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09-07-2003, 06:34 AM
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Recently re-partitioned and reformatted a drive for a friend, when he brought the box round containing all the cd's his WinME was missing. Checked his old invoice(2years) and it was included but seems to have gone missing.two questions:
1. can i put my WinMe on which i'm not using as i now use XP, until he finds his. 2. When he finds his CD is there a registry tweak to change the person and product Id without re-installing windows. Doug |
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09-07-2003, 07:08 AM
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If that copy of WinME is installed on only one computer, it should be legal.
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09-07-2003, 01:07 PM
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Yeah RayH is mostly right if you do only install it on one system it should be legal. And no, I dont believe there is any way to change product keys after install. sorry. But one more thing, Im not exactly sure why you'd even consider installing Me, its a shoddy OS that was released too early, so it had and still has a bunch of bugs. I'd use an updated version of 98se or an install of win2k or xp.
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09-07-2003, 01:51 PM
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Can't remember having done it with ME, but previous versions accept a registry key change with no problems. Change the CDkey and the product ID changes.
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09-07-2003, 02:13 PM
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just get him to give you his cd and product key when he finds it and he keeps yours
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09-07-2003, 02:26 PM
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andyms18a gave the easiest thing to do, but yes you can change the product key in the registry. It should be under Hkey local machine/software/microsoft/windows/highlight current version and scroll down to it.
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09-08-2003, 12:06 AM
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Thanks for the answers guys, fragman yes i know its a crap OS but i don't think XP would run on his old machine. I'l see how it goes.
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