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alexboy45 · 29-08-2006, 12:30

You will have to be careful what you get some companies will want to sell you an OEM (Original End Manufacturer) copy of windows this is usually just a booklet with a cd sometimes and a 1" by 2.5" sticker with the code for it. you are not allowed to use these unless it has been sold with a new pc. the one you should be using is a boxed version that are usury a lot more expensive than the OEM. When you have the new copy of windows and the disk you can run a utility called sysprep this will allow you to change the licence key as it resets all the licensing stuff and askes you to re enter it all. The 2 versions of windows must match i.e win XP Pro to XP Pro and XP Home to XP Home

29-08-2006, 12:30	#49
alexboy45 Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 4 Liked: 0 times Rep Power: 0	Re: Genuine XP windows You will have to be careful what you get some companies will want to sell you an OEM (Original End Manufacturer) copy of windows this is usually just a booklet with a cd sometimes and a 1" by 2.5" sticker with the code for it. you are not allowed to use these unless it has been sold with a new pc. the one you should be using is a boxed version that are usury a lot more expensive than the OEM. When you have the new copy of windows and the disk you can run a utility called sysprep this will allow you to change the licence key as it resets all the licensing stuff and askes you to re enter it all. The 2 versions of windows must match i.e win XP Pro to XP Pro and XP Home to XP Home