Re: switching WinXP licenses on two PCs

Its been a while, but here's what I remember.  The product key didn't work
with XP Pro after I installed the upgrade, but to make matters worse it also
did not work when I attempted to reinstall XP Home that came with the laptop
 
 
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Booth Martin
http://www.martinvt.com
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From: PC Technical Discussion for iSeries Users
Date: 10/13/05 11:09:02
To: PC Technical Discussion for iSeries Users
Subject: Re: [PCTECH] switching WinXP licenses on two PCs
 
Booth,
 
What didn't work?  Was it the Key/ID that was causing the problem, or the
activation?   When he said "Phone Home" ID, I assumed he meant "Product
Key", correct?
 
It is my understanding that when you activate a computer, you activate the
Product Key.  When you activate a Product Key it is tied to that
particular computer's hardware.   You can keep re-installing and
activating Windows on the same computer repeatedly as long as the hardware
doesn't change and you use the same key.  It shouldn't matter how you
install Windows, as long as you give it the correct Product Key when you
do the installation.
 
>From what I understand, the Product Key is not tied to the Installation CD
in any way.  Other than it being _a valid_ key.
 
 
 
Man, that gets confusing... :)  If I'm wrong, somebody please say so.
 
Mike
 
 
pctech-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote on 10/13/2005 10:54:01 AM:
 
> I am not sure it will work.  It didn't for me, and it was a real mess.
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> Booth Martin
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