fulfil the collective Netizens' thirst for serialz and crackz. :confused: Cheers Billy 8-{) :thumbs: |
Billy T (70) | ||
| 322280 | 2005-06-07 06:32:00 | RCB eh? That's the same three starting letters as the key code that I've come to memorise for um, corporate volume licensing, which I frequently undertake given my circumstances... | Growly (6) | ||
| 322281 | 2005-06-07 06:41:00 | Just musing, Has this thread really been read 11,369 times, or is that the number of hits by web bots (or whatever) vainly trying to fulfil the collective Netizens' thirst for serialz and crackz. :confused: LOL Billy, I was just musing over the same thing. :p Check out this thread (pressf1.pcworld.co.nz) for some interesting statistics. :cool: |
FoxyMX (5) | ||
| 322282 | 2005-06-07 06:48:00 | It is funny they stick the product key on the side of the case. I've in the past rolled out PCs to a tertiary student lab and of course there are 125 serials all on the cases. But then we go and use a volume license serial anyway from a ghost image. Eventually, the students will remove the stickers with time. You aren't really supposed to remove them I gather... |
gibler (49) | ||
| 322283 | 2005-06-07 06:54:00 | Just musing, Has this thread really been read 11,369 times, or is that the number of hits by web bots (or whatever) vainly trying to fulfil the collective Netizens' thirst for serialz and crackz. That would be the work of those trusty search engine bots/spiders bringing us visitor's from every corner of the www :p If you search with google for Windows XP serial number, we are hit number 14. Us discussing Jellybeans is probably not what they were after :rolleyes: |
Jen (38) | ||
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