"JadeStickle" wrote in message news:18176a5c-e5b8-4be4-8e4c-3918d8a964e3...
>I just turned on my computer to have this lovely message displayed to me.
>So far my computer works fine but I suspect the next time I turn it on that
>it won't work like Ive been hearing all over the internet. I have been
>reviewing the forums here and I just cannot find the COA SLP key mentioned
>on my computer. I have searched all over and there is no key of that sort,
>the only sticker is a code for what model my computer is. What do I do?
It should be a small (about 2cm x 3cm yellow/blue sticker with a foil stripe
- it may be on the back, side or top on Desktops (one or two manufacturers
have been known to put then inside the case - but this is frowned on)
in Laptops, it's generally stuck on the bottom, although a couple of
manufacturers have taken to putting them in the battery compartment.
If your System is currently running, you can find out what your Key is by
running Belarc Advisor (a great little app!)
If you system is not currently running, you have to hope that running with
UBCD or Bart PE will be able to recover the Key - so long as most of the
registry is intact, it usually works.
Note that your machine probably comes with TWO keys - the one installed by
the manufacturer, and the one on the COA. Any install from Recovery Media
(you did create them when you first got the machine, didn't you?) will
usually use the OEM SLP key This is automatically inserted during the
reinstall, and should be self-activating. If you are forced to re-activate
for certain reasons (like updating the BIOS to one that doesn't recognise
the SLP bits) then you use the COA SLP Key.
HTH?
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Noel Paton
CrashFixPC
Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
www.crashfixpc.co.uk
Noel Paton | CrashFixPC | Nil Carborundum Illegitemi | http://www.crashfixpc.co.uk
