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Error Code Purple
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In [[In [[personal computer|personal computing]], '''Error Code Purple''' is an error message from [[Compaq]]/[[Hewlett-Packard|HP]] [[personal computer]]s when trying to reinstall [[Microsoft Windows XP]] from athe restore disk onto a PC whichs. If the PC has had too many changes to its hardware.

On some PCs, HP place a "tattoo" (a [[hash code]]) of the motherboard and hardware configuration is encoded on the restore disk, the error is triggered. The mechanism is an attempt at [[copy protection]] and particularly affects PCs sold with [[Windows XP Media Center Edition]]. The message has caused some concern amongst HP computer owners <ref>[http://www.billoblog.com/billoblog/?p=152 Code Purple — The Compaq/HP Booby Trap] (Billoblog, 04 Jan 2006)</ref>.

On some PCs, HP place a "tattoo" (a [[hash code]]) of the motherboard and hardware configuration is encoded on the restore disk <ref>[http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/bizsupport/questionanswer.do?threadId=1004887&admit=-682735245+1160438847160+28353475 Re-installing XP onto a705w from retail disk?] (Hewlett-Packard Business Support Forums)
</ref>. If you have modified your system (''e.g.'' by adding new hardware), the restore disks will refuse to reinstall the system. The tattoo is designed only to be modified by HP or by an HP-authorized third-party dealer, though it is possible for a PC owner to modify it.

==References==

*[http://www.billoblog.com/billoblog/?p=152 or remove it by accessing the hard disk after the restore disk has initially written to it <ref>[http://www.quickconnect.com/news-articles.php?page=9&Windows-XP-Code  -Purple — The Compaq/HP Booby Trap] (Billoblog, 04 Jan 2006)

[[Category:Hewlett-Packard]]
[[Category:Computer errors]]⏎
-Message Windows XP Code Purple Message], QuickConnect.com</ref>.

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[[Category:Hewlett-Packard]]
[[Category:Computer errors]]
[[Category:Digital rights management]]
[[Category:Software licenses]]

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