Had to Reinstall Windows XP on the computer my mother in law gave us, but now sound doesnt work?
Ok so my mother in law updated her computer and gave us her old one which was built by an ex brother in law of hers. Its totally frankensteined and she doesnt know the Windows Registration key or anything. This is a problem since we had massive viruses and had to re-install Windows XP. now we dont have sound and dont have drivers that are nessecary, and I cant use the Flash drive that I had saved all of my schoolwork on before the viruses I downloaded Magic Jelly Bean Keyfinder in hopes of pulling up the 25 digit key that her ex B-I-L used when making the computer and it pulled one up but when I used it to activate windows it said that it was an unauthorized key. Now I dont know what to do. I do all my college classes online and we are too broke to buy anymore software that might help. I would borrow my grandma’s old XP discs but We cant even tell what KIND of computer this is since it was built from scrap (i.e. DELL, HP). Here is the only system info we have:
System:
Microsoft Windows XP
Professional
Version 2002
Service Pack 2
Computer:
Intel(R)
Celeron(R) CPU 2.40GHz
2.40GHz, 504 MB of RAM
There is also this weird number under the Registered to section in my system properties. Its a jumble of letters and numbers but there is no pattern like the 5 characters – 5 charachters – so on and so on like you see in Keys. Its more like 5 numbers – 3 letters- 8 numbers- 5 numbers.
If I go to Microsoft.com before the deadline to activate windows (I have 26 days left to do so) can I install my drivers and updates without penalty or getting into trouble. I heard from a friend of mine that she entered an illegal key and Microsoft sent her computer a virus that blew her motherboard. We didnt steal this copy, it was the one that came with it but my mother in law was never given the key so she cant help us.
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The sound component (assuming its an onboard soundcard) needs drivers to run and not all soundcard can use the default Windows built-in generics. As for not knowing the registration number thats not a problem, just use anyone’s registerred number. It will recognize its not a valid code but it will get you to the Activate Windows prompts.
Or you can find the, "Activate Windows" program. Run the program, it will give you options to register online (DO NOT USE online option), or call to register. Select call option, enter your country and the program will give you a toll free number to call. The program generates a long code consisting of 7-8 parts (A-G/H) each with 5-6 numbers.
Call the number and follow the computer voice. It will ask questions like, is this a new installation, say, NO, it will ask are you re-installing or adding new hardware, say YES…. then follow the prompts. Speak clearly and slowly and announceate each letter. If the computer voice can not recognize your voice a live operator may cut in. I would suggest hanging up and re-trying as the operators tend to speak with extreme accents (India) and are hard to understand.
At no point if you are speaking to a live agent do you tell them that code is not yours or that version of Windows is not yours.
This happened to me once. I had to format my Laptop but when I turned it back on it had no sound whatsoever. This happens usually because your computers booting up got interrupted. All I did was format it again. Hope it helps.
you could go to te microsoft website and download realtek ac 97audio divers and see if they work