Re: XP Product Key???
From: Fritz (fritz_at_biteme.net)
Date: 04/14/04
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Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2004 16:58:33 -0400
Very bad idea. Your friend should definitely re-format the drive(s) and
reinstall a fresh copy of XP since he doesn't know where that PC's been
before he got it.
"Rex Winn" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:1c97001c4225e$e9e42610$a301280a@phx.gbl...
>A friend of mine just bought a laptop off Ebay. It's got
> an illegal copy of Windows XP on it. He doesn't want to
> start over and reload it with his legal copy that he owns.
> He'd like to just put in his product key so he can do
> Windows Updates. Does anyone know if this is possible?
> Where is the XP product key at and will changing it make
> it so they can run the updates from the Microsoft site?
>
> This is a very legal situation (except the Ebay seller).
> My friend went and purchased a legal copy of XP for this
> laptop. We're not trying to beat the system or do anything
> weird.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Rex
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