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Issue with installing Windows xp pro on another machine after hard drive crash on old machine

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My stepson bought a dell computer several years ago that crashed a couple weeks ago. He bought a HP pavilion a305w from a friend that had a corrupt os on it. My stepson had the original Operating system including Service Pack 1A from his old dell pc. I installed it on his HP and it gave 30 days to validate. It said to only use on Dell computers, but he had bought a HP. I installed the updates (61 of them) and then service pack 2. He had kept his product key, so I decided to go ahead and validate it. I won't validate!! I know it is a different pc, but he did have the os he purchase with the old computer. I ran a MGADiag with the following results:
Diagnostic Report (1.7.0095.0):
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WGA Data-->
Validation Status: Not Activated
Validation Code: 1
Online Validation Code: N/A
Cached Validation Code: N/A
Windows Product Key: *****-*****-T6DFB-Y934T-YD4YT
Windows Product Key Hash: 3g4CZGFEDgbKmn/oB4pa2FZsssU=
Windows Product ID: 55274-OEM-2211906-00102
Windows Product ID Type: 2
Windows License Type: OEM SLP
Windows OS version: 5.1.2600.2.00010100.2.0.pro
CSVLK Server: N/A
CSVLK PID: N/A
ID: {EDAF5DA5-B33B-4BCE-AAA4-31FE10A96F17}(3)
Is Admin: Yes
TestCab: 0x0
WGA Version: Registered, 1.7.69.2
Signed By: Microsoft
Product Name: N/A
Architecture: N/A
Build lab: N/A
TTS Error: N/A
Validation Diagnostic: 025D1FF3-171-1_025D1FF3-179-2_025D1FF3-199-3
Resolution Status: N/AWgaER Data-->
ThreatID(s): N/A
Version: N/AWGA Notifications Data-->
Cached Result: N/A, hr = 0x80070002
File Exists: No
Version: N/A, hr = 0x80070002
WgaTray.exe Signed By: N/A, hr = 0x80070002
WgaLogon.dll Signed By: N/A, hr = 0x80070002OGA Notifications Data-->
Cached Result: N/A, hr = 0x80070002
Version: N/A, hr = 0x80070002
WGATray.exe Signed By: N/A, hr = 0x80070002
OGAAddin.dll Signed By: N/A, hr = 0x80070002OGA Data-->
Office Status: 109 N/A
OGA Version: N/A, 0x80070002
Signed By: N/A, hr = 0x80070002
Office Diagnostics: B4D0AA8B-543-80070002_025D1FF3-171-1_025D1FF3-179-2_025D1FF3-199-3Browser Data-->
Proxy settings: N/A
User Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Win32)
Default Browser: C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe
Download signed ActiveX controls: Prompt
Download unsigned ActiveX controls: Disabled
Run ActiveX controls and plug-ins: Allowed
Initialize and script ActiveX controls not marked as safe: Disabled
Allow scripting of Internet Explorer Webbrowser control: Disabled
Active scripting: Allowed
Script ActiveX controls marked as safe for scripting: AllowedFile Scan Data-->
Other data-->
Office Details: <GenuineResults><MachineData><UGUID>{EDAF5DA5-B33B-4BCE-AAA4-31FE10A96F17}</UGUID><Version>1.7.0095.0</Version><OS>5.1.2600.2.00010100.2.0.pro</OS><Architecture>x32</Architecture><PKey>*****-*****-*****-*****-YD4YT</PKey><PID>55274-OEM-2211906-00102</PID><PIDType>2</PIDType><SID>S-1-5-21-2000478354-1482476501-839522115</SID><SYSTEM><Manufacturer>HP Pavilion 061</Manufacturer><Model>DM181A-ABA a305w</Model></SYSTEM><BIOS><Manufacturer> </Manufacturer><Version>3.21 </Version><SMBIOSVersion major="2" minor="31"/><Date>20030716000000.000000+000</Date><SLPBIOS>Dell System,Dell Computer,Dell System,Dell System</SLPBIOS></BIOS><HWID>838D330701842042</HWID><UserLCID>0409</UserLCID><SystemLCID>0409</SystemLCID><TimeZone>Central Standard Time(GMT-06:00)</TimeZone><iJoin>0</iJoin><SBID><stat>3</stat><msppid></msppid><name></name><model></model></SBID><OEM/><BRT/></MachineData> <Software><Office><Result>109</Result><Products/><Applications/></Office></Software></GenuineResults>What do I need to do in order to get his copy of Windows xp pro validated on the HP computer?
thanks,
Monday, June 30, 2008 1:16 AM
Answers
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snake1955,
Interesting question! First I must say this is out of the scope for the WGA Forum. Your OEM license for XP comes with certain restrictions that make it less flexible, and therefore less expensive, than the retail license for XP. One of the limitations is that the license is "married" to the computer onto which it is first installed, and by the End User Licensing Agreement (EULA) it is not permitted to be moved to any another computer. In order to read your EULA, click Start>Run, type winver and click OK, then click on the link for the license terms or EULA.
The HP Pavilion a305w will most likely have it's own product key for the operating system that was included with that bundle, but as you state, that os is corrupted. You will need to obtain the recovery cd's from whoever sold the HP machine to you or you can try to obtain it from HP.
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Wednesday, July 2, 2008 8:34 PM