New hard drive, product key changed

[William B. Lurie]

Running XP Home edition.... Hard drive failed,
was replaced by OEM. Installed in PC, used
Restore CD and everything went smooth. That
in itself was Surprise #1. Surprise #2 came when
I installed AIDA and looked at the Product Key
and saw that it is nothing like what is on the label
at back of my machine.

If both will now be recognized by Microsoft in Updating
etcetera, isn't this a break in security or something?

William B. Lurie

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi,

OEM systems are usually installed at the factory using a different key. The
one provided you with the system is in case you need to do a clean install
of your own.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Win98 Help - www.rickrogers.org

"William B. Lurie" > wrote in message
...
> Running XP Home edition.... Hard drive failed,
> was replaced by OEM. Installed in PC, used
> Restore CD and everything went smooth. That
> in itself was Surprise #1. Surprise #2 came when
> I installed AIDA and looked at the Product Key
> and saw that it is nothing like what is on the label
> at back of my machine.
>
> If both will now be recognized by Microsoft in Updating
> etcetera, isn't this a break in security or something?
>
> William B. Lurie
>
>