Re: Genuine XP windows
 

LOL well i think that what drives my paranoia - i dont trust the money grabbing get lmao!!!!

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Its not the 'disc' that needs to be genuine, its the license number that you use to install it with that has to be a genuine 'you only' license. There are corporate ones doing the rounds that Microsoft know are about and have been deemed 'non genuine' . Where did you get the license number from?

as for Home vs Pro, there is actually very little difference, the main bits being IIS (Web Server) plus a few high end admin tools. In day to day use I can't think of a single difference that you would notice. It may be that you haven't configured it teh same but there is no reason why you can't.

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Re: Genuine XP windows
 

:confused: i got the licence with the disk:D Hence the reformat jobber hehehe:p

My old xp [pro] was on when i bought the pc so was 'activated' already, tho took 9 months to get the pop ups.

I dunno i just prefer it as it ran better & had quirky things that was handy, like desktop clean-up so it tidies up the un-necessary instead of being in view home dont do that:rolleyes:

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

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Hello... 2 options really .. £60 for XP Home edition or £78 for XP media centre ( same as home edition except it has a few addons.. oem version you cabn buy with a hard drive or memory as long as it is with a main component you will be fine.
i personally would go for media centre as you get a lot more!!

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Does it know that you've bought it with a hard drive then?
I've got xp pro, and agree with entwisi, there is not really any difference so I think I'm going to get media centre edition. At a cost of 78 quid it's worth the peace of mind that the updates give.

Re: Genuine XP windows
 

is your XP pro dodgy then? Media centre may not be all its cracked up to be, what are you actually wanting that you think it will give you over standard 'home'

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Wait for Vista.

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IM HAVEING THE SAME PROBLEM BUT IT HAS ONLY STARTED SINCE I INSTALLED MSN FOR MY DAUGHTER TO CHAT WITH HER MATES ,
I KNOW THIS MAY NOT HELP BUT I THOUGHT YOU MIGHT AS WELL KNOW YOUR NOT THE ONLY ONE ......................................:mad:

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Does the problem also control Caps Lock ?

And the reason why it only started when you installed MSN was because you connected to windows to install it, this is when they checked to see if you ran genuine windows... which it looks like you don't.

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I don't want vista n its bugs, I'd rather have xp. I'm not fussed which entwisi, do you think that media centre edition isnt worth bothering with. I just wanted to use the pc as a dvd player and recorder, thought it would be easier wioth mce.

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just download a crack.... bye bye problem

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Good luck with that !!!! I did that the other week, had to format 30 mins later, it really messed my system up. Make sure you virus scan the crack.

:(