Re: XP Product Key???
From: Bruce Chambers (bchambers_at_nospamcableone.net)
Date: 04/16/04
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Date: Fri, 16 Apr 2004 10:26:38 -0600
Greetings --
He'll need to use his _legitimate_ full retail copy of WinXP Pro
to perform a repair (a.k.a. in-place upgrade) installation, using the
new CD and Product Key.
How to Perform an In-Place Upgrade of Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/directory/article.asp?ID=KB;EN-US;Q315341
Bruce Chambers
-- Help us help you: http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on having both at once. -- RAH "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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