Subj : Re: Win2K SP2 Install "Pr
To   : Digital Man
From : Corey
Date : Sun Aug 21 2005 02:18 pm

 >   Re: Win2K SP2 Install "Proble
 >   By: MIKE POWELL to ALL on Sat Aug 20 2005 07:47 pm
 > 
 >  > I have a slight problem, and I was wondering if anyone knew of a
 > work-around
 >  > 
 >  > I recently found a cheap box of mostly old software at a rummage sale.
 > Most
 >  > of it is junk, but there was included a Dell "Operating System
 > Reinstallatio
 >  > CD W2K+SP2."  I decided to attempt to install this on a spare PC that is
 > not
 >  > a Dell.
 >  > 
 >  > Apparently, the Dell CD contains code that detects the machine is not a
 > Dell
 >  > and will not allow the software to be installed.  I also tried writing
 >  > boot diskettes, and the diskettes also are able to tell the machine is 
not
 >  > a Dell.
 >  > 
 >  > The HD currently has Win98SE on it... would wiping out the HD help, or is
 > th
 >  > code detecting (or not detecting) something else about the machine?  If 
so,
 >  > is there any way around that "verification check"?
 > 
 > The verification is of the GUID (globally unique identifier) which is stored
 > in
 > the SMBIOS (system management basic input output system) table, which cannot
 > be
 > changed. If there's a way to bypass this verification check, I don't know 
it.
 > 
 >                                                   digital man
 > 
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plus I also think it looks at a bios signature too. and prolly a model code 
also. so you couldn't even use it on another model from the same manufactor 
prolly.

Corey+

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