Changing the install key

I have bought a second hand computer and it has an illegal windows copy.
I have open license and I want to register it with my key.
I remember there was a small program you could download from Microsoft to
change the License key.
Can anyone point me the link please?

TIA
Kind Regards,
Yaacov Klapisch
IT Department

RCS - Rampal Cellular Stockmarket
yaacov@rcs.com | www.rcs.com

Hello Yaacov,

try This Link:

http://download.chip.eu/en/Windows-P....5_163975.html


Freemax2Yaacov Klapisch:
> I have bought a second hand computer and it has an illegal windows
copy.
> I have open license and I want to register it with my key.
> I remember there was a small program you could download from Microsoft
to
> change the License key.
> Can anyone point me the link please?
>
> TIA
> Kind Regards,
> Yaacov Klapisch
> IT Department
>
> RCS - Rampal Cellular Stockmarket
> yaacov@rcs.com | www.rcs.com

Thanks.
BTW. the link you gave is good for SP2 but not for SP3
tThis is the new link by MS
http://www.microsoft.com/genuine/sel...displaylang=en

I read that you cannot use this if the windows installed is OEM, only if it is also a VL.

For OEM you need to do a replacement install or whatever they call it.

Will it not remove some personnal settings and other registration information? Like AVG license that will be changed and also Adobe serials will not be recognized.

"Freemax2" <siemax2@web.de> wrote in message news:9ew40rLtGFqaskzisiemax2@web.de...
> Hello Yaacov,
>
> try This Link:
>
> http://download.chip.eu/en/Windows-P....5_163975.html
>
>
> Freemax2Yaacov Klapisch:
>> I have bought a second hand computer and it has an illegal windows
> copy.
>> I have open license and I want to register it with my key.
>> I remember there was a small program you could download from Microsoft
> to
>> change the License key.
>> Can anyone point me the link please?
>>
>> TIA
>> Kind Regards,
>> Yaacov Klapisch
>> IT Department
>>
>> RCS - Rampal Cellular Stockmarket
>> yaacov@rcs.com | www.rcs.com

Yaacov Klapisch:
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> Thanks.
> BTW. the link you gave is good for SP2 but not for SP3
> tThis is the new link by MS
>
http://www.microsoft.com/genuine/sel...playlang=3Den=
>
>
> I read that you cannot use this if the windows installed is OEM, only
if =
> it is also a VL.
>
> For OEM you need to do a replacement install or whatever they call
it.
>
> Will it not remove some personnal settings and other registration =
> information? Like AVG license that will be changed and also Adobe =
> serials will not be recognized.


Hello,

it is possible but you don`t have said what kind of Windows you have
installed!
For OEM you need to do a replacement Installation because it is a
different Installationmedium you use for installation. There are some
different Installationversions of WinXP.
Another Question: you're German? Because, if yes it is easyer to
comunicate, because I'am German!

Freemax2

On Sun, 14 Dec 2008 11:32:56 +0200, "Yaacov Klapisch"
<yaacov@rampal.com> wrote:

> I have bought a second hand computer and it has an illegal windows copy.
> I have open license and I want to register it with my key.
> I remember there was a small program you could download from Microsoft to
> change the License key.
> Can anyone point me the link please?


If I acquired a used computer, the first thing I would do with it
would be to reinstall the operating system cleanly. You have no idea
how the computer has been maintained, what has been installed
incorrectly, what is missing, what viruses and spyware there may be,
etc. I wouldn't want to live with somebody else's mistakes and
problems, possibility of kiddy porn, etc., and I wouldn't recommend
that anyone else do either.

--
Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience
Please Reply to the Newsgroup

Well, that's pretty freaking extreme, but Ken DOES make an excellent point...
I'd suggest you purchase a new, legal copy of Microsoft Windows, and
repartition/reformat and reinstall Windows. You'll sleep safer at night!

"Ken Blake, MVP" wrote:

> On Sun, 14 Dec 2008 11:32:56 +0200, "Yaacov Klapisch"
> <yaacov@rampal.com> wrote:
>
> > I have bought a second hand computer and it has an illegal windows copy.
> > I have open license and I want to register it with my key.
> > I remember there was a small program you could download from Microsoft to
> > change the License key.
> > Can anyone point me the link please?
>
>
> If I acquired a used computer, the first thing I would do with it
> would be to reinstall the operating system cleanly. You have no idea
> how the computer has been maintained, what has been installed
> incorrectly, what is missing, what viruses and spyware there may be,
> etc. I wouldn't want to live with somebody else's mistakes and
> problems, possibility of kiddy porn, etc., and I wouldn't recommend
> that anyone else do either.
>
> --
> Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience
> Please Reply to the Newsgroup
>