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I was given an old DELL 1050 Inspiron laptop and I didn't have the original XP SP2 CD that came with it and so I just installed with a copy of XP that I had in the house. During install I tried to put in the CD key on the sticker that is on the bottom of the laptop but it wouldn't accept it and so I continued the install using my XP cd key on the install I had. So, now I am installed and updated to SP3 but I am still unable to use the Windows Product Key update tool to change the CD key of the system.
WHy am I not able to do this. Is there a way to figure out why the CD key on the bottom of the laptop wouldn't work? Am I missing something?
djangofan
Posted 2011-01-26T05:26:44.520
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1Are you certain that they're both of the same edition (home vs. professional)? – jcrawfordor – 2011-01-26T05:59:23.140
The Dell is probably using an OEM license. If you tried to install from a retail CD, it won't take it. Does the CD have "FPP" in its name when you view it in explorer? – hyperslug – 2011-01-26T06:00:42.160