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    Hi

    I repaired a (legal) volume license installation of XP with an OEM Installation disk, because the Volume License upgrade disk was not bootable and I needed to repair the installation with the "F6 install SCSI driver" method.

    Now I incorrectly have an OEM product ID and the wrong product key, taken from the OEM disk.

    Is it possible to get this back to a volume license installation without repairing again with a bootable volume license disk (which I don't currently have)?

    Thanks
    Wednesday, April 8, 2009 10:25 AM

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    Keith,

    Unfortunately this falls outside the support scope for the WGA Forums. Have you contacted your companies system administration section and asked for guidance? Please do so as there may be corporate policies and other concerns which may require the system to be completely reimaged.


    Thank you,

    Stephen
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    • Marked as answer by Stephen Holm Wednesday, April 8, 2009 10:44 PM
    Wednesday, April 8, 2009 10:44 PM

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    Hello Keith_Ion,

    The Product Key Updater *might* work, don't know for sure, never tried it for a situation like yours.
    http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=45668

    If not, please get a GENUINE bootable disc from your organization's tech support people and do a repair.
    For great advice on all topics XP, visit http://www.annoyances.org/exec/forum/winxp
    Wednesday, April 8, 2009 7:57 PM
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    Keith,

    Unfortunately this falls outside the support scope for the WGA Forums. Have you contacted your companies system administration section and asked for guidance? Please do so as there may be corporate policies and other concerns which may require the system to be completely reimaged.


    Thank you,

    Stephen
    Attention All Forum Users: Please Do Not post your issue in someone else's Thread...Create your own which will help minimize confusion. If any post fixes your issue, please click the "Post was Helpful" button for that post. This will help us showcase the threads that best help our customers. Thank you, Stephen Holm
    • Marked as answer by Stephen Holm Wednesday, April 8, 2009 10:44 PM
    Wednesday, April 8, 2009 10:44 PM
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    Hi, Thanks for the replies.  Unfortunately the Product Key Updater did not work as it expects an OEM key.  I'll go back to company sysadmins.

    Thursday, April 9, 2009 7:06 AM