subtle

I'm not being stubborn. I just know that I'm right. On different forum where they have Microsoft Expert, questions like that were asked many times.

Try and call M$ (if you want):
0870 60 10 100

..or maybe indeed she didn't understood what I meant.

Lets just close this discussion. What you say?

Cromewell

Are you sure we are talking about the same type of OEM copy? I'm talking about the kind that doesn't come in a box with a fancy design and documentation and stuff, not the kind that companies like Dell ship out on a Dell stamped OS cd.

All I do is call them up, a minute later when I actually get to talk to someone they ask me what my problem is, I tell them I'm trying to activate windows and it told me to call this number. They ask if I've installed the copy of windows on other machines, which, of course I haven't, then they ask how I've used up the activations to which I answer I changed the motherboard. They say OK and give me a code to enter and it's all done in about 2 minutes including the minute it took for me to get to them

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bumblebee_tuna

My question now is how I'm able to use my neighbor's CD with the same key? Because I have also used the same Key on other computers too (just as a reformat....) and I haven't had any validation problems.

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shawn_selig29

i like the oem disks... as where i run all dells... they run on all computers.. especially with there own keys....makes it easier instead of having a million and one cd's...

JamesBart

is this the full xp home sp2 OEM disc? or is it just an upgrade? i know this may seem like a stupid question but i have seen what im looking for at the price of like 160 pounds.

here it is...

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showpr...tid=20&subcat=

thanks

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microchipper

I have had both OEM and full retail versions of XP and have NEVER had any trouble installing them on my machines over and over again after mobo changes,hard drive changes, etc etc. The worst thing that happens is either it will ask me to re-activate my version within 3 days(due to hardware change) or iget the "please contact microsoft" message with phone number.

Whenever i ring they didn't even question my mobo change(which aparrently they only approve if faulty) and gave me a new code.

M$ are only REALLY concerned with piracy and as long as you can prove to their satisfaction you aint installing one copy on loads of machines or something silly, then they will usually help you all they can.

XP is XP(with the obvious difference of home/professional) and as long as you only install ONE copy on any ONE machine at a time(home users) then their should be no problem.

JamesBart

cheap legit unopened versions on ebay people! why'd it take me so long to think of it?

thanks guys

microchipper

just make sure they come with the product key sticker !!! that is after all what you are really paying for.

zaroba

keep in mind that just because its a money hungry coorperation doesen't mean they have employees that love and worship there job. any people that consumers can interact with are people just like you and me, people who probably hate the company they work for and don't don't care too much for there dead end job where they listen to idiots all day.

so yea, it woulden't be too hard to get new keys etc from them, even if you lied about it.




first of all, what defines him as being an 'expert'? is it just because he went threw tsome microsoft certification course? believe it or not experts often don't know correct info, especially if they get an ego about being an expert. you can go threw any type of microsoft certification course to become a microsoft certified windows technicion. however, these courses are complete junk. if you learn windows from years of use and trial and error, you will learn completly different and faster ways to do things, completly different and more logical solutions to problems, and even see that some things don't even act the way the course says they do.

why? because when you go threw a certification course, microsoft wants you to learn to do things *there* way.

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