Reformatting Problem

kremedios · 2 Jun 2007 at 17:44

Okay so i bought a Sony Vaio BX laptop in oct 06, it came with XP Pro SP2. I have since reformatted with my own disc (XP PRO SP2), however when i input the code on the bottom of my laptop (the Windows XP code), it says invalid, and so i have to use my other code :mad:

. Does anyone know why i cannot use the code on the bottom of the laptop as i want to get IE7.

Thanks

ukdave · 2 Jun 2007 at 18:15

That code is locked to a specific OEM version of WinXP. If you've installed it with your own disc, why not use that license key?

kremedios · 2 Jun 2007 at 18:16

ukdave said:
That code is locked to a specific OEM version of WinXP. If you've installed it with your own disc, why not use that license key?

Cause it is not genuine xp. :mad:

RJC · 2 Jun 2007 at 18:21

Did your Laptop not come with any installation discs!
You can dowload ie7 from the Microsoft website (or am I getting the wrong end of the stick

)

Rob

kremedios · 2 Jun 2007 at 18:26

RJC said:
Did your Laptop not come with any installation discs!
You can dowload ie7 from the Microsoft website (or am I getting the wrong end of the stick )

Rob

Nope it did not

and you have to verify that your XP is genuine

RJC · 2 Jun 2007 at 18:31

kremedios said:
Nope it did not and you have to verify that your XP is genuine

You may need to phone Sony and get them to send you a windows disc, or do you have friend who can lend you OEM windows.

Rob

ukdave · 2 Jun 2007 at 18:34

In that case you either need to contact Sony to obtain the discs (will probably cost you) or buy a LEGAL version of XP or Vista or whatever.

Of course there is alwaysa way around these kind of situations but i'm not going to discuss that here.