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Windows Product key

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  • 16-02-2010 5:33pm
    #1
    kayasurf
    Registered Users Posts: 46 ✭


    hi was wondering if anybody can help me my laptop is looking for a windoes product key, i cant find the disk with the key on it is there any where else i might be able to obtain it?


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    Overheal
    Registered Users Posts: 81,903 ✭✭✭✭Overheal


    It should be printed on the bottom of your laptop.

    Where di you buy it and when?


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    henryporter
    Registered Users Posts: 2,089 ✭✭✭henryporter


    or try http://www.magicaljellybean.com/keyfinder/


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    kayasurf
    Registered Users Posts: 46 ✭kayasurf


    i cant find it on the laptop either, somebody made me the laptop but it was brand new when i got it, its a hp dv6000.


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    kaizersoze
    Registered Users Posts: 7,042 ✭✭✭kaizersoze


    kayasurf wrote: »
    i cant find it on the laptop either, somebody made me the laptop but it was brand new when i got it, its a hp dv6000.

    Laptops can't be 'made' by anyone. It was manufactured by HP and sold to you. I have a dv6000 here in the workshop and the product key is on a sticker on the underside of the laptop. See pic.
    105419.jpg


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    kayasurf
    Registered Users Posts: 46 ✭kayasurf


    Yeh laptop doesnt have that sticker it just has the HP one :(


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    humaxf1
    Registered Users Posts: 865 ✭✭✭humaxf1


    OP, are you in the middle of a XP reinstallation???

    If the above is so, (stating the obivious) unless you have a valid product key, you can't progress any further with the installation.


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    kayasurf
    Registered Users Posts: 46 ✭kayasurf


    no not doing a reinstall i turned on automatic updates by accident and now its looking for a product key, i've tried the key finder and the code that was there is not working on it now.. It's microsoft windows xp media center edtion version 2002 service pack 3.. I think theres a problem with the media version of this when it tries to update itself..


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    mrroboito
    Registered Users Posts: 84 ✭✭mrroboito


    Seems to me like someone put on a cracked version of an OS for you. Try Ubuntu or buy a licence. Another option would be to find someone with a DV6000 and use their disc but if you don't have any license key that'd be illegal.


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