Vista SP2 DEATH!

[b0red]

Well my dell inspiron 530 updated to Vista service pack 2 yesterday, and boy what a mistake that was. The thing now says that my vista is not real and i have to insert my vista disk, thank you dell for not including a disk with the pc (My parents claim it came with one but they think they put it in a bag which my grandma has, so i am fucked right now). Now i tried doing the usual things of restoring and every option that i could do from safe mode. None of them worked since the SP2 fucked everything up. This is my gaming pc and i would be very happy if someone could help a brutha out.

[jazzy]

'claims vista is not real'?

clarify.

[Wrathek]

no need for clarification. it thinks his copy isnt valid. almost as if its accusing him of using SLIC, even though he has a legit Dell rofl. tbh other than the disc, your hope may reside in calling up dell.

 

if you decide to go another route, say, clicking a link slightly below this post, you should be able to install on top of vista and still have all of your files and programs installed ;).

[xVengeance]

Hmm, I've seen to have this problem with my old desktop too, but I just left it that way.

[b0red]

Well i called tech support and i have pretty much talking to them for about 2 hours. They really know what they are doing, so now i am almost done with the process. WISH me luck

[b0red]

Oh yeah they made me take out my graphics card, although it is shitty, i need it to run CSS. So yeah.... this shit better work or I'ma be pissed!

[PotshotPolka]

They made you take out your GPU because your OS client isn't registering?

[Akaru]

They made you take out your GPU because your OS client isn't registering?

 

I lol'd at Dell's retarded support. LOL!

 

A GPU doesn't affect the OS in anyway.

[Wrathek]

of course it can. you may even have to revalidate windows if you change the gfx card and have bad luck.

[b0red]

Everything is fine now, i talked to Hussain the Microsoft support guy for like 4 hours and finally we got it. I had to go in and change all these settings and take out all my addon cards and stuff. Pain in the ass but it worked