Dear Sir,
I have been asked to do a clean install of a friends PC but they do not have the media that came with it.
I did not think this would be a problem as I also own a copy of Windows XP Home OEM, albeit a SP2 version. The problem is, as you probably already know, I have been unable to use the License Key on the COA (side of PC).
To complete the install I used my key but I still have the issue with being able to validate the key. I realise this is probably to do with the media I have used to install XP Home.
The COA does not state 'Retail' or 'OEM' it just say NEC on it. Although it's a Packard Bell machine.
Can you advise me of what to do now? Do I need to create another XP Home CD with a different PID?
Regards,
Neil