Lost product key for Windows XP Home Edition

[Robert]

I currently have a home built computer running an OEM
version of Windows XP Home Edition. I want to setup a
dualboot for Windows XP Home Edition and Windows XP
Professional. My problem is I cannot find the product key
that came with my OEM Home Edition. I have the product
ID , is there a way to retrieve the product key before I
repartition my hard drive and install the two operating
systems.

[Jupiter Jones]

Robert;
If OEM Windows XP came with the computer, it should be on a sticker
affixed to the computer.
If the sticker is missing and you never used that key to install
Windows XP, the tool will give the key the manufacturer used to image
the computer and that key will not likely work for activation.

Follow this link:
http://www.webtree.ca/windowsxp/repair_xp.htm
Near the bottom "View Product Key XP"

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"Robert" > wrote in message
...
> I currently have a home built computer running an OEM
> version of Windows XP Home Edition. I want to setup a
> dualboot for Windows XP Home Edition and Windows XP
> Professional. My problem is I cannot find the product key
> that came with my OEM Home Edition. I have the product
> ID , is there a way to retrieve the product key before I
> repartition my hard drive and install the two operating
> systems.

[Homer J. Simpson]

"Robert" > wrote in message
...
> I currently have a home built computer running an OEM
> version of Windows XP Home Edition.

That's a license violation right there.

[Steve C. Ray]

Not if he bought the OEM with hardware.

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"Homer J. Simpson" > wrote in message
...
> "Robert" > wrote in message
> ...
> > I currently have a home built computer running an OEM
> > version of Windows XP Home Edition.
>
> That's a license violation right there.
>
>

[Jupiter Jones]

Not necessarily.
There is not enough information to make that assumption.
You can buy OEM Windows at many locations that sell Windows as long as
you also purchase a piece of hardware (memory, hard drive, motherboard
etc)
In that case, it could be very legal.

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"Homer J. Simpson" > wrote in message
...
> "Robert" > wrote in message
> ...
> > I currently have a home built computer running an OEM
> > version of Windows XP Home Edition.
>
> That's a license violation right there.
>
>