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Got another "ggod one" for you guys.......... Direct X issues.

Asked by DuVall in Operating Systems Miscellaneous

Tags: activation, drive, win

Hello,

Some of you may recognize my username - I'm the guy with the Chinese wife who has the Chinese version of windows xp on her machine.... Anyway, I have another huge problem now.

I had a need to re-format her drive and re-install windows. She had it all messed up and so full of chinese viruses - I had to do something. it was runnig at a snails pace! :( :( :(

As you may or may not be aware of - just about every chinese computer is running on boot-leg software - you cannot even buy legal software in China! She just now tell me this.........I really did not know this until I went to re-install windows for her :( :( :(

The software installed - but will not activate!!! Even though her disk has a serial number on the cover - and it types in - MS website will not activate it because it says it is not a legal copy. :( :( :(

I have two problems:

1) I don't know what is going to happen when the 30 days expires? I don't know it it keeps running or if it will terminate running - as it would if it was an American illegal copy? she has 3 disks total..... The one I used seems to be a regular copy of win xp in chinese - with serial number. One other disk says it is a corporate edition. The last one also has a serial number - that does not work. I choose the disk I used because it seem to have the least amount of scratches on it - even though they are all new - ha ha

The second problem is that she has games on the machine that require Direct X version 8 or higher........THESE GAMES ARE HER ENTIRE LIFE - IT IS ALL SHE HAS HERE THAT SHE TRULY ENJOYS......... I'm assuming she has a lower version of direct X because several of her games will not run properly. And without windows being activated - I cannot get the Direct X from MS...... :( :( :(

Here is my question.......... finally:

Can I take the corporate edition disk and install it over the existing installation and expect it to run without the need of activation or a serial number????? If not - what is my solution - short of buying a legal copy of chinese windows? The MS website says that for $150 they will make my copy legal and provide me with a valid serial number................. Is this my only option? I thjought that the corporate edition does not require a serial or activation - am I correct? But now that I used the other disk - is there anyway to correct my problem?

Next - assuming I do nothing and the windows does continue to run without being activated - Is there anyway to get the Direct X without going through the MS website????? Surely this program exists somewhere on a disk???

I sure hope you guys can help me out again. She is going to be really lost without her computer and games. It is not only her only source of entertainment - but this is her only connection with her friends and family back in China!!!

Thanks,
duvall

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Got another "ggod one" for you guys.......... Direct X issues.

Asked by DuVall in Operating Systems Miscellaneous

Tags: activation, drive, win

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