installing windows with a wrong sn

blackpepper · 08-19-2005, 05:03 AM

i recently was given permission to use a media center disc to install , with a legal serial #. but made a mistake, and used my regular professional version serial #. the installation didnt fail, it just installed pro, even with a media center disc. i reformatted and no longer have the media center disc, but i have a professional disc, and a home serial, will the same thing happen and will i get a copy of home out of the professional disc?

nismoskys · 08-19-2005, 07:20 AM

wow, i didnt know that windows cds contained other versions of it. I would just say to try installing ur xp pro disc on a partition so that if it doesnt work ur not completely screwed. Then if it doesnt, try to get ur hands on an XP Home disc.

tolkein · 08-19-2005, 08:06 AM

I don't think the same will happen with the Windows Pro CD.

**Lax** · 08-19-2005, 08:07 AM

Serial keys should only work with the version specified. If you installed XP Pro then the disk was XP Pro not media center. Last I checked each key is specific to each OS, so no, you probably would not get Home Edition out of a pro disk by putting in a Home Edition key.

08-19-2005, 05:03 AM	#1 (permalink)
blackpepper New Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Long Island, New York Age: 17 Posts: 20	installing windows with a wrong sn i recently was given permission to use a media center disc to install , with a legal serial #. but made a mistake, and used my regular professional version serial #. the installation didnt fail, it just installed pro, even with a media center disc. i reformatted and no longer have the media center disc, but i have a professional disc, and a home serial, will the same thing happen and will i get a copy of home out of the professional disc?

08-19-2005, 08:06 AM	#3 (permalink)
tolkein New Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 5	I don't think the same will happen with the Windows Pro CD. __________________ VistaWallpaper.com - $50 wallpaper contest JokeXXX.com - sexy jokes & true ghost stories EPLforum.com - English football forum

08-19-2005, 08:07 AM	#4 (permalink)
Lax Moderator Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Snow country Age: 21 Posts: 2,256	Serial keys should only work with the version specified. If you installed XP Pro then the disk was XP Pro not media center. Last I checked each key is specific to each OS, so no, you probably would not get Home Edition out of a pro disk by putting in a Home Edition key. __________________ He who controls the present controls the past. He who controls the past, controls the future.

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08-19-2005, 07:20 AM	#2 (permalink)
nismoskys New Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 16	wow, i didnt know that windows cds contained other versions of it. I would just say to try installing ur xp pro disc on a partition so that if it doesnt work ur not completely screwed. Then if it doesnt, try to get ur hands on an XP Home disc.