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Old February 20th, 2007, 05:32 PM
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Unhappy OEM XP unbranded won't activate

My 6 year old sony laptop running ME was giving me problems so I decided to up grade to XP Pro and bought online a unbranded OME XP Pro with the key code. I checked out the company and the CD appears to be legit from what I read on MS web site.
I did a clean install and everything went fine till I tried to activate it online a few days later and got message #45128 telling me to call MS and give them this 54 digit number.
I think I am going to give them a call but would like to know what the problem might be? I have tried to research about OEM and the way I understand it is it meant to be installed only 1 time and on a new computer. This laptop isn't new but is formated with no operating system and this CD I bought was never installed on any computer.
Any imput appricated. Thanks
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Old February 20th, 2007, 05:34 PM
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your best bet will be to follow instructions and call ms.
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Old February 20th, 2007, 05:40 PM
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Thanks I will but wanted to know what to expect when I do?
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Old February 20th, 2007, 06:12 PM
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Call MS, and they will assist you and it's probably your best bet.
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