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FAZ
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12th Jan 11 at 00:29   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
the sticker with the product key on the back of my new acer netbook is not currently working

netbook is currently less than a week old

any reason why?

OS is xp home

cheers in advance

(also accept u2u's with working product keys....) lol
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At a guess you have a retail ISO and you need OEM.
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go back to pc world?
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Not if they didn't supply you with the XP ISO.

Code on the sticker is for an OEM ISO. If you've downloaded one and it's retail that is why.
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so what can i do? this ict talk means nothing to me
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Where did you get the Windows CD from?
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it didnt cme with 1, its a netbook, s no cd drive, i thought it already had windows on? i mean i can open word, but it needs a product key?
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Ahh OK. Office is a trial version and needs a key. That's isn't the XP key. You buy it and get the key. Or find one. I don't have any.
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oooooooooooo cheers
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Faz you dumbass.

As a sidenote, I would make a copy of your XP product on the bottom of your laptop because using it rubs the letters off and then its useless, then if it does fuck up completely and you have to reformat using a downloaded version of Windows you can just re-use the product key...

And there are plenty of places you can 'find' a cdkey generator for Office. It is definitely office you have isnt it, not that really shit version that isnt quite notepad but isnt quite office either?
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quote:
Originally posted by dannymccann
Faz you dumbass.

As a sidenote, I would make a copy of your XP product on the bottom of your laptop because using it rubs the letters off and then its useless, then if it does fuck up completely and you have to reformat using a downloaded version of Windows you can just re-use the product key...

And there are plenty of places you can 'find' a cdkey generator for Office. It is definitely office you have isnt it, not that really shit version that isnt quite notepad but isnt quite office either?


OpenOffice, piece of shite. Where might one 'find' these product keys...?
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Keygen.us

Just watch out for the shitty adverts and stuff that try and install
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If you installed Windows with a retail disc and you've got an OEM key, you can still make it work.

Download the Windows Product Key Update Tool:

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-GB/windows/help/genuine/product-key?displaylang=en

I've done this and can confirm that it works and activates OK. No dodgy downloads required!
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i dont know i turn it on, internet > cs and facebook

i dont know about pc's etc
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Try my suggestion as per my previous post...
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quote:
Originally posted by Sam
Try my suggestion as per my previous post...


it's an office key he's after ^
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Ask whitte he helped me with Key Gens, last time i got fubard. 'Found' them for me and everything.

[Edited on 12-01-2011 by nathy_87]
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quote:
Originally posted by AlunJ
quote:
Originally posted by Sam
Try my suggestion as per my previous post...


it's an office key he's after ^


Ahh didn't read the whole thread properly.

If a dodgy Office key is what he's after, then he can use Google or actually buy the bloody software and not be tight.
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I'm tighter thank a duck's arse and proud
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