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He may want to uninstall sp2 from his oem version too, as if he insert the cd
he may be blocked by a message telling that the vl is an older version
"Star Fleet Admiral Q" wrote:
> He'll need a slipstreamed version of his VL to bring it up to SP2, as he
> stated the Dell OEM is SP2 and his VL is SP1, before an In-Place upgrade can
> take effect. As current state, it'll state the version on the PC is newer
> than the version he wishes to install.
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> "Bruce Chambers" <bruce_a_chambers@h0tmail.com> wrote in message
> news:OfKcizfSFHA.2424@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> > Kamal Mitwasi wrote:
> >> hi,
> >> i want to change the product key on a computer that we bought from DELL
> >> to our windows volume licencsing key. i used the instruction that were on
> >> microsoft website
> >>
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;328874
> >> (Title: "How to change the Volume Licensing product key on a Windows XP
> >> SP1-based computer"), but it did not work.
> >>
> >> the version of windows on the DELL computer is windows xp with SP2
> >> our version of windows which is a volume licencing is XP with SP1.
> >>
> >> can any body help me thanks kamal
> >
> >
> > The method described to change the Product Key works only if you are
> > changing from one VL key to another VL key. You're attempting to change
> > the Product Key of an OEM installation to that of a Volume Licensed
> > installation, and this cannot be done.
> >
> > Product Keys are bound to the specific type and language of CD/license
> > (OEM, Volume, retail, full, or Upgrade) with which they are purchased. For
> > example, a WinXP Home OEM Product Key won't work for any retail version of
> > WinXP Home, or for any version of WinXP Pro, and vice versa. An upgrade's
> > Product Key cannot be used with a full version CD, and vice versa. An OEM
> > Product Key will not work to install a retail product. An Italian Product
> > Key will not work with an English CD. Bottom line: Product Keys and CD
> > types cannot be mixed & matched.
> >
> > You'll need to perform a repair (a.k.a. in-place upgrade)
> > installation, using the VL CD and Product Key.
> >
> > How to Perform an In-Place Upgrade of Windows XP
> >
http://support.microsoft.com/directory/article.asp?ID=KB;EN-US;Q315341
> >
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