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Using an OEM copy of Windows XP Professional

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I purchased my computer last 2007, and I borrowed a Windows XP Professional disc from a friend to install the operating system. I still have the borrowed copy installed until now, and I hadn't installed updates to avoid the WGA notification. Now, I'm planning to buy a Windows XP Professional OEM copy and use its product key to make it genuine. Will it make my system genuine if I update the product key using the OEM copy's product key? I don't want to re-install the system.

Diagnostic Report (1.9.0011.0):
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WGA Data-->
Validation Status: Blocked VLK
Validation Code: 3

Cached Validation Code: N/A
Windows Product Key: *****-*****-4RHJG-83M4Y-7X9GW
Windows Product Key Hash: 5CG2aCaHENU8LMWFFoQ/184emQ0=
Windows Product ID: 55274-649-6478953-23175
Windows Product ID Type: 1
Windows License Type: Volume
Windows OS version: 5.1.2600.2.00010100.1.0.pro
ID: {65E0D86E-2A32-4788-B5AE-BD5850D86D31}(3)
Is Admin: Yes
TestCab: 0x0
WGA Version: N/A, hr = 0x80070002
Signed By: N/A, hr = 0x80070002
Product Name: N/A
Architecture: N/A
Build lab: N/A
TTS Error: N/A
Validation Diagnostic: 025D1FF3-230-1
Resolution Status: N/A

WgaER Data-->
ThreatID(s): N/A
Version: N/A

WGA 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 = 0x80070002

OGA Notifications Data-->
Cached Result: N/A, hr = 0x80070002
Version: N/A, hr = 0x80070002
OGAExec.exe Signed By: N/A, hr = 0x80070002
OGAAddin.dll Signed By: N/A, hr = 0x80070002

OGA Data-->
Office Status: 114 Blocked VLK 2
Microsoft Office Professional Edition 2003 - 114 Blocked VLK 2
OGA Version: N/A, 0x80070002
Signed By: N/A, hr = 0x80070002
Office Diagnostics: 025D1FF3-230-1

Browser 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: Allowed

File Scan Data-->

Other data-->
Office Details: <GenuineResults><MachineData><UGUID>{65E0D86E-2A32-4788-B5AE-BD5850D86D31}</UGUID><Version>1.9.0011.0</Version><OS>5.1.2600.2.00010100.1.0.pro</OS><Architecture>x32</Architecture><PKey>*****-*****-*****-*****-7X9GW</PKey><PID>55274-649-6478953-23175</PID><PIDType>1</PIDType><SID>S-1-5-21-507921405-1220945662-682003330</SID><SYSTEM><Manufacturer>MSI</Manufacturer><Model>MS-7260</Model></SYSTEM><BIOS><Manufacturer>American Megatrends Inc.</Manufacturer><Version>080014 </Version><SMBIOSVersion major="2" minor="4"/><Date>20060602******.******+***</Date></BIOS><HWID>8A27300F01848E78</HWID><UserLCID>0409</UserLCID><SystemLCID>0409</SystemLCID><TimeZone>China Standard Time(GMT+08:00)</TimeZone><iJoin>0</iJoin><SBID><stat>3</stat><msppid></msppid><name></name><model></model></SBID><OEM/><GANotification/></MachineData> <Software><Office><Result>114</Result><Products><Product GUID="{90110409-6000-11D3-8CFE-0150048383C9}"><LegitResult>114</LegitResult><Name>Microsoft Office Professional Edition 2003</Name><Ver>11</Ver><Val>59D1605114E3500</Val><Hash>vfZmaSmFPIYrLWTcZSZErUQg+Fo=</Hash><Pid>73931-640-0000106-57737</Pid><PidType>14</PidType></Product></Products><Applications><App Id="15" Version="11" Result="114"/><App Id="16" Version="11" Result="114"/><App Id="18" Version="11" Result="114"/><App Id="19" Version="11" Result="114"/><App Id="1A" Version="11" Result="114"/><App Id="1B" Version="11" Result="114"/><App Id="44" Version="11" Result="114"/></Applications></Office></Software></GenuineResults>

Licensing Data-->
N/A

HWID Data-->
N/A

OEM Activation 1.0 Data-->
BIOS string matches: no
Marker string from BIOS: N/A
Marker string from OEMBIOS.DAT: N/A, hr = 0x80004005

OEM Activation 2.0 Data-->
N/A

Wednesday, January 13, 2010 3:26 AM

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Hello mnie,

The Product Key Updater "should" be able to accomplish the task. Note that the PK Updater has its limits so if your installation of XP Pro is too "hacked and cracked" or if it has many damaged system files, the PK Updater may not be able to overcome these problems.

You would still have a nongenuine installation of Office Professional 2003 on the computer. Please uninstall that and get Genuine Office, or use other alternatives, such as Google Docs or Open Office.
For great advice on all topics XP, visit http://www.annoyances.org/exec/forum/winxp
- Marked as answer by mnie Wednesday, January 13, 2010 5:01 PM
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Hello mnie,

The Product Key Updater "should" be able to accomplish the task. Note that the PK Updater has its limits so if your installation of XP Pro is too "hacked and cracked" or if it has many damaged system files, the PK Updater may not be able to overcome these problems.

You would still have a nongenuine installation of Office Professional 2003 on the computer. Please uninstall that and get Genuine Office, or use other alternatives, such as Google Docs or Open Office.
For great advice on all topics XP, visit http://www.annoyances.org/exec/forum/winxp
- Marked as answer by mnie Wednesday, January 13, 2010 5:01 PM
Wednesday, January 13, 2010 3:29 PM
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Thanks, Dan at IT Associates.

Thanks also for reminding me to get genuine Office. I'll certainly get one.

I really don't know the differences with each XP versions like OEMs, Volume Licenses and retailer's. If I understood it correctly, the Product Key Updater can make my XP genuine using an XP OEM product key regardless of the current version installed. Any ideas or suggestions?

Wednesday, January 13, 2010 5:00 PM
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Hello mnie,

An OEM license for Windows or Office would be preinstalled by the computer manufacturer onto the computer before you purchased it. If you go to a big box electronics store and look at the computers on display, all of these would come with OEM licenses. There is another kind of OEM license called a small manufacturer/systembuilder OEM license, these are the same in that they are installed by the computer manufacturer but these would come from the nroghborhood computer shop that build ten computers a day rather than from a huge company like HP that builds 10,000 computers a day.

A retail license is the kind that comes in the nice pretty retail box that you would se on the shelf at a major retailer like Best Buy, Frys, Staples, WalMart, etc.

Volume licenses are special licenses sold only to larger businesses, educational institutions, or governmental agencies. You as an individual consumer should never have a Volume License because it's very likely that license was stolen from somewhere and sold to you by a dishonest seller as either an OEM or a retail license.

If you purchase a genuine systembuilder/OEM license for XP Pro, you will be able to use the PK Updater, subject to the limitations I described in my previous post. Just be very careful about what you buy, as there are very few if any systembuilder/OEM licenses left in the stocks of the trustworthy online retailers. but there are still plenty of counterfeits out there :-(
For great advice on all topics XP, visit http://www.annoyances.org/exec/forum/winxp

Wednesday, January 13, 2010 10:44 PM
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Hello Dan at IT Associates,

I forgot to say that my computer is a custom-built one. Would it still be okay to install the OEM copy?

I appreciated all of the advices that you shared. Thank you so much!

Friday, January 15, 2010 8:58 AM

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