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Hi

I just purchased a computer with an XP identification sticker on it.. But no
copy of XP came with the computer. Can I legally install a copy of XP on
this computer...

thx


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Peter wrote:

> Hi
>
> I just purchased a computer with an XP identification sticker on it.. But
> no copy of XP came with the computer. Can I legally install a copy of XP
> on this computer...
>
> thx

Nothing boots when you turn it on?

On Tue, 28 Mar 2006 17:04:35 +1200, "Peter" <> wrote:

>Hi
>
>I just purchased a computer with an XP identification sticker on it.. But no
>copy of XP came with the computer. Can I legally install a copy of XP on
>this computer...
>
>thx

By "XP Identification sticker" do you mean a Licence sticker with the
product (ie Home/Pro) and the 25 digit product key on it?

If this is the case, yes you will be legally able to install (that)
version of XP on it.

Mark

On Tue, 28 Mar 2006 17:04:35 +1200, "Peter" <>
exclaimed:

>Hi
>
>I just purchased a computer with an XP identification sticker on it.. But no
>copy of XP came with the computer. Can I legally install a copy of XP on
>this computer...
>
>thx
>
Assuming you mean a Certificate of Authentication, yes, this means you
are entitled to install Windows XP, using the numbers on the sticker.

In article <>,
Fred Dagg <> wrote:
>Assuming you mean a Certificate of Authentication, yes, this means you
>are entitled to install Windows XP, using the numbers on the sticker.

Assuming the EULA wording has not changed since Windows 2000, you are
almost certainly incorrect. Machines with the sticker attached to the case
are almost always loaded with an OEM version of Windows that is machine
specific. The only valid reload is the recovery partition, recovery CD or
OEM Windows CD supplied with the machine. No CD? Then you go back to the
machine builder to get it reloaded. Any other course of action invalidates
the license. I've debated whether Microsoft care about this or not in
another post close to this one.

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so there was NO version of XP on the hard disk then??


James

"Peter" <> wrote in message
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> Hi
>
> I just purchased a computer with an XP identification sticker on it.. But
> no copy of XP came with the computer. Can I legally install a copy of XP
> on this computer...
>
> thx
>
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On Tue, 28 Mar 2006 22:17:42 +1200, James West wrote:

> so there was NO version of XP on the hard disk then??

Be a pretty hard thing to miss wouldn't it?

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Waylon Kenning.

"Waylon Kenning" <> wrote in message
news.. .
> On Tue, 28 Mar 2006 22:17:42 +1200, James West wrote:
>
>> so there was NO version of XP on the hard disk then??
>
> Be a pretty hard thing to miss wouldn't it?
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Waylon Kenning.
>
It may be a second hand computer?

Yes the identification Sticker. with the code you need to install XP..

I bought a second hand computer to run linux on. I would like to sell
another computer and put both XP and the sticker on. Just want it all legal.
As I may be doing this to a number of computers..



"Mark" <> wrote in message
news:...
> On Tue, 28 Mar 2006 17:04:35 +1200, "Peter" <> wrote:
>
>>Hi
>>
>>I just purchased a computer with an XP identification sticker on it.. But
>>no
>>copy of XP came with the computer. Can I legally install a copy of XP on
>>this computer...
>>
>>thx
>
> By "XP Identification sticker" do you mean a Licence sticker with the
> product (ie Home/Pro) and the 25 digit product key on it?
>
> If this is the case, yes you will be legally able to install (that)
> version of XP on it.
>
> Mark


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"Peter" <> wrote in message
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> Yes the identification Sticker. with the code you need to install
> XP..
>
> I bought a second hand computer to run linux on. I would like to
> sell another computer and put both XP and the sticker on. Just want
> it all legal. As I may be doing this to a number of computers..
>
>
>
> "Mark" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> On Tue, 28 Mar 2006 17:04:35 +1200, "Peter" <>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>Hi
>>>
>>>I just purchased a computer with an XP identification sticker on
>>>it.. But no
>>>copy of XP came with the computer. Can I legally install a copy of
>>>XP on
>>>this computer...
>>>
>>>thx
>>
>> By "XP Identification sticker" do you mean a Licence sticker with
>> the
>> product (ie Home/Pro) and the 25 digit product key on it?
>>
>> If this is the case, yes you will be legally able to install (that)
>> version of XP on it.
>>
>> Mark
>
>
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I doubt you can do that legally.

Usually, the license is specific to that machine - it cannot be
transferred to another machine by moving the sticker.

lan.

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