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Windows XP Pro SP1 Upgrade Install - License problems
Is there anyway to get around a license verification for Windows XP Pro SP1 Upgrade? I have XP Home Full Ver, but it's on a Toshiba Restore Disk and doesn't read, and since I can't restore the PC, I have to find some way to just put on a clean install of the upgrade...
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I have a full version of XP Home Full on a Toshiba restore disk and I have XP Pro SP1 Upgrade, both of which are legal... Unfortunatelly, due to various hardware reasons, I can't use the restore disk, which poses a problem when I try to set up XP Pro SP1 becasue XP Pro SP1 Upgrade setup won't recognize the restore disk as a valid media to verify that I have a full verson of XP Home... and just to re-phrase my question, is there anyway I could modify and re-burn the XP Pro SP1 Upgrade disk to skip the whole verification process or trick it into thinking that it -is- a full version, if only to swap the re-burn and the original back out to continue a normal setup?
Oh Ok, now I understand. I think the simplest option is to download & burn or even just borrow a Windows Xp Home or Pro, Windows 2000, win 98 Cd. You can use either of those as a valid version of windows to upgrade from.
Since you have a valid liscene key for the home version and the pro upgrade version, there shouldn't be a problem with regards to the legal ethics of this. Although it may be wise to ring Toshiba nd explain your problem and ask that they send you a full version XP home.
No. Microsoft found a load of the illegal keys and blocked them from within SP1. If your "valid" licence key is now being blocked by SP1 then you should contact microsoft licensing and ask them to issue you with a SP1 compatible licence key.
There are means by which you can change your license key within the already installed OS, Microsoft will give you the relevant reg keys to do this also. You can't get XP to simply bypass the licensing check, Microsoft obviously put some thought into this area.
The illegal keys you are referring to are very commonly found using certain search criteria in google. There aren't that many that have been blocked by Microsoft and most of them are for the Coporate version of XP rather then the retail / oem home version.
snizard on the restore cd is there an I386 folder? If so copy that to your Hard disk, download SP1a and you can slipstream the Service pack with Windows. Follow the link below for info on how to do it.
http://www.windows-help.ne
By the way the easiest option is to get / borrow/download an XP cd (same version as the one that you have the cd key for) and to slipstream sp1, burn the new image to cd. Then keep that as your XP cd. Throw away Your restore CD (I hate them)! Then just use the cd-key when you install XP.
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by: craigey1Posted on 2004-06-04 at 03:14:00ID: 11231013
I'm not too sure what exactly your asking here.
You have a full version of XP home on a restore disk for your Toshiba computer, but you are currently running XP Pro? Why? How? Is it a legal version? Do you have the cd-key that came with it? For some reason the SP1 update wont install, Why? what's the error? You are wanting to format your PC and install XP (which version)?
This is just a few of the things that came to mind when I read your post.
If you want to install XP, but only have the restore disk, then you'll have to contact Toshiba and ask them for a full version of XP Home.
Please Reiterate exactly what you are trying to do, and what you have tried so far.