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Bill Antolec
Recently a friend asked me to help her with her computer. It is an eMachine
with Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005. I determined that the
motherboard in the computer died and ordered a similar motherboard - one
where the same processor, memory, etc. would all work with it to minimize
the cost. Once everything was put back together, I started the machine up
and was not surprised to see the screen requiring that the version of
Windows be authenticated again. I followed the steps and had to call
Microsoft as the ethernet drivers for the new motherboard had not yet been
installed.
During the phone call first doing the automated update, I entered all the
sets of numbers on the screen but the process failed. Next step I requested
to speak to a live person. In doing so he asked me to click on the "Change
Key" button. The key values that came up did not match the values from the
tag on the machine, so I re-entered the Windows key into the machine. After
this we generated a new set of numbers from which he gave me the
cooresponding numbers. I entered then and regained access to the machine
and all appeared good.
However after installed all necessary drivers, I rebooted the machine. When
it came back up I was presented with a dialog window titled "License
violation". The text of the message reads: "The system has detected
tampering with your registered product type. This is a violation of your
license. Tampering with product type is not permitted."
Any ideas why this is coming up? All I did was change the motherboard.
More important than why is, How do I fix it?
Thanks in advance for any assistance with this problem!
Bill
with Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005. I determined that the
motherboard in the computer died and ordered a similar motherboard - one
where the same processor, memory, etc. would all work with it to minimize
the cost. Once everything was put back together, I started the machine up
and was not surprised to see the screen requiring that the version of
Windows be authenticated again. I followed the steps and had to call
Microsoft as the ethernet drivers for the new motherboard had not yet been
installed.
During the phone call first doing the automated update, I entered all the
sets of numbers on the screen but the process failed. Next step I requested
to speak to a live person. In doing so he asked me to click on the "Change
Key" button. The key values that came up did not match the values from the
tag on the machine, so I re-entered the Windows key into the machine. After
this we generated a new set of numbers from which he gave me the
cooresponding numbers. I entered then and regained access to the machine
and all appeared good.
However after installed all necessary drivers, I rebooted the machine. When
it came back up I was presented with a dialog window titled "License
violation". The text of the message reads: "The system has detected
tampering with your registered product type. This is a violation of your
license. Tampering with product type is not permitted."
Any ideas why this is coming up? All I did was change the motherboard.
More important than why is, How do I fix it?
Thanks in advance for any assistance with this problem!
Bill