pc won't validate os key

rgs80074 · 02-20-2008, 08:59 AM

Ok here's my issue.

i bought an emachine t5082(yes piece of crap out of the box, what was emachiens thinking making a vista machine with only 512megs of ram with part of that shared with the video card).

it came preloaded with vista home basic but had all sorts of things on (which is why i don't want to use the restore disc even if i could fine it).

my problem comes to validating the new installs. I have a version of ultimate i use on all my pc's (yes its a workaround/cracked) and it didn't work on this pc even though it worked on the others flawlessly. So i tried versions of home basic and home premium>

i even found my retail copy of home premium and that didn't work either. I even went as far as to go to windows xp, same problem. 2000 wouldn't even install for some reason (vista said it was too old and the install option was disabled).

I heard that emachiens might have the key for the preloaded copy hard coded into the hardware or bios. I contacted them and they said no nothing is coded into the pc (and if that was the case everything should be working fine). Microsoft just sends you back to them saying its hardcoded and a new temp key don't take (this is the problem is the validation key does not keep).

I have thought maybe it was something staying on the hard drive so i put in a different hard drive and kept that one out, still the same. I even took the battery out of cmos overnight hoping that would reset it but still no luck.

any help would be appreciated.

thanks

ryan

~~His Technicion~~ · 02-20-2008, 09:35 AM

Check the BIOS. eMachine could be lying, stupid or both.

Consider the PID is just wrong/bad/etc...

Sounds like a warranty issue. Beat eMachine with a stick until they give you what you want.

Although it seems like a lot of work to get an O/S to run on a machine that at best will only run poorly.

dai · 02-20-2008, 10:33 AM

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02-20-2008, 08:59 AM	#1 (permalink)
rgs80074 Registered User Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 1 OS: vista	pc won't validate os key Ok here's my issue. i bought an emachine t5082(yes piece of crap out of the box, what was emachiens thinking making a vista machine with only 512megs of ram with part of that shared with the video card). it came preloaded with vista home basic but had all sorts of things on (which is why i don't want to use the restore disc even if i could fine it). my problem comes to validating the new installs. I have a version of ultimate i use on all my pc's (yes its a workaround/cracked) and it didn't work on this pc even though it worked on the others flawlessly. So i tried versions of home basic and home premium> i even found my retail copy of home premium and that didn't work either. I even went as far as to go to windows xp, same problem. 2000 wouldn't even install for some reason (vista said it was too old and the install option was disabled). I heard that emachiens might have the key for the preloaded copy hard coded into the hardware or bios. I contacted them and they said no nothing is coded into the pc (and if that was the case everything should be working fine). Microsoft just sends you back to them saying its hardcoded and a new temp key don't take (this is the problem is the validation key does not keep). I have thought maybe it was something staying on the hard drive so i put in a different hard drive and kept that one out, still the same. I even took the battery out of cmos overnight hoping that would reset it but still no luck. any help would be appreciated. thanks ryan

02-20-2008, 09:35 AM	#2 (permalink)
~~His Technicion~~ Troubled Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 28 OS: Vista Freeware	Re: pc won't validate os key Check the BIOS. eMachine could be lying, stupid or both. Consider the PID is just wrong/bad/etc... Sounds like a warranty issue. Beat eMachine with a stick until they give you what you want. Although it seems like a lot of work to get an O/S to run on a machine that at best will only run poorly.

02-20-2008, 10:33 AM	#3 (permalink)
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