Compaq Armada M700 Notebook - Answered Questions & Fixed issues

You need to find out what is compatible with your computer before you can look. I suggest googling what will work with whatever type of laptop you have then search for it on Newegg.com. I would like to go into more detail but the information you provided is below minimum.

Whomever gave the 'clarifying information' has deleted it. Not Socket 370 eh? 'Anonymous' always knows best, and reading that website, I know who wrote it :>D Nice job. The question is from October 2007, so hopefully that old Pentium 3 is long gone to the great recycler in the sky! Anonymous Mar 15, 2022 ALL WRONG ABOVE THIS PC HAS SOLDER BALL GRID ARRAY CPU. IT HAS NO SOCKET OF ANY KIND THERE. https://www.pcdied.com/Upgrades/CPU/cpu-... ..

There is no licence key only for MS word.

You will have to get a licence for MS Office that will include Word, Excel, powerpoint on it. You can download the software form MS website and buy a licence key.

Please not you will have to pay for the licence key.

Hi,
This mean the copy of the windows you are using may not be genuine. Have you upgraded your windows operating system from the one you got on this machine.
There is nothing much you can do , without the cd. But you can try the following workaround if it works
http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/999/xp_how_to_bypass_validation_product_key_invalid/

Thanks
proton

Are you trying to uninstall before a the reload?
Or just trying to clean up the list?

The product installation key is in the documentation that came with the MS Office CD.
If you have lost it then you will need to purchase a copy of MS Office to get the product installation key.

For an alternative free program, OPEN OFFICE is a full-featured office suite that's compatible with Microsoft Office.
If you want Open Office you can download this free program. Click on this link to download :-
http://www.openoffice.org/

You can download a 60 day free trial of MS Office 2010. Click on this link to download :-

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/try/

try this code:KGFVY-7733B-8WCK9-KTG64-BC7D8

You need to purchase a valid license from a computer store or online from microsoft.com You have an office trial version installed. Be prepared to pay at lease £80.00

Linux XP has had several reports of problems with activation. Your best bet would be to contact their technical support. Or switch to one of the completely FREE Linux distros. Fedora, Ubuntu, Mint linux, Dream Linux, Mandriva, Knoppix. Are just a few that offer the same simple install interface and hardware support.

Linux XP is a free linux distro that charges you for pre-installing applications like "Wine" that run windows based apps. Wine itself is also free and can be installed on any linux distro.

Hope this helps you out.

Jei

Because Grub has to fit in a small space on the disk, there is no room for helpful error messages, but 'Error 18' translates as 'Selected cylinder exceeds maximum supported by BIOS'. In other words, your BIOS - which initializes hardware - is unable to handle a hard drive this large. Windows is able to boot because the Windows partition is at the start of the distro's disk, within the area handled by the BIOS. This is not a limitation of Linux, which hasn't even started to load, but your hardware. You would see the same problem if you tried to install two versions of Windows, say 98 and XP. There are a few ways to deal with this. If you need further help, I’m available over the phone at https://www.6ya.com/expert/jason_70466cb634a57543

I need the Product Key and the serial Number for Handy cafe software.

It was the BATTERY all along !!!!! Incidentally the new battery bought mail order from China was no good as it would not boot-up the laptop. The curious thing was that if the laptop was booted-up using mains power, the Chinese battery would then last long enough to play an entire feature film and more! The "Tech Guys" test battery was also no good and the technicians at that well known computer store claimed that the laptop was faulty, WRONG! Eventually I bought a scrap laptop of a similar type with a view to swapping the power controller board. The scrap laptop happened to have a battery fitted so the "scrap" battery was tried. Voila! all came good! After THREE dud batteries (including the test battery at the computer store) the problem was solved. One can surmise that during the boot-up, computers take a heavy power draw. One can also surmise that the Lithium Ion batteries have current limiters built-in in order to prevent them from catching fire. If the current limiter is set too low the laptop will not boot. Those 2.8 GHz Pentium 4s were always renowned as hungry power-guzzlers and that was the problem. The sad thing was that once it was all fixed-up, defragged and memory maxed-out, it got stolen in a burglary. Shame as it was a really good machine. These days I ONLY buy crappy low powered computers as why donate an i5 or i7 machine to your local drug addicts?

Dear Lizanne, To get to the recovery partition on your Compaq Armada M700, turn on the notebook and press F11 repeatedly until "Windows is loading files..." displays on the screen. Then, follow the on-screen instructions. If your notebook originally came with Windows XP or an earlier version of Windows, try pressing F10 to enter recovery instead of F11. Hope you may find these instructions useful! Best regards, Miguel L. Martins

Sorry Subiyal,Here at Fixya we do not provide product keys or serial numbers for software packages or programs. If you lost your original product key, you should get in contact with the software manufacturer and ask them for a replacement key, based on your software proof of purchase (invoice, purchase bill, etc).Regards,Miguel L. Martins

For what ??? Review your user manual

Which operating system ??????? First make sure you have the serial key. http://download.cnet.com/%7Bvalue=http://www.download.com/magical-jelly-bean-keyfinder/3000-18487_4-10079600.html The Magical Jelly Bean Keyfinder is a freeware utility that retrieves your Product Key (cd key) used to install windows from your registry. It has the options to copy the key to clipboard, save it to a text file, or print it for safekeeping. Create an xp pro sp3 iso omage Download the SP3 installation ISO. Save it to your Desktop. Download ImgBurn and save it to your Desktop. Double-click the installation executable for ImgBurn and click "Next." Follow the remaining onscreen prompts and click "Finish" to complete installation of ImgBurn. Insert a blank CD-R/DVD-R into your DVD drive. Open ImgBurn by going to "Start," "Programs" and "ImgBurn." Click "File," then "Browse for a source file." Navigate to your Desktop and select the SP3 ISO file. Click "Open." Click the blue "ISO to CD" button located on the bottom left of ImgBurn. The program will begin creating the Windows XP SP3 installation CD. This process may take anywhere from 10 to 20 minutes to complete depending on the speed at which the CD-R/DVD-R is being burned. Click "OK" once the CD-R/DVD-R has finished burning. You've successfully created a Windows XP SP3 installation CD. http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=2fcde6ce-b5fb-4488-8c50-fe22559d164e&displaylang=en xp pro sp3 iso http://www.imgburn.com/ Download the iso also download the imageburn or http://windows-xp-pro-startup-disk.soft32.com/ Bootable disk for XP Professional. The Windows XP start up disk allows computers without a bootable CD-ROM to perform a new installation of the operating system.

You can download the software from the Microsoft WEB site.

Tip: If you are running Safe Mode because you cannot get into Windows, you may want to first try loading the last known good configuration.

To get into the Windows 2000 and XP Safe mode, as the computer is booting press and hold your "F8 Key" which should bring up the "Windows Advanced Options Menu" as shown below. Use yourarrow keys to move to "Safe Mode" and press your Enter key.

Note: With some computers, if you press and hold a key as the computer is booting you will get a stuck key message. If this occurs, instead of pressing and holding the "F8 key", tap the "F8 key" continuously until you get the startup menu.

Trouble Getting into Windows 2000 or Windows XP Safe mode- If after several attempts you are unable to get into Windows 2000 or Windows XP Safe Mode as the computer is booting into Windows, turn off your computer. When the computer is turned on the next time Windows should notice that the computer did not successfully boot and give you the Safe Mode screen

If you are trying to recover a key of an already installed program on your computer there are freeware keyfinders on the internet http://download.cnet.com/%7Bvalue=http://www.download.com/magical-jelly-bean-keyfinder/3000-18487_4-10079600.html The Magical Jelly Bean Keyfinder is a freeware utility that retrieves your Product Key (cd key) used to install windows from your registry. It has the options to copy the key to clipboard, save it to a text file, or print it for safekeeping. Serial keys Location Lift up your computer and look for a tag. The tag will probably be located on the side of the computer, or on the bottom of the unit for a laptop. The service tag is generally a large black and white tag and it will say "Service Tag Number." Do not confuse this tag with the Windows tag, which may be located in the same area on the computer.