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Did the laptop originally come with WinXP or was it something older? I had to update the BIOS on my Sony Vaio to get XP to run on it.
or try this
# Q. Why can't I activate my Windows XP installation on my Dell Inspiron 8100 laptop?
A. This problem occurs because of a conflict between the XP activation component and the Inspiron 8100's graphics adapter. To work around the problem, you need to boot the installation in base-video mode, then activate XP. To boot your installation in base-video mode, perform the following steps:
1. Start the configuration utility--go to Start, Run and type
msconfig
2. Select the boot.ini tab.
3. Select your boot entry, then select the "/BASEVIDEO" check box.
4. Click Apply, then click OK.
5. Reboot your machine.
Alternatively, you can directly edit the boot.ini file and add the /basevideo switch to your boot entry. For example,
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional"
/fastdetect /basevideo
will boot XP in a base-video configuration.
After your computer reboots with the /basevideo option, you can activate your Windows installation. After activating the installation, you can remove the /basevideo option from the boot.ini file and reboot the system.
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