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Old 04-03-2007, 19:43   #1
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Pirate Windows Copy Help !

Hi everyone my sister in law had a perfect working pc untill a few months ago until the pc developed a problem so she gave the pc to her husbands friend who fixed it. She has now lost all sound and when i tried to fix her problem i also tried to install her windows updates but the validation tool did not work as the bloke that fixed her pc has installed a pirated version of windows onto her pc how can she get rid of the pirate copy any ideas ?
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Old 04-03-2007, 19:45   #2
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Re: Pirate Windows Copy Help !

install a legit version. Or call M$hq and pay them to tell you how to change the key. Either way its expensive as for the sound just download the right drivers and try them if not come back
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Re: Pirate Windows Copy Help !

Do you have the original XP home registration key.
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Re: Pirate Windows Copy Help !

If you have the original product key you might be able to change the installed key from the below link.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/328874

If it's for a different version of windows it probably won't work though.
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Re: Pirate Windows Copy Help !

Whoever the dude is thats done its just gonna have put xp pro corp 2600 on it so a legal home key isnt gonna work
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Re: Pirate Windows Copy Help !

But if they had the original key could you not borrow a XP home disk ,load it and enter the original key. Would that still not make it legal .
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Re: Pirate Windows Copy Help !

It might possibly be a genuine Windows, but failed the validation test?

http://www.microsoft.com/genuine/dow...displaylang=en
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Re: Pirate Windows Copy Help !

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But if they had the original key could you not borrow a XP home disk ,load it and enter the original key. Would that still not make it legal .
I got a 9 in 1 windows disc so I could sort it but still
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Goto Start >Control Panel >System ,on the front it should show you what version of Windows you have.
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