This is a good example of why you should have your own installation media. I have every version of XP customised with an unattended install & driver packs; once it's installed I run autopatcher from a shared folder to install updates. It takes time, but once you've got it working how you want it pays for itsself in terms of the time you've saved. Cheers, Ben. On 10/3/12, David Mehler <dave.mehler@gmail.com> wrote:
Hello,
My thanks to all. Two things were wrong with this box, it was actually using XP home sp2, a reinstall fixed that. The second issue and I'm going to split this one off in to another message but this system's time is way off like flips years back and forward, I think XP thought I was trying to beat the clock.
Thanks again. Dave.
On 10/3/12, George Bell <george@techno-vision.co.uk> wrote:
I suspect you may be using the first release of XP.
I've been doing a lot of this lately, bit normally I do all the update first before I try to activate.
Go to the following and download XP Service Release 3. I suspect you'll be able to activate after installing that.
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows/downloads/windows-xp
George.
-----Original Message----- From: Blind-sysadmins [mailto:blind-sysadmins-bounces@lists.hodgsonfamily.org] On Behalf Of Isaac Brofman Sent: 03 October 2012 09:30 To: 'Blind sysadmins list' Subject: Re: [Blind-sysadmins] reactivating xp home
Have you tried rto activate by phone
-----Original Message----- From: Blind-sysadmins [mailto:blind-sysadmins-bounces@lists.hodgsonfamily.org] On Behalf Of David Mehler Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2012 3:33 PM To: blind-sysadmins Subject: [Blind-sysadmins] reactivating xp home
Hello,
I've got a machine here that had it's copy of xp home reinstalled. Let me emphasize this is a legally purchased valid disk and with a key. Now it's screaming about activation. It's been activated before once. When I try to activate it now it's saying that xp home is no longer available. This is not going to be welcome to the system's owner, who does not want to go 7 at this time. Is there a painless way I can get this system activated so I can use windows update? I'm needing to get MSE on it.
Thanks. Dave.
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