Dell XPS420 Windows 7 - Not Genuine

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  1. fdjc

    fdjc MDL Member

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  2. timesurfer

    timesurfer MDL Developer

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    Couldn't you apply same method as the other?
     
  3. fdjc

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    I did, it didnt work though.

    The only difference is I used 1.7 daz on the first, 1.8 on this one.
    It wasn't in his post anymore.
     
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  7. fdjc

    fdjc MDL Member

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    Thanks guys, il give it a try when he gets online and post back.
     
  8. armada

    armada MDL Addicted

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    i have found sometimes it will need to be rearmed. if you are outside the 30 day period sometimes it will not accept a oem slp key properly. from command prompt run this command:

    slmgr /rearm

    then reboot (i recc 2 reboots myself) then change the key to the dell one.
     
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  9. InEvX

    InEvX MDL Junior Member

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    I have an XPS420...
    I just used the BIOS mod off this website (worked perfectly) and used the SLIC 2.1.

    I used Daz program for the key.

    Cheers.
     
  10. shadowstep

    shadowstep MDL Member

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    Absolutely. Even I had to re-arm Windows even though I have SLIC 2.1 BIOS and had put in the correct Dell OEM Certificate and an OEM SLP Key (7 Ultimate) to make it work.
     
  11. fdjc

    fdjc MDL Member

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    I'll try a rearm and all when I get a chance, the dudes away on a lil holiday, didn't know to Monday there.

    When I am able to I will see if I can get it sorted for him.

    I'll post back with results then, thanks guys.

    Regards,
    fdjc
     
  12. fdjc

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    Hope bumping is ok but we rearmed it and uninstalled the key, reinstalled it, rebooted and bingo, job done. :)

    Thanks again guys.
     
  13. RJARRRPCGP

    RJARRRPCGP MDL Senior Member

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    If you see nonsense message about running a "non-core edition" of Windows get spat out when you run slmgr, you 99 percent have the wrong certificate file, please get another certificate file and try again.
     
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  14. HorizonX

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    Apologies for the necro-post but google led me straight here... I hit a major snag doing my first hardmod (Windows 7 had been installed and activated for quite a while using a different a key, offline activation worked but WAT bit me with the same "loader detected" error code seen here )... this post is the first indication I saw that one needs to re-arm for OEM activation to go smoothly off a non-fresh install. (Even though it seems kind of obvious in hindsight...) After re-arming it was pretty much instantly recognized as genuine -- is this tidbit noted in any of the stickies?