Nope.
"Jim" wrote in message
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:I purchased a new IBM THinkpad R40 that came with XP Pro, and since
: then had upgraded the hard drives to much larger ones. To do this I
: lost the system restore hidden partition on the original drive. Well,
: I got a virus that wiped out the drives. I had purchased a set of the
: IBM restore discs, and when I went to use them they would not restore
: the system original hidden IBM system partition as they were supposed
: to.
:
: So I had to install a copy of XP from my son's computer, which I'm
: running now, but am getting messages saying Windows is not a
: legitimate copy.
:
: Is there any way I can change the serial number of the installed XP to
: the original XP serial number that came with the computer, and is on
: the WIndows sticker on bottom of the laptop?
:
: Jim
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