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  • mr_fishbulb
    mr_fishbulb Posts: 5,224 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    What happens if you already have a black background?
  • Strider590
    Strider590 Posts: 11,874 Forumite
    Oh dear, the shop should have used the same version of Windows and should have used your product key to activate it.

    This requires a FREE phone call to Microsoft's activations line, a very simple process. You enter an installation number from your screen, the machine reads one back and you enter it to activate Windows.

    It will only work however if the shop used the same version of Windows and I don't just mean XP or Vista, each have several sub versions.

    Find out what the shop did, try the activation process.... If it falls, report the shop to trading standards (too many cowboys about in this industry).
    “I may not agree with you, but I will defend to the death your right to make an a** of yourself.”

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  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 4,466 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    What happens if you already have a black background?

    It goes blacker.
  • Paradigm
    Paradigm Posts: 3,666 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    anewhope wrote: »
    It goes blacker.

    :eek: Blacker than Black!! Thats pretty bad.
    Always try to be at least half the person your dog thinks you are!
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