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Question About Serial Numbers
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I am installing Windows XP on a friends computer. They have so much crap on it and it's so slow, basically they want to wipe the whole thing and start again. Their serial number is on the side of their machine but they do not have a Windows XP CD. Question: Will MY Windows XP CD work with THEIR serial number or is every copy of Windows XP specific to one serial number? Any help appreciated. |
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Check the user manual that came with their computer, it will tell you =
how to use the hidden recovery partition to restore their computer to = its out of box state. Depending how you acquired your copy of XP it = may or may not work. Plus, you may not have proprietary drivers that an = OEM computer may have. --=20 Doug Knox, MS-MVP Windows Media Center\Windows Powered Smart = Display\Security Win 95/98/Me/XP Tweaks and Fixes http://www.dougknox.com -------------------------------- Per user Group Policy Restrictions for XP Home and XP Pro http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_securityconsole.htm -------------------------------- Please reply only to the newsgroup so all may benefit. Unsolicited e-mail is not answered. =20 "Chokky" wrote in message = ... =20 Hi, =20 I am installing Windows XP on a friends computer. They have so much crap on it and it's so slow, basically they want to wipe the whole thing and start again. =20 Their serial number is on the side of their machine but they do not have a Windows XP CD. =20 Question: =20 Will MY Windows XP CD work with THEIR serial number or is every copy = of Windows XP specific to one serial number? =20 Any help appreciated. =20 =20 --=20 Chokky |
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