On Thu, 18 Nov 2010 13:27:07 -0600, VanguardLH wrote:

David wrote:

omitted the unprovable claim that it's a "close friend's" host

... unlicensed copy of XP Pro ...
... get a licensed, legal copy of XP Pro ...
... how to install the legal, licensed copy of XP ...

Just update the product key to a legal one.

Assumes that the unlicensed clone is sufficiently "clean" of malicious code
that a legitimate license will fix it. Question I have is: Should one trust
an illegal copy to be sufficiently clean that merely licensing it will
suffice?

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Norman
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