This bites...Have quite a few issues with an older compaq computer.
Figured it was time for a wipe and restart.
I get my computer disks and reformate HD and re-install XP.
Mind you the product code is on the side of the compaq.
Apparently the disk I used, a XP home edition...
exactly like the version originally installed in the Compaq...
is not the exact disk that goes with the Compaq
(I have had quite a few computers over the years)
So now I've got a product code snafu and can't find the
"Compaq" disk.
I don't get it...If the Compaq was bought and paid for
including the xp software with a valid product code...
why the *&#$ does it matter if I got an XP disk from my
other computer (of which I bought including it's software)
What the heck is the difference, XP home is XP home and I'm just
trying to put in what it originally had with it's original number.
What a bunch of crap.
Hey Microsoft....
Yeah, this'll be fun to get of hold of someone at micro...
Figured it was time for a wipe and restart.
I get my computer disks and reformate HD and re-install XP.
Mind you the product code is on the side of the compaq.
Apparently the disk I used, a XP home edition...
exactly like the version originally installed in the Compaq...
is not the exact disk that goes with the Compaq
(I have had quite a few computers over the years)
So now I've got a product code snafu and can't find the
"Compaq" disk.
I don't get it...If the Compaq was bought and paid for
including the xp software with a valid product code...
why the *&#$ does it matter if I got an XP disk from my
other computer (of which I bought including it's software)
What the heck is the difference, XP home is XP home and I'm just
trying to put in what it originally had with it's original number.
What a bunch of crap.
Hey Microsoft....
Yeah, this'll be fun to get of hold of someone at micro...