I’m a tech newbie could use a little help from you experts out there – here’s my sad story…
I bought a new Toshiba laptop with Vista preinstalled. I had lots of driver problems with some older equipment, so bought a XP Pro CD with OEM key, sticker, etc. off of iOffer.
It installed after a bit of trouble (yeeeeee haw!) but it started giving me “not genuine copy of XP” pop ups after a few days.
I called MS, who said that the key I had on the sticker was an expired volume license, and was invalid. So, I’m stuck with a working, but invalid copy of XP.
So, can I:
1. buy a valid (OEM?) product key somewhere
OR
2. use the Windows XP Pro key off of the sticker from a broken Dell laptop motherboard?
I think I can change the key using the program on: http://www.magicaljellybean.com/keyfinder.shtml
I think I just need a legal key.
Many thanks to the tech dieties!
-John
