

- REINSTALLED WINDOWS XP ACTIVATION CODE
- REINSTALLED WINDOWS XP LICENSE KEY
- REINSTALLED WINDOWS XP SERIAL NUMBER
If HP no longer has the disks for your PC and you live in the USA or Canada, you can order a set from this other vendor. You will need to provide the model number and serial number. Call the number listed for business PC's/notebooks.

Your only choice as I see it, is to order a set of dc5100 recovery disks from HP if they still have them.Ĭall HP for the country you live in at the link below. You can't use an XP upgrade or retail disk either. It is an OEM key good for one installation of XP on one PC and with XP, you can only install it with an OEM installation disk if you want to use the key from your PC. The key on your PC is not a volume license key. Since you don't manufacture and or license thousands of computers, you are not going to have a volume license key.
REINSTALLED WINDOWS XP LICENSE KEY
You need a volume license key to enter using the method you tried. They suggested that HP might have an answer. Microsoft Community were at a loss to explain exactly why the product key off the compouter was not accepted. The computer and installed xp professional are legal, and presently I have a system that works, but would like to format it to better suit my needs.Īlso I want an installation cd that works in case of catastrophic failure Marker string from OEMBIOS.DAT: N/A, hr = 0x80004005 Marker string from BIOS: 9C19:Compaq Computer Corporation|1155C:Compaq Computer Corporation|1FFEA:Compaq Computer Corporation|EAF8:Compaq Computer Corporation|11583:Compaq Computer Corporation|11583:Compaq Computer Corporation|1FFEA:Hewlett-Packard Company|EAF8:Hewlett-Packard Company Windows Product Key Hash: E3i2OV0BC2h473JCzJflaYib6zQ=
REINSTALLED WINDOWS XP ACTIVATION CODE
I entered the activation code but got rejected.įollowing suggestions from Microsoft Community Forum I used MGADiag to check for legality. I entered the 25 character product key off the label on the compiuter case but got rejected. However, I do not a XP installation disk, so I created a bootable xp professional start up cd from the files on the computer's hard disk.įor safety reasons I tried installation on another computer with a newly formatted hard drive.Įverything was okay until I was asked to enter " Volume LIcense Product Key" (?)
REINSTALLED WINDOWS XP SERIAL NUMBER
The XP product key and the serial number of the base unit are on stickers attached to the base unit. Windows xp professional is installed, running at sp3 level I have been give a HP Compaq dc5100 MT base unit.
