[ale] OT: Windows XP media?

[Kresnik Igor]

every version has ovn product key. You need windows with key

Brian W. Neu pravi:
> What is the make/model of the laptop?
>
> Version of XP?
>
>
> Jeffrey B. Layton wrote:
>> Michael B. Trausch wrote:
>>   
>>> On Mon, 2008-05-19 at 08:27 -0400, Jeffrey B. Layton wrote:
>>>   
>>>     
>>>> So I have an XP product key, but I'm looking for XP media for
>>>> installing. Any ideas?
>>>>     
>>>>       
>>> You will need to find media which matches your purpose.  If the product
>>> key that you have is OEM, though, it's not even worth it: you must not
>>> move an OEM licensed copy of Windows from one system to another.  (Is
>>> that not the most retarded rule you've ever heard of?  What is up with
>>> that crazy proprietary stuff, anyway?)
>>>
>>> So, then, you just need to match up your release (XP Home, or XP Pro, or
>>> whatever other versions they have of XP, I can't recall) and your
>>> license style (Retail is the only one that lets you transfer the license
>>> from machine to machine, so that shouldn't be too terribly hard).  If
>>> you insist on transferring an OEM copy, good luck---Microsoft will
>>> likely deny its activation on anything but the computer it shipped with.
>>> Also, if it's OEM, the only thing you can do is find an OEM disc that
>>> will work with the manufacturer key that you have (different OEM discs
>>> recognize different subsets of the OEM product keyspace).
>>>   
>>>     
>>
>> Thanks for heads up. That goes to show you why I don't spend
>> much time on Windows :) 
>>
>> Jeff
>>
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