aktivedesign Posted September 9, 2005 Share Posted September 9, 2005 I have a dell laptop which has it's product key on a sticker on the bottom. I recently added a wireless card and some more memory to the laptop and now when I try to activate windows online it says invalid product key.If I activate over the phone all is well, but this is a painfully long process, how can I get m$ to realise that they product key on my laptop does still belong to my laptop just my laptop now has a bit more memory and a wireless card...I don't want to have to phone up after EVERY format...Anyone any ideas/suggestions?Thanks in advance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mercury_22 Posted September 9, 2005 Share Posted September 9, 2005 Hi!Try this http://unattended.msfn.org/intermediate/activate.htm#backupLet me know if it works for you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aktivedesign Posted September 9, 2005 Author Share Posted September 9, 2005 Ahhhhh, never thought of that.Guess that means just one final call to m$ and then from there on, auto activation, yay!Thanks for your help, I will try this later, got to go out now, but i will post result here. I don't see any reason why it won't work though, THANKS! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Takeshi Posted September 12, 2005 Share Posted September 12, 2005 The DELL XP CD key used to install XP is different from that on the COA. Changing the key to the one on the COA might be a long term solution.Adding RAM should not lead to the need to reactive.The methods in the link may not work if you have a significant change in hardware. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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