Subj : Win2K SP2 Install "Proble
To   : Digital Man
From : richardw
Date : Mon Aug 22 2005 10:10 am

  Re: Win2K SP2 Install "Proble
  By: Digital Man to MIKE POWELL on Sun Aug 21 2005 10:20 am

 >  > I have a slight problem, and I was wondering if anyone knew of a work-aro
 >  >
 >  > I recently found a cheap box of mostly old software at a rummage sale.  M
 >  > of it is junk, but there was included a Dell "Operating System Reinstalla
 >  > CD W2K+SP2."  I decided to attempt to install this on a spare PC that is 
 >  > a Dell.
 >  >
 >  > Apparently, the Dell CD contains code that detects the machine is not a D
 >  > 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 no
 >  > a Dell.
 >  >
 >  > The HD currently has Win98SE on it... would wiping out the HD help, or is
 >  > code detecting (or not detecting) something else about the machine?  If s
 >  > is there any way around that "verification check"?
 > 
 > The verification is of the GUID (globally unique identifier) which is stored
 > the SMBIOS (system management basic input output system) table, which cannot
 > changed. If there's a way to bypass this verification check, I don't know it

I had a toshiba (don't know if they use the same check) that suddenly, 
after 2 years of working fine, decided it was no longer a toshiba.  :-/

I have no idea why.  I was, however, able to track through the system 
restore process, and start it as a point AFTER the verification process.

Toshiba's proposed solution involved selling me a new system restore CD.


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