Solve : SP2 being read as SP1????

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Answer» yes to all three. i'm still trying to see if anyone can get me a windows disc, but no luck so far.wait. you said that someone gave you that computer?no, i have never said someone gave me this computer. i bought it with my own money..which i'm still paying off actually. i've never been given a computer... i ran AVG, spybot, and ad-aware two nights ago and they didn't come up with anything.JXY...are you going somewhere with all of these questions? saytheya, those friends of yours with XP Home/Pro SP2 don't have their CD's? Did you ever try calling Microsoft? You can also ask them about sending you a CD.of course im going somewhere. saytheya didn't have a windows disc. that happens when someone has given you a computer. and i remember someone saying that they had recieved the computer from someone else. guess i got mixed up with a different topic. Which brings me to my next question, what type of store did you buy it from. Because in some places in china, if you buy a computer from a store, it could be just a small street shop. And unlike larger ELECTRONICS stores, these smaller shops don't give you the windows disc.JXY: as far as i know, new computers aren't given with OS cds anymore. my compaq came with restore cds but no XP cd. i'm usually pretty good about keeping all the papers and cds that come with my computers in a safe spot. I have never bought a computer "off the street." i don't even trust computer stores to fix my computer..but i also had a bad experience with one so that doesn't help. i bought my compaq from a store similar to walmart and my dell from dell. CBMatt: i called microsoft to see if they would give me tech support, but i haven't asked them to send me a cd yet. my friend is asking around to see if she can FIND one. so i'm waiting it to be a last resort situation. Quote from: saytheya on August 23, 2007, 05:29:51 PM CBMatt: i called microsoft to see if they would give me tech support, but i haven't asked them to send me a cd yet. my friend is asking around to see if she can find one. so i'm waiting it to be a last resort situation. I could be wrong, but I believe they'll ship out the proper CD for only the cost of shipping. Just don't quote me on that one.Quote from: JXY on August 23, 2007, 02:47:37 AM of course im going somewhere. saytheya didn't have a windows disc. that happens when someone has given you a computer. and i remember someone saying that they had recieved the computer from someone else. guess i got mixed up with a different topic. Which brings me to my next question, what type of store did you buy it from. Because in some places in china, if you buy a computer from a store, it could be just a small street shop. And unlike larger electronics stores, these smaller shops don't give you the windows disc. yup because these days all triads are selling computers lol and if you're not careful, you could end up buying a pirated copy of windows. it happened to me once, and i never bought comps from street shops again. because you're running a pirated copy of windows, the microsoft support site won't be able to verify whether you're OS is genuine or not. THerefore, all updates will fail. (it happened to me). and also, things like SP2 won't install properly. (happened to me) and in the end, i had to re-install windows using a genuine version of windows. (other SYMPTOMS include : unable to access cmd or task manager).I think thats common sense though ....... i bought parts from street makrets before ..... and let me be the 1st to say its all ripped -off junk ...... if you do regular virus scans etc .... you can actually pick up the patch that cracks x-p , i have about 6 or 7 diffrent x-p serials , that where given to me by a street salesmen ... now they all work , but there not legit ..... they where wrote on a piece of paper etc..... and i know its illegal to sell the codes out side of the microsoft products , he sold me the orginal cd , but the code was on paper ....... he gave me so many because he thought they might not work , that speaks for itself ........W2K has none of these problems. ...except i bought my computer from dell...i've had to have my windows system VERIFIED to even get stuff of the windows website. no offense, but none of the last few comments have helped along my problem...Dell would be the one to contact for a CD...MS won't as they didn't sell it to you...Quote no offense, but none of the last few comments have helped along my problem... Sorry for the input saytheya, I confess to not reading this thread all the way through (it's very long) and I assumed from the previous posts we were dealing with a pirated copy of XP. I'll keep quiet now but continue to watch

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yes to all three. i'm still trying to see if anyone can get me a windows disc, but no luck so far.wait.

you said that someone gave you that computer?no, i have never said someone gave me this computer. i bought it with my own money..which i'm still paying off actually. i've never been given a computer...

i ran AVG, spybot, and ad-aware two nights ago and they didn't come up with anything.JXY...are you going somewhere with all of these questions?

saytheya, those friends of yours with XP Home/Pro SP2 don't have their CD's? Did you ever try calling Microsoft? You can also ask them about sending you a CD.of course im going somewhere.

saytheya didn't have a windows disc. that happens when someone has given you a computer. and i remember someone saying that they had recieved the computer from someone else. guess i got mixed up with a different topic.

Which brings me to my next question, what type of store did you buy it from.

Because in some places in china, if you buy a computer from a store, it could be just a small street shop.

And unlike larger ELECTRONICS stores, these smaller shops don't give you the windows disc.JXY: as far as i know, new computers aren't given with OS cds anymore. my compaq came with restore cds but no XP cd. i'm usually pretty good about keeping all the papers and cds that come with my computers in a safe spot.

I have never bought a computer "off the street." i don't even trust computer stores to fix my computer..but i also had a bad experience with one so that doesn't help. i bought my compaq from a store similar to walmart and my dell from dell.

CBMatt: i called microsoft to see if they would give me tech support, but i haven't asked them to send me a cd yet. my friend is asking around to see if she can FIND one. so i'm waiting it to be a last resort situation. Quote from: saytheya on August 23, 2007, 05:29:51 PM

CBMatt: i called microsoft to see if they would give me tech support, but i haven't asked them to send me a cd yet. my friend is asking around to see if she can find one. so i'm waiting it to be a last resort situation.

I could be wrong, but I believe they'll ship out the proper CD for only the cost of shipping. Just don't quote me on that one.Quote from: JXY on August 23, 2007, 02:47:37 AM

of course im going somewhere.

saytheya didn't have a windows disc. that happens when someone has given you a computer. and i remember someone saying that they had recieved the computer from someone else. guess i got mixed up with a different topic.

Which brings me to my next question, what type of store did you buy it from.

Because in some places in china, if you buy a computer from a store, it could be just a small street shop.

And unlike larger electronics stores, these smaller shops don't give you the windows disc.

yup because these days all triads are selling computers lol and if you're not careful, you could end up buying a pirated copy of windows.

it happened to me once, and i never bought comps from street shops again.

because you're running a pirated copy of windows, the microsoft support site won't be able to verify whether you're OS is genuine or not. THerefore, all updates will fail. (it happened to me).

and also, things like SP2 won't install properly. (happened to me)

and in the end, i had to re-install windows using a genuine version of windows.

(other SYMPTOMS include : unable to access cmd or task manager).I think thats common sense though ....... i bought parts from street makrets before ..... and let me be the 1st to say its all ripped -off junk ...... if you do regular virus scans etc .... you can actually pick up the patch that cracks x-p , i have about 6 or 7 diffrent x-p serials , that where given to me by a street salesmen ... now they all work , but there not legit ..... they where wrote on a piece of paper etc..... and i know its illegal to sell the codes out side of the microsoft products , he sold me the orginal cd , but the code was on paper ....... he gave me so many because he thought they might not work , that speaks for itself ........W2K has none of these problems. ...except i bought my computer from dell...i've had to have my windows system VERIFIED to even get stuff of the windows website.

no offense, but none of the last few comments have helped along my problem...Dell would be the one to contact for a CD...MS won't as they didn't sell it to you...Quote

no offense, but none of the last few comments have helped along my problem...

Sorry for the input saytheya, I confess to not reading this thread all the way through (it's very long) and I assumed from the previous posts we were dealing with a pirated copy of XP.
I'll keep quiet now but continue to watch

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